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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. What made it hard for the natives to run away?

2. The citizens of Mexico City were forced to do what before they were killed?

3. Guzman bartered eighty natives for what?

4. What did the Spanish in Cuzcatlan make the slaves eat?

5. When did the Spaniards arrive on Puerto Rico and Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did de las Casas feel about the way that the Spaniards treated the natives? Why was it hard for him to write down information about the killings?

6. Who was King Guarionex? What happened to him after the Spaniards came to the Indies?

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

8. Where was the province of Cartagena located? What happened in this province when the Spanish arrived?

9. Why did the Spanish establish a permanent settlement in Santa Marta? What did the new commander do to the area?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role did the Dominicans play in the New World? How did they try to help the native people? Where they successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the Spanish enslave the native people? What tasks were the slaves made to do? What effect did the enslavement have on the native people and on their societies?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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