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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did some of the native people try to escape to?
(a) Cuba
(b) Mexico
(c) The mountains
(d) The jungle

2. What made it hard for the natives to run away?
(a) Flat terrain
(b) Chains on their legs
(c) The mountains close by
(d) The Spanish snipers

3. Where was King Guarionex sent?
(a) New Spain
(b) Castile
(c) Madrid
(d) England

4. What happened to Hatuey?
(a) He was released and exiled to Mexico
(b) He was drawn and quartered
(c) He was shot and killed
(d) He was burned alive

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

6. Where were the highest citizens placed during the event?
(a) On the highest hill in town
(b) Nearest Montezuma
(c) Farthest from Montezuma
(d) In the church

7. About how many pounds were the slaves required to carry?
(a) 130
(b) 5
(c) 25
(d) 75

8. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?
(a) Island of San Salvador
(b) Island of Genoa
(c) Island of Hispaniola
(d) Island of Sagres

9. What weapons did the natives use against the Spanish?
(a) Fire as they burned the soldiers' quarters down
(b) Holes in the road with sharpened stakes inside
(c) Swords and horses
(d) Guns and cannons

10. The Spanish found that the gold in Cuzcatlan was mainly what?
(a) Ore
(b) Silver
(c) Copper
(d) Quartz

11. Which kingdom was run by a brother and sister?
(a) Higuey
(b) Maguá
(c) Xaraguá
(d) Maguana

12. 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

13. About how many Spaniards did Paris and his men kill?
(a) 130
(b) 15
(c) 50
(d) 250

14. When did Queen Isabella of Spain die?
(a) 1863
(b) 1299
(c) 1504
(d) 1954

15. What did the Spanish do with the children of the native people?
(a) Played with them
(b) Sacrificed them
(c) Took them to Africa
(d) Used them as servants

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spaniards do to Queen Huguanama?

2. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?

3. Who did their best to bring justice to the land?

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

5. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?

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