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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. De las Casas says that the Spaniards never did what in the New World?
(a) Spared the natives
(b) Loved the New World
(c) Obeyed the King
(d) Preached the Christian faith

2. Brother Marcos said that the Peruvians where what?
(a) The most afraid
(b) The trickiest
(c) The nicest
(d) The dumbest

3. Hernando de Soto arrived in what part of the New World?
(a) Panama
(b) Trinidad
(c) Florida
(d) Haiti

4. In what year did de Soto arrive in the Mainland?
(a) 1612
(b) 1538
(c) 1479
(d) 1399

5. Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo sent a letter to whom?
(a) Hernan Cortes
(b) King of Spain
(c) Queen Isabella
(d) Beltran Avila

6. What topic did the Dominicans send a monk out to preach on?
(a) Revelations
(b) Life Everlasting
(c) The Ten Commandments
(d) Obeying the Spanish

7. Who did the Spaniards take captive?
(a) Chief Higueroto
(b) Chief Paria
(c) Chief Alonso
(d) Chief Paniola

8. De las Casas said that the longer men are in the New World, what happens?
(a) The worse their crimes are
(b) The closer they are to death
(c) The more compassionate they get
(d) The more they eat

9. Who sent evidence of the atrocities to the Council of the Indies?
(a) Spanish settlers
(b) German merchants
(c) Missionaries
(d) Natives

10. Where did the Spanish adventurer sail to with the natives that he captured?
(a) Panama
(b) Mexico City
(c) Spain
(d) Puerto Rico

11. What did the soldiers feed to the dogs?
(a) Fish
(b) Babies
(c) Horses
(d) Grass

12. What were the people like in Florida?
(a) Backward
(b) Timid
(c) Intelligent
(d) Kind

13. How many Castilians were stolen by the Germans?
(a) 3 million
(b) 150 million
(c) 40 million
(d) 1 million

14. In what year did Angulo send his letter?
(a) 1399
(b) 1662
(c) 1477
(d) 1541

15. Who did the natives murder?
(a) Several slaves of the Spanish
(b) The Spanish commander
(c) Two missionaries
(d) The chief's wife

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Pizzarro and his men to eat all of the food on the island?

2. How many expeditions took place to the river Plate?

3. How many Castilians did Pizzarro ransom King Atahualpa for?

4. The natives were given a break from the Spaniards when gold was discovered where?

5. De las Casas believed that the truth would make the reader what?

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