The Age of Discovery and Exchange: Exploration and Conquest — Test
Question 21 • *KCPS World History (2027)
According 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.
Explanation
Las Casas argues that committing atrocities harms the perpetrators morally and spiritually: they lose respect for themselves and grow distant from the God they claim to believe in. Choice B describes this effect; choices A, C, and D describe violence or its victims rather than its impact on the perpetrators.
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