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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. Which kingdom was run by a brother and sister?
(a) Maguana
(b) Xaraguá
(c) Higuey
(d) Maguá

2. When did the soldiers try to escape from the natives?
(a) Sunday
(b) Christmas
(c) Noon
(d) The middle of the night

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

4. How many children died while De Las Casas was in Cuba?
(a) 200
(b) 1,000
(c) 7,000
(d) 300,000

5. When did Queen Isabella of Spain die?
(a) 1863
(b) 1954
(c) 1299
(d) 1504

Short Answer Questions

1. The Spanish said that for every one Spaniard who died, how many natives would be killed?

2. Queen Isabella was a strong advocate of what?

3. Where were the slaves sent?

4. Where did some of the native people try to escape to?

5. What was the largest city in the Kingdom of Guatemala?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was de las Casas? What was his reason for being in the New World?

2. What did Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo do?

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

4. Who led the conquest in Yucatan? How did he secure this position? What did he do in the conquest?

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

6. What was the purpose of the expeditions? Was this purpose accomplished? Why or why not?

7. What did Hatuey tell his people? What happened to Hatuey?

8. How did the Spanish kill the native people in Cuba? What did some of the native people do to avoid the torture and brutal killings?

9. How did the Spanish treat the individuals along the River Plate? Give specific examples from the book.

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

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