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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 The Province of Nicaragua.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many natives died of hunger in Nicaragua?
(a) 500-900
(b) 7,000-11,000
(c) 1,000,000-3,000,000
(d) 20,000-30,000

2. When did the Spaniards arrive on Puerto Rico and Jamaica?
(a) 1509
(b) 1496
(c) 1411
(d) 1679

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

4. What did the Spaniards make the captives eat?
(a) Dirt
(b) Insects
(c) Wild chickens
(d) Wild grasses

5. De Las Casas says that Avila was what?
(a) Smart
(b) Stupid
(c) Kind
(d) Cruel

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was King Guarionex sent?

2. What did Avila and the Spaniards do when they arrived?

3. How many people remained on the two islands when the Spaniards were done killing the natives?

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

5. What did the captives begin dying of?

(see the answer key)

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