Chapter 2

Quiz for Document 2-1: Testimony of Acoma Indians (1599)

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Question 1

The perspective of which group is best represented in Testimony of Acoma Indians?A. The Acoma Indians
B. The translator
C. The Spanish officials
D. The Indians’ defense lawyers

Question 2

The Spanish inquiry focused on two questions only: 1) Why had the people of Acoma killed Spanish soldiers?, and 2) Why had the people of AcomaA. abandoned their pueblo?
B. performed a religious ceremony?
C. refused an offer of peace?
D. threatened mass suicide?

Question 3

In the various testimonies, two different answers are given as to what led to the people of Acoma to kill Spanish soldiers and officials: The Spanish had killed a native of Acoma first, and the Spanish hadA. demanded food supplies from Acoma stores.
B. desecrated Acoma sacred sites.
C. forced religious conversion on Acoma.
D. tried to enslave the young males of Acoma.

Question 4

Based on the accounts of this incident, what might be inferred about the day-to-day relations between Spanish authorities and the indigenous people of New Mexico?A. Pueblo and Spanish peoples were becoming culturally blended.
B. Pueblo Indians expected full independence from the Spanish.
C. Spanish officials were in complete control of the newly conquered lands.
D. Spanish conquerors exercised uneasy dominance over the Pueblo peoples.