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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Whether God would save him
(d) If Spaniards were in heaven

2. How many people did the Spanish kill around Mexico City?
(a) 12,000
(b) 15,000,000
(c) 900
(d) 4,000,000

3. Who was the king in Mexico City?
(a) Pizzarro
(b) Avila
(c) Cortez
(d) Montezuma

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

5. Who was killed when the boat he was on was caught in a storm?
(a) Guarionex
(b) Behechio
(c) Caonabó
(d) Guacanagari

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) Sacrifice their children
(d) Convert to Christianity

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

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

9. What happened if the natives obeyed the Spanish?
(a) They became soldiers
(b) They were let go
(c) They were burned
(d) They became slaves

10. What did the Spanish send after the people who escaped to the mountains?
(a) Fire
(b) Snipers
(c) Platoon of soldiers
(d) Wild dogs

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

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

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

14. The citizens of Mexico City were forced to do what before they were killed?
(a) Dance
(b) Covert to Christianity
(c) Work
(d) Pledge loyalty to Spain

15. Which kingdom had the best sugar and climate?
(a) Xaraguá
(b) Marién
(c) Maguana
(d) Higuey

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Guzman flee inland?

2. About how many pounds were the slaves required to carry?

3. New Spain was founded in what year?

4. What happened to the native people who were not killed?

5. The area experienced a shortage of what food?

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