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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. When one Spanish commander couldn't sleep because of the screams, what did he ask the executioner to do?
2. How many people did the Spaniards kill on the day they decided to go on a killing spree?
3. When the natives did not obey the claims of the Spanish, they were labeled what?
4. What was the largest city in the Kingdom of Guatemala?
5. Who arrived in New Spain in 1525?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were German merchants given control of the slave trade in Venezuela? What effect did this have?
2. What happened between Pizzarro and King Atahualpa? How was Atahualpa killed?
3. 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?
4. What did the missionaries do? Were their actions successful? Why or why not?
5. How did the Guatemalans fight back against the Spanish? Were they successful? Why or why not?
6. What does de las Casas attribute the violence to? Why did he think the Spanish acted as they did?
7. Who was Paris? How did the encounter go between his territory and the Spanish? What happened afterward?
8. What was the main Spanish policy toward the natives? What choice were the natives given?
9. Who traveled to Peru in 1531? What was he looking for? What happened in the first few towns?
10. What happened to the friars in the village? What was later learned?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the five different kingdoms of Hispaniola. Who led each of the kingdoms? What happened to the leaders and the people in each kingdom? Why do you think these actions were taken by the Spanish?
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
Choose one area of the New World, such as Hispaniola or Trinidad. Describe what happened in this area. Why did the Spanish go to this area? What actions did they take? How did the natives react to these actions? What were the outcomes?
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