8/3/26, 7:43 PM Exam # 2: HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026 Summer B)
Exam # 2
Due Jul 24 at 11:59pm
Points 100
Questions 50
Available until Jul 24 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 30 Minutes
Instructions
Please select the best answer to the following questions:
This quiz was locked Jul 24 at 11:59pm.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 24 minutes 86 out of 100
Score for this quiz: 86 out of 100
Submitted Jul 19 at 6:02pm
This attempt took 24 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
2 /2 pts
Who won the debate at Valladolid?
Bartolome de las Casas
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
there is no recorded winner
Francisco de Vitoria
Wrong answer
Question 2
0/2pts
In comparison to the Aztecs, the Incas were
more hierarchical and bloodthirsty.
more warlike and had less sophisticated technology.
more closely organized but less bloodthirsty.
losely organized into small city-states that were semi-independent.
Correct answer
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, 8/3/26, 7:43 PM Exam # 2: HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026 Summer B)
Question 3
2/2pts
Why were the natives segregated from the Spanish lay population in towns?
They feared that the natives would infect the lay populations with various diseases.
To protect them from exploitation and demoralization and put under continuous ecclesiastical supervision.
They did not want them to get used to the urban lifestyle since they were to be returned to the countryside once they
had been "civilized."
They did not want the natives to pollute the pure blood of the Spanish settlers.
Correct answer
Question 4
2/2pts
On what did the Spanish crown officially base its right to rule the Indies?
The right of first discovery.
Divine right.
The Papal bulls of 1493, in particular upon Inter Caetera.
Theories of racial and religious superiority.
Correct answer
Question 5
2 /2 pts
The Portuguese stronghold of Goa was secured under the leadership of
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Francis Xavier
Vincente Sodre
Francisco de Alemeida
Correct answer
Question 6
2 /2 pts
Where did the Portuguese find the slave labor they needed for their sugar cane plantations?
Portugal
Africa
The local indiginous populations
Brazil
Correct answer
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Exam # 2
Due Jul 24 at 11:59pm
Points 100
Questions 50
Available until Jul 24 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 30 Minutes
Instructions
Please select the best answer to the following questions:
This quiz was locked Jul 24 at 11:59pm.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 24 minutes 86 out of 100
Score for this quiz: 86 out of 100
Submitted Jul 19 at 6:02pm
This attempt took 24 minutes.
Correct answer
Question 1
2 /2 pts
Who won the debate at Valladolid?
Bartolome de las Casas
Juan Gines de Sepulveda
there is no recorded winner
Francisco de Vitoria
Wrong answer
Question 2
0/2pts
In comparison to the Aztecs, the Incas were
more hierarchical and bloodthirsty.
more warlike and had less sophisticated technology.
more closely organized but less bloodthirsty.
losely organized into small city-states that were semi-independent.
Correct answer
https://asu.instructure.com/courses/261915/quizzes/20280737?module _item_id=19902555 1/13
, 8/3/26, 7:43 PM Exam # 2: HST 309: Exploration and Empire (2026 Summer B)
Question 3
2/2pts
Why were the natives segregated from the Spanish lay population in towns?
They feared that the natives would infect the lay populations with various diseases.
To protect them from exploitation and demoralization and put under continuous ecclesiastical supervision.
They did not want them to get used to the urban lifestyle since they were to be returned to the countryside once they
had been "civilized."
They did not want the natives to pollute the pure blood of the Spanish settlers.
Correct answer
Question 4
2/2pts
On what did the Spanish crown officially base its right to rule the Indies?
The right of first discovery.
Divine right.
The Papal bulls of 1493, in particular upon Inter Caetera.
Theories of racial and religious superiority.
Correct answer
Question 5
2 /2 pts
The Portuguese stronghold of Goa was secured under the leadership of
Alfonso de Albuquerque
Francis Xavier
Vincente Sodre
Francisco de Alemeida
Correct answer
Question 6
2 /2 pts
Where did the Portuguese find the slave labor they needed for their sugar cane plantations?
Portugal
Africa
The local indiginous populations
Brazil
Correct answer
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