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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. Who sent evidence of the atrocities to the Council of the Indies?
(a) German merchants
(b) Spanish settlers
(c) Missionaries
(d) Natives

2. Why was A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies written?
(a) To record the history of Spain in the New World
(b) To inform the King of Spain of the murder and gold hoarding that was taking place in the New World
(c) To let the Spanish government know about the glorious acts of its citizens in the New World
(d) To analyze the social problems that had developed in the New World

3. Who confronted Juan Bono?
(a) Fray Juan Fernandez
(b) De las Casas
(c) The King of Spain
(d) Avila

4. What did the Spanish do to the nobles and leaders?
(a) Stoned them
(b) Burned them
(c) Hung them
(d) Shot them

5. What is known about the expeditions to the river Plate?
(a) De Soto died during one
(b) Five expeditions were lost before one succeeded
(c) The natives conquered the Spanish at last
(d) The Spanish continued their brutal ways

Short Answer Questions

1. Hernando de Soto arrived in what part of the New World?

2. What topic did the Dominicans send a monk out to preach on?

3. What did Hatuey do with the gold?

4. What did the Spaniards make the captives eat?

5. What happened to the chief who was taken hostage?

(see the answer key)

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