(01.03 MC)Read the excerpt to answer the question below.”It…

(01.03 MC)Read the excerpt to answer the question below.”It was upon these gentle lambs, imbued by the Creator with all the qualities we have mentioned, that from the very first day they clapped eyes on them the Spanish fell like ravening wolves upon the fold, or like tigers and savage lions who have not eaten meat for days. The pattern established at the outset has remained unchanged to this day, and the Spaniards still do nothing save tear the natives to shreds, murder them and inflict upon them untold misery, suffering and distress, tormenting, harrying and persecuting them mercilessly.”Source: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Priest, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, 1542Which of the following statements supports Bartolomé de Las Casas’ point of view?

(01.01 MC)Read the excerpt to answer the question below.”The…

(01.01 MC)Read the excerpt to answer the question below.”They neither care nor know anything of arms, for I showed them swords, and they took them by the blade and cut themselves through ignorance. They have no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish’s tooth at the end, and others being pointed in various ways…I was attentive, and took trouble to ascertain if there was gold. I saw that some of them had a small piece fastened in a hole they have in the nose, and by signs I was able to make out that to the south, or going from the island to the south, there was a king who had great cups full, and who possessed a great quantity.”Source: Christopher Columbus, from his journal entries dated 12–14 October, 1492Reports such as Columbus’s encouraged the European powers to

(01.02 MC)Use the following excerpts to answer the question…

(01.02 MC)Use the following excerpts to answer the question below.”Probably never before, or since, has a mighty emperor…ordered his conquests to cease until it was decided if they were just.”Source: Lewis Hanke, Colonial Latin America historian”By any standards, the debate is one of the most extraordinary events in Western political history: A country engaged in conquest is accused of doing so unjustly.”Source: Robert McAfee Brown, religion and ethics scholarWhich of the following is a true statement about these two quotes?