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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 expeditions to the river Plate take place?
(a) 1492
(b) 1587
(c) 1639
(d) 1522

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

3. How many expeditions took place to the river Plate?
(a) 4
(b) 13
(c) 1
(d) 68

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

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

6. What was the topic of this letter?
(a) The gold the Spanish were hoarding
(b) The atrocities the Spanish were committing
(c) The plan to convert the natives
(d) The gold the natives were hiding

7. In what year did the new commander come to Santa Marta?
(a) 1411
(b) 1378
(c) 1529
(d) 1601

8. Who was the first adventurer to lay eyes on New Granada?
(a) Pizzarro
(b) Avil
(c) Quesada
(d) De Soto

9. What did one community do as the Spanish approached?
(a) Attacked the Spanish expedition
(b) Fled to the jungles
(c) Turned themselves over to the Spanish
(d) Killed themselves

10. Where did Bono sail to with the slaves?
(a) Mexico
(b) Spain
(c) Trinidad
(d) Puerto Rico

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

12. How many Castilians did Pizzarro ransom King Atahualpa for?
(a) 25 million
(b) 50 million
(c) 1 million
(d) 15 million

13. What characteristic did Angulo want to see in a commander?
(a) Dominant
(b) Lazy
(c) Absent
(d) Compassionate

14. How was King Atahualpa killed?
(a) He was hung
(b) He was chopped into pieces
(c) He was burned alive
(d) He was stoned

15. Why were the Friars forced to abandon the mission?
(a) The Friars were all killed
(b) The soldiers remained
(c) The King told them to
(d) They gave up their faith because of the injustices

Short Answer Questions

1. The natives were determined to kill whom after their children were taken?

2. What information did Quesada demand in Bogota?

3. The Audiencia of Hispaniola decided it was in the best interest to continue what?

4. The Council of the Indies was more concerned about what than natives?

5. How many Spaniards destroyed the peace that had been established in the Yucatan?

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