A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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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 Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?
(a) 1,000
(b) 3,000
(c) 500
(d) 50

2. What did many natives do when threatened by the Spaniards?
(a) Hanged themselves
(b) Jumped into the ocean
(c) Threw a festival to win over the Spaniards
(d) Surrendered

3. Guzman bartered eighty natives for what?
(a) Land in Florida
(b) A ship
(c) A horse
(d) A chest of gold

4. When the natives did not obey the claims of the Spanish, they were labeled what?
(a) Irrational
(b) Loyalists
(c) Nationalists
(d) Outlaws

5. The lord named Paris lived close to where?
(a) Panama
(b) Florida
(c) England
(d) California

6. What did the Spanish do to the villages?
(a) Built them up
(b) Moved them to the mountains
(c) Burned them
(d) Praised them

7. Nicolas de Ovando was granted the title of governor in 1501 for which kingdom?
(a) Xaraguá
(b) Maguá
(c) Maguana
(d) Higuey

8. The area experienced a shortage of what food?
(a) Milk
(b) Grain
(c) Honey
(d) Fish

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

10. What did the Spanish do to the women and girls?
(a) Married them
(b) Banished them to Cuba
(c) Sent them to Spain as slaves
(d) Killed them with swords

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

12. Which group was rounded up first for the Spanish?
(a) Young women
(b) Young men
(c) Orphans
(d) The Elderly

13. How many people were killed in Honduras?
(a) 5,000
(b) 400,000
(c) 11,000,000
(d) 2,000,000

14. 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

15. What advantage did the Spaniards have over the native people?
(a) Horses
(b) Money
(c) More people
(d) Knowledge of the land

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Spanish not abide by the rules?

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

3. The Spanish found that the gold in Cuzcatlan was mainly what?

4. Who was the strongest of all the kings?

5. Marién had what kind of mines?

(see the answer keys)

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