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

2. What did Avila want to do with the area that he governed?
(a) Give it back to the natives
(b) Create his own kingdom
(c) Mine diamonds
(d) Settle it with Spaniards

3. What did the executioner do to quiet the screams?
(a) Buried the men
(b) Let the men go
(c) Gagged the men
(d) Killed the men quickly

4. Which group was rounded up first for the Spanish?
(a) Orphans
(b) Young men
(c) The Elderly
(d) Young women

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

Short Answer Questions

1. New Spain was founded in what year?

2. Who was the strongest of all the kings?

3. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?

4. The area experienced a shortage of what food?

5. Which kingdom had the best sugar and climate?

(see the answer key)

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