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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Christian missionary was present?
(a) De Las Casas
(b) Saura
(c) De Rey
(d) Castile

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

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

5. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?
(a) 800,000
(b) 250,000
(c) 50,000
(d) 4,000,000

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

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

8. What did the Spanish want that the Guatemalans didn't have?
(a) Horses
(b) Gold
(c) Slaves
(d) Diamonds

9. What did the Spanish gain from killing Paris and his people?
(a) His land
(b) Gold
(c) Loyalty from other villages
(d) The Queen's approval

10. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?
(a) Leave their families
(b) Face military action
(c) Be burned at the stake
(d) Be exiled to South America

11. The troop of Spanish soldiers took about how many women and girls?
(a) 12
(b) 350
(c) 500
(d) 80

12. What did the natives have to carry?
(a) The Spanish
(b) Huts
(c) Anchors
(d) Chests of gold

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

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

15. What did the Spanish do to the nobles and leaders?
(a) Stoned them
(b) Burned them
(c) Hung them
(d) Shot them

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spanish do to the villages?

2. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?

3. Where were the slaves sent?

4. Avila sent about how many horsemen to kill off a region of people?

5. How many children died while De Las Casas was in Cuba?

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