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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were tried for their actions in the New World by the Council of the Indies?

2. De Soto argued that what be cut from the survivors of his massacres?

3. What topic did the Dominicans send a monk out to preach on?

4. Who did not want the natives to think that Christians were evil?

5. Who sent evidence of the atrocities to the Council of the Indies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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