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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 The Kingdoms of Hispaniola.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original purpose of the expedition?
(a) Convert the native people to Christianity
(b) Find gold
(c) Find a passage through to Africa
(d) Claim the land for Spanish purposes

2. When did Queen Isabella of Spain die?
(a) 1504
(b) 1863
(c) 1954
(d) 1299

3. What did the executioner do to quiet the screams?
(a) Gagged the men
(b) Killed the men quickly
(c) Buried the men
(d) Let the men go

4. Why did the native people take up arms?
(a) A Spanish commander raped the chief's wife
(b) The Spanish threatened to leave
(c) The Spanish took over their homes
(d) They ran out of food

5. What did the Spaniards do to Queen Huguanama?
(a) Burned her
(b) Shot her
(c) Hanged her
(d) Stoned her

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the natives react to the Spanish when they landed?

3. Only a small percentage of what was given to the Spanish purse?

4. Who was the strongest of all the kings?

5. What did the Spaniards make the captives eat?

(see the answer key)

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