2. What did Avila and the Spaniards do when they arrived?
(a) Redistributed the land among themselves
(b) Built churches for the natives
(c) Burned the villages and the crops
(d) Left the villagers alone

3. How many kingdoms were there in Hispaniola?
(a) 11
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 2

4. What happened to Hatuey?
(a) He was burned alive
(b) He was released and exiled to Mexico
(c) He was shot and killed
(d) He was drawn and quartered

5. Hatuey fled from Hispaniola to where?
(a) Puerto Rico
(b) Cuba
(c) Jamaica
(d) Bahamas

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spanish force Montezuma to tell the citizens?

2. About how many natives died of hunger in Nicaragua?

3. The area experienced a shortage of what food?

4. Once removed from the region, what did the slaves die from?

5. About how many natives were killed in the Spanish search for gold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Spaniards first land in the Indies? What happened in this first encounter?

2. What did King Bacata agree to do? How did this turn out?

3. Who was Paris? How did the encounter go between his territory and the Spanish? What happened afterward?

4. Where did Hernando de Soto arrive at? What was his plan?

5. What did Brother Marcus witness? What did he do in response?

6. What happened in the kingdoms of Marien and Maguana? Give examples from the book. What were these kingdoms known for?

7. What did Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo do?

8. What did the missionaries do? Were their actions successful? Why or why not?

9. What reaction did the Spanish receive in Mexico City? What happened in the encounter?

10. The situation became worse for the natives after what happened? Why did this worsen the situation?

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