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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 did the Spaniards arrive on Puerto Rico and Jamaica?

2. Avila sent about how many horsemen to kill off a region of people?

3. Why did the Spanish not abide by the rules?

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

5. Who was the strongest of all the kings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who traveled to Peru in 1531? What was he looking for? What happened in the first few towns?

2. Why were German merchants given control of the slave trade in Venezuela? What effect did this have?

3. What was the main Spanish policy toward the natives? What choice were the natives given?

4. 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?

5. What were the people in the mainland like? How did they change under the Spanish?

6. What did Avila establish in Nicaragua? Why did he establish this policy? What were the consequences?

7. Where did Hernando de Soto arrive at? What was his plan?

8. How did the Guatemalans receive the Spanish? What did the Spanish do? How did the neighboring groups react?

9. Why did some of the natives lose faith in the Dominicans? What did they do? How did the Dominicans feel about this?

10. What did Fray Juan Fernandez de Angulo do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who was Beltran Nuno de Guzman? What positions did he serve in? Why did he flee from Mexico City? How did he treat the natives that he encountered? Give at least three specific examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Spanish and the native people in their weapons and ability to impose their will on others. What advantages and disadvantages did each group have? Why were the Spanish able to conquer the native people?

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