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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. The natives were given the choice of converting to Christianity and swearing allegiance to Spain or what other choice?
2. What did Hatuey call the God of the Spaniards?
3. The lord named Paris lived close to where?
4. Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in what year?
5. De Las Casas says that Avila was what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does de las Casas attribute the violence to? Why did he think the Spanish acted as they did?
2. The situation became worse for the natives after what happened? Why did this worsen the situation?
3. Who was Paris? How did the encounter go between his territory and the Spanish? What happened afterward?
4. Who arrived in 1514? What was this person like? What were his goals for the mainland?
5. How did the Guatemalans fight back against the Spanish? Were they successful? Why or why not?
6. Did the peace last in the village? Why or why not?
7. How did Quesada treat the native people of New Granada? Give specific examples from the book.
8. What happened in the city of Cholula? Describe the situation.
9. How did the Guatemalans receive the Spanish? What did the Spanish do? How did the neighboring groups react?
10. What did Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
What effects do you think the Spanish conquest of the New World had? Use examples from the book to support your answer. Do you think that the Spanish presence was a benefit or did it hinder the people and societies of the New World? Why?
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