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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did the new commander come to Santa Marta?
(a) 1411
(b) 1601
(c) 1529
(d) 1378
2. Who did Brother Marcos de Niza write to?
(a) The Audiencia of Hispaniola
(b) The Council of the New World
(c) The King of Spain
(d) Francisco Pizzarro
3. The province of Cartagena was located down the coast of what?
(a) Cuba
(b) Santa Marta
(c) Guatemala
(d) Santa Clara
4. In what year was the river discovered?
(a) 1413
(b) 1628
(c) 1472
(d) 1529
5. In what years were the people of Cartagena killed?
(a) 1621-1643
(b) 1401-1409
(c) 1555-1557
(d) 1498-1499
6. De las Casas believed that the truth would make the reader what?
(a) More compassionate
(b) More angry
(c) Less surprised
(d) More sad
7. What did Quesada cut off the native people?
(a) Toes
(b) Ears
(c) Hair
(d) Noses
8. What topic did the Dominicans send a monk out to preach on?
(a) Life Everlasting
(b) Obeying the Spanish
(c) The Ten Commandments
(d) Revelations
9. What did the Spaniards burn on the king?
(a) His hands
(b) His back
(c) His feet
(d) His hair
10. The son of the chief in the Yucatan was sold for what?
(a) A horse
(b) Passage to Spain
(c) Two pieces of gold
(d) Cheese
11. How many Castilians were stolen by the Germans?
(a) 150 million
(b) 40 million
(c) 1 million
(d) 3 million
12. Why did "mixed" babies fetch a higher price?
(a) They were smarter than other natives
(b) They could become Spanish citizens
(c) They had Spanish blood
(d) They were more attractive
13. What action was taken because of Brother Marcos' letter?
(a) Pizzarro was called back to Spain
(b) No action was taken
(c) Pizzarro had to pay a small fine
(d) The Spanish were ordered to leave Peru
14. How many people were driven out of Venezuela?
(a) 6 to 7 thousand
(b) 3 to 5 hundred
(c) 4 to 5 million
(d) 80 to 90 thousand
15. What is known about the expeditions to the river Plate?
(a) The natives conquered the Spanish at last
(b) De Soto died during one
(c) Five expeditions were lost before one succeeded
(d) The Spanish continued their brutal ways
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did not want the natives to think that Christians were evil?
2. What did the king fill with gold for the adventurer?
3. What was the topic of this letter?
4. A Spanish commander's actions were reported to whom?
5. What was one of the deadliest jobs for the native slaves?
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