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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which kingdom had the best sugar and climate?
(a) Xaraguá
(b) Maguana
(c) Higuey
(d) Marién
2. What was the original purpose of the expedition?
(a) Find gold
(b) Convert the native people to Christianity
(c) Find a passage through to Africa
(d) Claim the land for Spanish purposes
3. What did the Spanish in Cuzcatlan make the slaves eat?
(a) The prisoners that they took
(b) Wild grasses
(c) Horse meat
(d) Poison mushrooms
4. The troop of Spanish soldiers took about how many women and girls?
(a) 80
(b) 500
(c) 350
(d) 12
5. Who was the strongest of all the kings?
(a) Guacanagari
(b) Guarionex
(c) Caonabó
(d) Behechio
6. What did Hatuey call the God of the Spaniards?
(a) Land
(b) Gold
(c) Diamonds
(d) The Queen
7. What did Hatuey ask the friar when the friar tried to convert him?
(a) When he would die
(b) If his family could go to heaven to
(c) If Spaniards were in heaven
(d) Whether God would save him
8. What was the main Spanish policy toward the New World?
(a) To convert and save the natives
(b) To exploit the resources in the New World
(c) To kill the natives
(d) To gain as much money as possible
9. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?
(a) Face military action
(b) Leave their families
(c) Be burned at the stake
(d) Be exiled to South America
10. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?
(a) Island of Sagres
(b) Island of Hispaniola
(c) Island of Genoa
(d) Island of San Salvador
11. What was the largest city in the Kingdom of Guatemala?
(a) Utatlan
(b) Michoacan
(c) Guzman
(d) Mexicana
12. Avila established a system of licenses where the Spanish could demand what?
(a) Gold
(b) Land
(c) Slaves
(d) Food
13. Queen Isabella was a strong advocate of what?
(a) Punishment for natives who disobeyed
(b) The rights of natives
(c) Gaining as much gold as possible
(d) Claiming the New World for France
14. What did the Spanish want that the Guatemalans didn't have?
(a) Gold
(b) Slaves
(c) Horses
(d) Diamonds
15. What weapons did the natives use against the Spanish?
(a) Fire as they burned the soldiers' quarters down
(b) Guns and cannons
(c) Swords and horses
(d) Holes in the road with sharpened stakes inside
Short Answer Questions
1. Which kingdom was considered the heart and soul of the island?
2. Who tried to intervene when the Spanish captured Hatuey?
3. What did the Spanish do to the nobles and leaders?
4. The Spanish found that the gold in Cuzcatlan was mainly what?
5. What did the executioner do to quiet the screams?
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