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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people were killed in Honduras?
(a) 5,000
(b) 400,000
(c) 11,000,000
(d) 2,000,000

2. Once removed from the region, what did the slaves die from?
(a) Overwork and sadness
(b) Malaria and boredom
(c) Stabbing and starvation
(d) Stoning and burning

3. What did the Spanish want that the Guatemalans didn't have?
(a) Gold
(b) Slaves
(c) Diamonds
(d) Horses

4. De las Casas argued that the Spanish had lost what, which made it possible for them to commit the injustices that they did?
(a) Their humility
(b) A fear of God
(c) Their arrogance
(d) A belief in themselves

5. Marién had what kind of mines?
(a) Gold and emeralds
(b) Gold and copper
(c) Gold and silver
(d) Gold and diamonds

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original purpose of the expedition?

2. What did the Spanish do to the women and girls?

3. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?

4. Which kingdom was considered the heart and soul of the island?

5. What happened if the natives obeyed the Spanish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the main Spanish policy toward the natives? What choice were the natives given?

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

3. Who arrived on the island of Trinidad in 1516? How did he kill the natives on the island?

4. What happened to the natives that were captured? Give examples from the book.

5. Who traveled to Peru in 1531? What was he looking for? What happened in the first few towns?

6. Who set out for Nicaragua in 1522 or 1523? What did this person find? What did he do when he arrived?

7. How did de Soto treat the natives? Give specific examples from the book.

8. How did Quesada treat the native people of New Granada? Give specific examples from the book.

9. Why did Guzman head inland? What did he do to the leader of the Michoacans?

10. Why did some of the natives lose faith in the Dominicans? What did they do? How did the Dominicans feel about this?

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