Bartolomé de las Casas Quiz

What is Bartolomé de las Casas famous for?

• Establishing Spanish colonies

• Protecting the rights of indigenous peoples

• Exploring the Americas

• Conquering the Native Americans

What did Bartolomé de las Casas witness during Spanish colonization?

• Equal sharing of resources between Spanish colonizers and Native Americans

• Mutual respect between Spanish colonizers and indigenous peoples

• Peaceful coexistence with Native Americans

• Mistreatment and exploitation of Native Americans

What did Bartolomé de las Casas advocate for?

• Fair treatment of indigenous peoples

• Extermination of indigenous peoples

• Enslavement of indigenous peoples

• Exploitation of indigenous peoples

What did Bartolomé de las Casas argue for in his books and speeches?

• Expansion of Spanish colonies

• Rights of Spanish colonizers

• Rights of indigenous peoples

• Cruelty towards indigenous peoples

What role did Bartolomé de las Casas's work play in shaping early human rights movements?

• Significant role

• Minor role

• No role at all

• Negative role