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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. What did Hatuey do with the gold?
(a) Buried it
(b) Threw it in the river
(c) Paid off the Spaniards
(d) Hid it in the mountains

2. Why was A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies written?
(a) To record the history of Spain in the New World
(b) To analyze the social problems that had developed in the New World
(c) To inform the King of Spain of the murder and gold hoarding that was taking place in the New World
(d) To let the Spanish government know about the glorious acts of its citizens in the New World

3. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?
(a) 1,000
(b) 500
(c) 3,000
(d) 50

4. What was the main Spanish policy toward the New World?
(a) To kill the natives
(b) To exploit the resources in the New World
(c) To convert and save the natives
(d) To gain as much money as possible

5. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?
(a) Island of Hispaniola
(b) Island of San Salvador
(c) Island of Sagres
(d) Island of Genoa

Short Answer Questions

1. What post did Guzman hold?

2. Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in what year?

3. What did Hatuey ask the friar when the friar tried to convert him?

4. Which Christian missionary was present?

5. How many children died while De Las Casas was in Cuba?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrived in 1514? What was this person like? What were his goals for the mainland?

2. What happened to the people of Nicaragua after the Spanish arrived? Why couldn't they escape?

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

4. How did the friars try to intervene with the natives? Was this successful?

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

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

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

8. What happened between Pizzarro and King Atahualpa? How was Atahualpa killed?

9. What were the Friars worried about? What did they do in response to this worry?

10. What did Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo do?

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