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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. King Guarionex had everyone send what to the King and Queen?
(a) A gourd full of gold
(b) Five diamonds
(c) Their first born sons
(d) Ten horses

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

3. Who was killed when the boat he was on was caught in a storm?
(a) Behechio
(b) Caonabó
(c) Guarionex
(d) Guacanagari

4. How many children died while De Las Casas was in Cuba?
(a) 300,000
(b) 200
(c) 7,000
(d) 1,000

5. Who did their best to bring justice to the land?
(a) The King and Queen
(b) Spanish sailors
(c) Spanish commanders
(d) Christian missionaries

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the captives begin dying of?

2. De las Casas argued that the Spanish had lost what, which made it possible for them to commit the injustices that they did?

3. Why did the native people take up arms?

4. Where did some of the native people try to escape to?

5. The lord named Paris lived close to where?

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