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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many years had the atrocities been going on when de las Casas wrote the book?
(a) 42
(b) 34
(c) 16
(d) 7
2. The Council of the Indies was more concerned about what than natives?
(a) Shipbuilding
(b) Gold
(c) Finding a passage through to Asia
(d) Land
3. Why did "mixed" babies fetch a higher price?
(a) They were smarter than other natives
(b) They had Spanish blood
(c) They were more attractive
(d) They could become Spanish citizens
4. What information did Quesada demand in Bogota?
(a) Which man was king
(b) How to extract gold
(c) Where the gold was hidden
(d) Who the heir was
5. Why were the Friars forced to abandon the mission?
(a) They gave up their faith because of the injustices
(b) The Friars were all killed
(c) The King told them to
(d) The soldiers remained
6. In what year did de Soto arrive in the Mainland?
(a) 1479
(b) 1399
(c) 1612
(d) 1538
7. Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo sent a letter to whom?
(a) Beltran Avila
(b) Queen Isabella
(c) King of Spain
(d) Hernan Cortes
8. The natives equated the word "Christian" with what?
(a) Devil
(b) Angel
(c) Death
(d) Savior
9. What did the soldiers feed to the dogs?
(a) Horses
(b) Grass
(c) Fish
(d) Babies
10. How many Castilians did Pizzarro ransom King Atahualpa for?
(a) 25 million
(b) 1 million
(c) 15 million
(d) 50 million
11. In what years were the people of Cartagena killed?
(a) 1621-1643
(b) 1555-1557
(c) 1401-1409
(d) 1498-1499
12. What injury did the pearl fishers develop?
(a) Heart attacks
(b) Lost limbs
(c) Sores on their back
(d) Fish bites
13. What did Bono have the natives build?
(a) A house
(b) Gallows
(c) A cage for the slaves
(d) A church
14. Why did the Spanish go to Santa Marta?
(a) Slaves
(b) Food
(c) Gold
(d) Ports
15. Who did Brother Marcos de Niza write to?
(a) The Council of the New World
(b) The King of Spain
(c) The Audiencia of Hispaniola
(d) Francisco Pizzarro
Short Answer Questions
1. De las Casas says that the Spaniards never did what in the New World?
2. What did the king fill with gold for the adventurer?
3. The Audiencia of Hispaniola decided it was in the best interest to continue what?
4. What was the topic of this letter?
5. What did the natives hand over to the Friars?
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