Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 2

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 2

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Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal

Document 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians"

Document 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520

Document 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico

Document 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536

Choose the best answer to each question.

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. King Afonso objected to locals being so eager for Portuguese goods that they resorted to capturing and selling free African subjects and even nobles to be able to afford them..

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. The inhabitants of the Caribbean islands were hospitable, friendly, and unarmed, and they appeared to Columbus to be physically healthy..

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Bernal Díaz del Castillo described the human sacrifices practiced by the natives in Tenochtitlán as cannibalistic and as worship of idols rather than deities..

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. The Mexican warriors who fought Hernan Cortés and his troops in the defense of Tenochtitlán had been greatly weakened by a smallpox epidemic that had moved ahead of European arrivals..

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. When asked to heal gravely ill Indians, Cabeza de Vaca prayed to God, made the sign of a cross, and breathed on the sick Indian several times..

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Whereas Columbus found the inhabitants of the Caribbean islands to be very poor, Díaz del Castillo was impressed with the wealth of Tenochtitlán.

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Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Cabeza de Vaca described the Indians he encountered as deceitful and duplicitous; Mexican Indians described the Spaniards in Tenochtitlán in the same way.