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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many people did the Spanish kill around Mexico City?
(a) 15,000,000
(b) 12,000
(c) 4,000,000
(d) 900
2. 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
3. The Spaniards said that they did everything in whose name?
(a) Columbus
(b) The Queen
(c) The King
(d) Christ
4. Hatuey fled from Hispaniola to where?
(a) Bahamas
(b) Cuba
(c) Puerto Rico
(d) Jamaica
5. What did the executioner do to quiet the screams?
(a) Let the men go
(b) Killed the men quickly
(c) Buried the men
(d) Gagged the men
6. Nicolas de Ovando asked the native people to do what at the festival they threw for him?
(a) Give him their gold
(b) Go into a straw hut
(c) Convert to Christianity
(d) Sacrifice their children
7. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?
(a) More people
(b) Horses
(c) Knowledge of the land
(d) Money
8. Who was the strongest of all the kings?
(a) Guarionex
(b) Behechio
(c) Guacanagari
(d) Caonabó
9. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?
(a) Let the person go
(b) Cut out the person's tongue
(c) Take the execution to another part of the island
(d) Hurry up the death
10. Avila sent about how many horsemen to kill off a region of people?
(a) 300
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) 120
11. What did the Spanish send after the people who escaped to the mountains?
(a) Wild dogs
(b) Platoon of soldiers
(c) Fire
(d) Snipers
12. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?
(a) 500
(b) 50
(c) 1,000
(d) 3,000
13. In 1511, the Spaniards landed where?
(a) Bahamas
(b) Cuba
(c) Panama
(d) Florida
14. Marién had what kind of mines?
(a) Gold and emeralds
(b) Gold and silver
(c) Gold and copper
(d) Gold and diamonds
15. Who was the king in Mexico City?
(a) Cortez
(b) Avila
(c) Montezuma
(d) Pizzarro
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the original purpose of the expedition?
2. Avila established a system of licenses where the Spanish could demand what?
3. When did the Spaniards arrive on Puerto Rico and Jamaica?
4. Which kingdom was considered the heart and soul of the island?
5. What did the natives have to carry?
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