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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. Why did the Spanish not abide by the rules?
2. What did Hatuey ask the friar when the friar tried to convert him?
3. Which kingdom had the best sugar and climate?
4. What was the main Spanish policy toward the New World?
5. What did the Spanish gain from killing Paris and his people?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was King Guarionex? What happened to him after the Spaniards came to the Indies?
2. Where did the Spaniards first land in the Indies? What happened in this first encounter?
3. How did the Spanish treat the individuals along the River Plate? Give specific examples from the book.
4. Who traveled to Peru in 1531? What was he looking for? What happened in the first few towns?
5. Why were German merchants given control of the slave trade in Venezuela? What effect did this have?
6. Why did the Spanish establish a permanent settlement in Santa Marta? What did the new commander do to the area?
7. Why did some of the natives lose faith in the Dominicans? What did they do? How did the Dominicans feel about this?
8. What did the missionaries do? Were their actions successful? Why or why not?
9. Who set out for Nicaragua in 1522 or 1523? What did this person find? What did he do when he arrived?
10. What did Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What did the King and Queen of Spain hope to accomplish in the New World? Why was this important to them? Did the Spanish follow their wishes in the New World? Give examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Describe what slavery was like for the native people. What tasks were they forced to perform? How were they treated? What dangers did they face? Why did so many of the enslaved natives die? How did the Spanish obtain their slaves?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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