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Questions 1 - 3 refer to the following source:
"Could one give more convincing proof of the superiority of some men to others in intelligence,
spirit, and valor, and of the fact that such people are slaves by nature? For although some of them
display a certain talent for craftsmanship, this is not proof of human intelligence, for we know
that animals, birds, and spiders do certain work that no human industry can completely
imitate....Such, in sum, are the disposition and customs of these little men -- barbarous,
uncivilized, and inhumane; and we know that they were like this before the coming of the
Spaniards. We have not yet spoken of their impious religion and of the wicked sacrifices in
which they worshipped the devil as their God, beiieving that they could offer no better tribute
than human hearts.... How can we doubt that these peoples, so uncivilized, so barbarous,
contaminated with so many infidelities and vices, have been justly conquered by such an
excellent, pious, and just king as the late Ferdinand the Catholic, and by a nation that is most
humane and excels in every kind of virtue?"
Juan Ginds de Sepirive da, Concerning the Just Cause of the War
against the Indians, 1547
1. The arguments of Sepirlveda were supportive of which Spanish policy regarding the Indians?
(A)forced agricultural work and mining by Inciians in New Spain
(B) forced removal of Indian populations to lands not yet inhabited by Spanish colonists
(C) shipment of Indians out of the Americas for slave plantations within Spain and Portugal
(D) isolation of Indians on reservations within New Spain
2. Which statement below represents an argument used by Bartolomd de las Casas against
Sepirlveda?
(A)Indians should be viewed as equal to Spaniards and be given political rights
(B) Indians should be removed to areas where they couid live freely in isoiation
(C) Indian religious beliefs should be preserved and celebrated
(D) Indians should be brought into Christianity and not be mistreated
3. Debates over the proper treatment and roles of Indians in New Spain had which effect on
colonial society?
(A) embrace of Indians as equals with opportunities to serve in government
(B) a gradual shift away from Indian labor in favor of African slavery
(C) strict cultural and political separation between colonists and Indians in New Spain
(D) widespread Indian rebellions that kept colonists isoiated in coastal fortresses