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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 & 18 The Mainland in the Region known as Florida & The River Plate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Only a small percentage of what was given to the Spanish purse?
(a) Diamonds
(b) Silver
(c) Gold
(d) Jewelry

2. In what years were the people of Cartagena killed?
(a) 1555-1557
(b) 1498-1499
(c) 1401-1409
(d) 1621-1643

3. What characteristic did Angulo want to see in a commander?
(a) Compassionate
(b) Lazy
(c) Dominant
(d) Absent

4. The natives were determined to kill whom after their children were taken?
(a) The Spanish commander
(b) The neighboring lord
(c) Hernan Cortes
(d) The Friars

5. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?
(a) Island of Genoa
(b) Island of San Salvador
(c) Island of Hispaniola
(d) Island of Sagres

Short Answer Questions

1. New Spain was founded in what year?

2. What did the Spanish send after the people who escaped to the mountains?

3. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?

4. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?

5. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?

(see the answer key)

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