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

2. What did Hatuey call the God of the Spaniards?
(a) The Queen
(b) Diamonds
(c) Gold
(d) Land

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

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

5. Which kingdom had the best sugar and climate?
(a) Maguana
(b) Higuey
(c) Marién
(d) Xaraguá

Short Answer Questions

1. The troop of Spanish soldiers took about how many women and girls?

2. De Las Casas says that Avila was what?

3. Which kingdom was run by a brother and sister?

4. In 1511, the Spaniards landed where?

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

(see the answer key)

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