The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

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Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"[Spaniards'] reason for killing and destroying such an infinite number of souls is that the Christians have an ultimate aim,which is to acquire gold,and to swell themselves with riches in a very brief time and thus rise to a high estate disproportionate to their merits. It should be kept in mind that their insatiable greed and ambition,the greatest ever seen in the world,is the cause of their villainies.And also,those lands are so rich and felicitous,the native people so meek and patient,so easy to subject,that our Spaniards have no more consideration for them than beasts."
Bartolomé de las Casas,A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies,1552
-The ideas expressed by de las Casas were the result of which of the following?

• A) European exploitation of native populations and resources
• B) The introduction of domesticated livestock into the Western Hemisphere
• C) The introduction of African slave labor into the Americas
• D) Widespread deadly epidemics caused by encounters with Europeans

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