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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. Where did some of the native people try to escape to?
(a) Cuba
(b) The mountains
(c) Mexico
(d) The jungle

2. What resource did the Spanish begin using up?
(a) Clothing
(b) Jewelry
(c) Water
(d) Food

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

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

5. What was the main Spanish policy toward the New World?
(a) To kill the natives
(b) To exploit the resources in the New World
(c) To convert and save the natives
(d) To gain as much money as possible

Short Answer Questions

1. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?

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

3. Why was A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies written?

4. What did the Spanish gain from killing Paris and his people?

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

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