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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo sent a letter to whom?

2. In what year did the settlers travel inland from Santa Marta?

3. Who did the natives murder?

4. Who did the Spaniards take captive?

5. The German governor used the natives as what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you were the King or Queen of Spain, how would you have reacted to the letters sent to you by the Dominicans and other missionaries describing the abuse of the natives? What would you have done to change the situation? Why do you think the officials did not try to end the abuse?

Essay Topic 2

The friars in the Yucatan were able to make some differences in the lives of the natives for a time. How did they accomplish this? How did the village change? What led to the disruption of this situation? Why were the friars not able to return?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Bartolome de las Casas write this book? What was he hoping to accomplish? Do you think he was successful in his aims? Why or why not?

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