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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sent evidence of the atrocities to the Council of the Indies?
(a) Spanish settlers
(b) German merchants
(c) Natives
(d) Missionaries

2. How long did it take Pizzarro and his men to eat all of the food on the island?
(a) One year
(b) Three days
(c) Six months
(d) Two weeks

3. When Pizzarro reached the coast, which island did he sail to?
(a) Tumba
(b) Puna
(c) Trinidad
(d) Puerto Rico

4. The son of the chief in the Yucatan was sold for what?
(a) Two pieces of gold
(b) Cheese
(c) A horse
(d) Passage to Spain

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were tried for their actions in the New World by the Council of the Indies?

2. How many years had the atrocities been going on when de las Casas wrote the book?

3. Brother Marcos said that the Peruvians where what?

4. The natives were given a break from the Spaniards when gold was discovered where?

5. De las Casas says that no one should doubt the kindness of whom?

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