Briefly summarize the views of Bartolomé de Las Casas in his Destruction of the Indies. Did they change Spanish imperial policy?

What will be an ideal response?


Key Points: Spanish colonization; exploitation of indigenous populations; Christianity in the Americas

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Annexationists in Hawai'i plotted the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian government for which of the following reasons?

a. To avoid paying the new American tariff on Hawaiian sugar imported into the United States b. To provoke a war between the United States and Japan c. To place Queen Liliuokalani in power d. To keep more Chinese and Japanese from migrating to Hawai'i

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For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Hump of Africa

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How did planners come to see the futility of extensive control on economic policy? What event led them to this discovery? How did this change the views on economic control?

What will be an ideal response?

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In ancient China, which group presided at the rites and ceremonies honoring ancestors' spirits?

A. women represented the nurturing earth goddess B. the Buddhist hierarchy C. the patriarchal heads of the families D. Shinto priests E. members of the official priesthood

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