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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Avila established a system of licenses where the Spanish could demand what?
(a) Land
(b) Gold
(c) Food
(d) Slaves
2. What did the natives have to carry?
(a) The Spanish
(b) Chests of gold
(c) Anchors
(d) Huts
3. What did Avila want to do with the area that he governed?
(a) Settle it with Spaniards
(b) Give it back to the natives
(c) Mine diamonds
(d) Create his own kingdom
4. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?
(a) Hurry up the death
(b) Cut out the person's tongue
(c) Take the execution to another part of the island
(d) Let the person go
5. When did the Spaniards arrive on Puerto Rico and Jamaica?
(a) 1679
(b) 1496
(c) 1509
(d) 1411
6. What resource did the Spanish begin using up?
(a) Jewelry
(b) Clothing
(c) Water
(d) Food
7. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?
(a) His wife
(b) A Spanish commander
(c) Queen Isabella
(d) A Franciscan Friar
8. Which kingdom was run by a brother and sister?
(a) Xaraguá
(b) Higuey
(c) Maguana
(d) Maguá
9. 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
10. Why was A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies written?
(a) To let the Spanish government know about the glorious acts of its citizens in the New World
(b) To record the history of Spain in the New World
(c) To inform the King of Spain of the murder and gold hoarding that was taking place in the New World
(d) To analyze the social problems that had developed in the New World
11. When did the soldiers try to escape from the natives?
(a) Christmas
(b) The middle of the night
(c) Noon
(d) Sunday
12. Guzman bartered eighty natives for what?
(a) A chest of gold
(b) Land in Florida
(c) A horse
(d) A ship
13. King Guarionex had everyone send what to the King and Queen?
(a) Their first born sons
(b) Ten horses
(c) A gourd full of gold
(d) Five diamonds
14. Which Christian missionary was present?
(a) Castile
(b) De Rey
(c) De Las Casas
(d) Saura
15. What did many natives do when threatened by the Spaniards?
(a) Hanged themselves
(b) Threw a festival to win over the Spaniards
(c) Jumped into the ocean
(d) Surrendered
Short Answer Questions
1. Which group was rounded up first for the Spanish?
2. What did the Spanish do to the villages?
3. Where was King Guarionex sent?
4. When the natives did not obey the claims of the Spanish, they were labeled what?
5. What made it hard for the natives to run away?
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