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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 & 8 New Spain & New Spain Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. De las Casas argued that the Spanish had lost what, which made it possible for them to commit the injustices that they did?
(a) Their humility
(b) Their arrogance
(c) A belief in themselves
(d) A fear of God

2. What did the Spanish do to the villages?
(a) Built them up
(b) Praised them
(c) Burned them
(d) Moved them to the mountains

3. Who was the strongest of all the kings?
(a) Guarionex
(b) Guacanagari
(c) Caonabó
(d) Behechio

4. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?
(a) Take the execution to another part of the island
(b) Hurry up the death
(c) Cut out the person's tongue
(d) Let the person go

5. 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 inform the King of Spain of the murder and gold hoarding that was taking place in the New World
(c) To let the Spanish government know about the glorious acts of its citizens in the New World
(d) To record the history of Spain in the New World

Short Answer Questions

1. Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in what year?

2. Hatuey fled from Hispaniola to where?

3. What did the Spanish do with the children of the native people?

4. What did Hatuey call the God of the Spaniards?

5. How many kingdoms were there in Hispaniola?

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