Question 4 • NC-World History: Issues and Patterns CR
Read the passage by Bartolomé de las Casas.[Since New Spain was discovered], great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. These so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretense of settling the area. And [since that time] the great iniquities and injustices, the outrageous acts of violence and the bloody tyranny of these Christians have steadily escalated, the perpetrators having lost all fear of God . . . and all sense of self-respect.–Bartolomé de las CasasAccording to Bartolomé de las Casas, the effect of atrocities, injustices, and outrageous acts on the perpetrators is that
Answer
A
they lose respect for themselves and become distanced from God, in whom they claim to believe.
B
Spanish explorers were stealing, killing, and murdering the Indigenous peoples of the region.
C
they experienced the violence and bloody tyranny of these Christians.
D
the Indigenous peoples of the region were killed by members of the expedition.