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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. New Spain was founded in what year?
(a) 1803
(b) 1432
(c) 1517
(d) 1699

2. Nicolas de Ovando was granted the title of governor in 1501 for which kingdom?
(a) Maguá
(b) Maguana
(c) Higuey
(d) Xaraguá

3. How many people were killed in Honduras?
(a) 5,000
(b) 2,000,000
(c) 11,000,000
(d) 400,000

4. In 1511, the Spaniards landed where?
(a) Panama
(b) Bahamas
(c) Florida
(d) Cuba

5. On one occasion, 4000 natives carried loads. How many survived the ordeal?
(a) 300
(b) 240
(c) 110
(d) 6

6. Why did Guzman flee inland?
(a) He feared the natives
(b) His soldiers staged a mutiny
(c) A new Audiencia had been appointed
(d) He heard of a gold find

7. What happened if the natives obeyed the Spanish?
(a) They were burned
(b) They were let go
(c) They became soldiers
(d) They became slaves

8. Where was King Guarionex sent?
(a) Madrid
(b) Castile
(c) England
(d) New Spain

9. What was the first territory on which the Spanish landed?
(a) Island of Hispaniola
(b) Island of Genoa
(c) Island of Sagres
(d) Island of San Salvador

10. When did the Spaniards arrive on Puerto Rico and Jamaica?
(a) 1411
(b) 1679
(c) 1496
(d) 1509

11. What did the Spaniards do to Queen Huguanama?
(a) Shot her
(b) Hanged her
(c) Burned her
(d) Stoned her

12. Where were the highest citizens placed during the event?
(a) Nearest Montezuma
(b) On the highest hill in town
(c) In the church
(d) Farthest from Montezuma

13. What did the Spanish want that the Guatemalans didn't have?
(a) Slaves
(b) Gold
(c) Horses
(d) Diamonds

14. Which Christian missionary was present?
(a) De Las Casas
(b) Saura
(c) Castile
(d) De Rey

15. When the natives did not obey the claims of the Spanish, they were labeled what?
(a) Nationalists
(b) Outlaws
(c) Loyalists
(d) Irrational

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Spanish in Cuzcatlan make the slaves eat?

2. Hatuey fled from Hispaniola to where?

3. Avila established a system of licenses where the Spanish could demand what?

4. The lord named Paris lived close to where?

5. What did the Spanish force Montezuma to tell the citizens?

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