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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 The Mainland.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?
(a) More people
(b) Money
(c) Horses
(d) Knowledge of the land

3. Nicolas de Ovando asked the native people to do what at the festival they threw for him?
(a) Go into a straw hut
(b) Sacrifice their children
(c) Give him their gold
(d) Convert to Christianity

4. What did the Spanish do with the children of the native people?
(a) Played with them
(b) Used them as servants
(c) Took them to Africa
(d) Sacrificed them

5. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?
(a) Queen Isabella
(b) His wife
(c) A Spanish commander
(d) A Franciscan Friar

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the executioner do to quiet the screams?

2. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?

3. What did many natives do when threatened by the Spaniards?

4. Who was the strongest of all the kings?

5. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?

(see the answer key)

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