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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) Preached the Christian faith
(b) Spared the natives
(c) Obeyed the King
(d) Loved the New World

2. What did the Spaniards burn on the king?
(a) His back
(b) His feet
(c) His hands
(d) His hair

3. The Council of the Indies was more concerned about what than natives?
(a) Gold
(b) Land
(c) Shipbuilding
(d) Finding a passage through to Asia

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

5. What was de Soto's plan?
(a) To escape into Canada
(b) To kill as many natives as possible
(c) To take over the New World
(d) To rob the natives of their wealth

6. The Province of Santa Marta is now known as what?
(a) Columbia
(b) Mexico
(c) Brazil
(d) Panama

7. What was the punishment for murder in Spain?
(a) Decapitation
(b) Hanging
(c) Stoning
(d) Burning at the stake

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

9. De Soto argued that what be cut from the survivors of his massacres?
(a) Hair
(b) Toes
(c) Noses
(d) Fingers

10. Who was king of New Granada?
(a) King Casas
(b) King Soriano
(c) King Bacata
(d) King Alonso

11. Which island did Juan Bono arrive on?
(a) Pearl Island
(b) Trinidad
(c) Paria
(d) Cuba

12. The river Yuyapari runs through which province?
(a) Castilia
(b) Gootoo
(c) Venequela
(d) Paria

13. Why did "mixed" babies fetch a higher price?
(a) They had Spanish blood
(b) They were smarter than other natives
(c) They were more attractive
(d) They could become Spanish citizens

14. How many years had the atrocities been going on when de las Casas wrote the book?
(a) 34
(b) 42
(c) 16
(d) 7

15. How many people were driven out of Venezuela?
(a) 6 to 7 thousand
(b) 80 to 90 thousand
(c) 3 to 5 hundred
(d) 4 to 5 million

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic did the Dominicans send a monk out to preach on?

2. Who did Brother Marcos de Niza write to?

3. The province of Cartagena was located down the coast of what?

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

5. Why were the Friars forced to abandon the mission?

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