A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Test | Final Test - Easy

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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Test | Final 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 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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