Chapter 16: The Acceleration of Global Contact 1450–1600
Quiz for Document 16-4: Cross-Cultural Communications and Conquest
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Correct. The answer is c. Cortés and his men were tipped off by friendly Native Americans. The Spanish owed much of their success to Native Americans who acted as translators and helped them interpret the intent of the various Native American groups they encountered.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Cortés and his men were tipped off by friendly Native Americans. The Spanish owed much of their success to Native Americans who acted as translators and helped them interpret the intent of the various Native American groups they encountered.
Correct. The answer is d. Xicotenga sent his men with food and gifts for the Spanish so that they could spy on the Spanish and assess their huts, numbers, supplies, and weapons.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Xicotenga sent his men with food and gifts for the Spanish so that they could spy on the Spanish and assess their huts, numbers, supplies, and weapons.
Correct. The answer is b. Cortés indicated that the Spanish wanted peace and to convert the native people. He said that he “desired peace and had not come to make war, but had come to entreat them and make clear to them on behalf of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Incorrect. The answer is b. Cortés indicated that the Spanish wanted peace and to convert the native people. He said that he “desired peace and had not come to make war, but had come to entreat them and make clear to them on behalf of our Lord Jesus Christ.”