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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?
2. What did the Spaniards do to Queen Huguanama?
3. What did the Spanish send after the people who escaped to the mountains?
4. The area experienced a shortage of what food?
5. What post did Guzman hold?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Avila establish in Nicaragua? Why did he establish this policy? What were the consequences?
2. Why did some of the natives lose faith in the Dominicans? What did they do? How did the Dominicans feel about this?
3. What were the islands of Puerto Rico and Jamaica known for? What happened when the Spanish landed there?
4. What is the province of Santa Marta known as today? Why did the Spanish go to this province?
5. What reaction did the Spanish receive in Mexico City? What happened in the encounter?
6. What does de las Casas attribute the violence to? Why did he think the Spanish acted as they did?
7. Where was the province of Cartagena located? What happened in this province when the Spanish arrived?
8. Who was Paris? How did the encounter go between his territory and the Spanish? What happened afterward?
9. Who set out for Nicaragua in 1522 or 1523? What did this person find? What did he do when he arrived?
10. What happened between Pizzarro and King Atahualpa? How was Atahualpa killed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did the Spanish conquistadors kill the native people? Describe at least three different methods that the Spanish used. Why do you think they used such brutal measures against the natives?
Essay Topic 2
Who was Montezuma? What did the Spanish do to him and his people? Give specific examples from the book. Why did the Spanish do these things? How did Montezuma and his people react?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Pizzarro's conquest of Peru. Why was he in Peru? How did he treat the native people there? Give at least two specific examples to back up your answer.
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