Ch. 24 New Worlds



24 The anger of Jehovah again blazed against Israel+ when one incited David* against them, saying: “Go, take a count+ of Israel and Judah.”+2 So the king said to Joʹab+ the chief of the army who was with him: “Please go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beʹer-sheʹba,+ and register the people, so that I may know the number of the people.”3 But Joʹab said to the king: “May Jehovah your God multiply the people 100 times, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it, but why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”4 But the king’s word prevailed over Joʹab and the chiefs of the army. So Joʹab and the chiefs of the army went out from before the king to register the people of Israel.+5 They crossed the Jordan and camped at A·roʹer,+ to the right* of the city in the middle of the valley,* toward the Gadʹites, and on to Jaʹzer.+6 After that they went on to Gilʹe·ad+ and the land of Tahʹtim-hodʹshi and continued to Dan-jaʹan and went around to Siʹdon.+7 Then they went to the fortress of Tyre+ and all the cities of the Hiʹvites+ and of the Caʹnaan·ites, and finally they ended up in the Negʹeb+ of Judah at Beʹer-sheʹba.+8 Thus they went through all the land and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and 20 days.9 Joʹab now gave to the king the number of the people who were registered. Israel amounted to 800,000 warriors armed with swords, and the men of Judah were 500,000.+10 But David’s heart* was struck with remorse+ after he had numbered the people. David then said to Jehovah: “I have sinned+ greatly by doing this. And now, Jehovah, please forgive your servant’s error,+ for I have acted very foolishly.”+11 When David got up in the morning, Jehovah’s word came to Gad+ the prophet, David’s visionary, saying:12 “Go and say to David, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “I am giving you three options. Choose the one that I should bring on you.”’”+13 So Gad came in to David and told him: “Should seven years of famine come on your land?+ Or should you flee for three months from your adversaries while they pursue you?+ Or should there be three days of pestilence in your land?+ Now consider carefully what I should reply to the One who sent me.”14 So David said to Gad: “It is very distressing to me. Let us fall, please, into the hand of Jehovah,+ for his mercy is great;+ but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”+15 Then Jehovah sent a pestilence+ on Israel from the morning until the designated time, so that 70,000 of the people from Dan to Beʹer-sheʹba+ died.+16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah felt regret* over the calamity,+ and he said to the angel bringing destruction among the people: “It is enough! Now let your hand drop.” Jehovah’s angel was close to the threshing floor of A·rauʹnah+ the Jebʹu·site.+17 When David saw the angel who was striking the people down, he said to Jehovah: “I am the one who sinned, and I am the one who did wrong; but these sheep+—what have they done? Let your hand, please, come against me and my father’s house.”+18 So Gad came in to David on that day and said to him: “Go up, set up for Jehovah an altar on the threshing floor of A·rauʹnah the Jebʹu·site.”+19 So David went up at the word of Gad, as Jehovah had commanded.20 When A·rauʹnah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, A·rauʹnah immediately went out and bowed down to the king with his face to the ground.21 A·rauʹnah asked: “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied: “To buy from you the threshing floor in order to build an altar to Jehovah, so that the scourge against the people may be halted.”+22 But A·rauʹnah said to David: “Let my lord the king take it and offer up what seems good to him.* Here are cattle for the burnt offering and the threshing sledge and the equipment of the cattle for the wood.23 All of this, O king, A·rauʹnah gives to the king.” Then A·rauʹnah said to the king: “May Jehovah your God show you favor.”24 However, the king said to A·rauʹnah: “No, I must buy it from you for a price. I will not offer up to Jehovah my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the cattle for 50 silver shekels.*+25 And David built an altar+ there to Jehovah and offered up burnt sacrifices and communion sacrifices. Jehovah then responded to the entreaty for the land,+ and the scourge against Israel was halted.

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^ Or “the south.”
^ Or “conscience.”
^ Lit., “what is good in his eyes.”
^ A shekel equaled 11.4 g (0.367 oz t). See App. B14.

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1209036790What was Doña Marina's role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs?A) She unwittingly infected many of her people with smallpox.B) She betrayed the secret entrance to Tenochtitlan.C) She bore Cortés a child, who would bring unity among both peoples.D) She could speak several native languages and served as an interpreter.E) She was the first Catholic convert.D) She could speak several native languages and served as an interpreter.0
1209036791The first indigenous people that the Spanish empire dispossessed of their lands and forced into labor were theA) Aztecs.B) Incas.C) Iroquois.D) Maya.E) Taíno.E) Taíno.1
1209036792The labor system that compelled native workers to labor in Spanish mines and fields in exchange for protection and Christian conversion was known asA) the encomienda system.B) the hacienda.C) slavery.D) indentured servitude.E) the repartimiento system.A) the encomienda system.2
1209036793Which of the following was NOT a significant factor in Cortés's defeat of the Aztec empire?A) superior Spanish technology, especially swords, muskets, cannons, and horsesB) a devastating smallpox epidemicC) the inadequate defenses of TenochtitlanD) the resentment of many indigenous peoples to Aztec ruleE) All these answers are correct, as none were factors in the defeat of the Aztecs.C) the inadequate defenses of Tenochtitlan3
1209036794In colonial governments, the power of the Spanish viceroy was kept in check by the authority ofA) the Catholic church.B) the audiencias.C) the colonial legislature.D) the Spanish crown.E) the colonial militias.D) the Spanish crown.4
1209036795How did Portugal gain an empire in Brazil?A) Portuguese mariners were first to explore the Amazon basin.B) The Treaty of Tordesillas, designed to divide the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal, unintentionally granted Brazil to Portugal.C) Initially, the Spanish had no interest in South America.D) Brazilian natives successfully resisted Spanish invaders.E) None of these answers is correct.B) The Treaty of Tordesillas, designed to divide the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal, unintentionally granted Brazil to Portugal.5
1209036796The English settlements in North America grew slowly at first becauseA) of the large, densely-populated Indian communities that dominated the coast.B) the first English settlements did not prepare sufficient food crops.C) the colonies did not produce commodities that Europeans were eager to buy.D) the English government did not support or protect the colonies.E) All these answers are correct.B) the first English settlements did not prepare sufficient food crops.6
1209036797One significant difference in the administration of English colonies compared to their Spanish counterparts wasA) the Spanish crown was less actively involved in the government of their colonies.B) English governors were elected directly by the colonists, while Spanish viceroys were appointed by the crown.C) Spanish colonies had powerful local assemblies, while the English did not.D) English colonies were often financed by private investors, who retained control over colonial affairs.E) the church played a greater role in the administration of Spanish colonies.D) English colonies were often financed by private investors, who retained control over colonial affairs.7
1209036798How did European settlers in North America legally justify seizing lands from native North American peoples?A) The settlers negotiated treaties.B) Because the native Americans were not Christian, they had no right to the land.C) Because the native Americans were hunters and gatherers rather than farmers, their claims to the land were not considered valid.D) The settlers established squatters' rights on unoccupied lands.E) By defeating the native Americans in battle, the English and French claimed the land as a spoil of war.A) The settlers negotiated treaties.8
1209036799A mestizo is aA) person born in Spain who immigrated to the New World.B) person of Spanish descent born in the New World.C) person of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent.D) person of mixed African and indigenous descent.E) person of mixed Spanish and African descent.C) person of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent.9
1209036800Criollos differed from peninsulares only in thatA) they were born in the western hemisphere and not the eastern hemisphere.B) their mothers were part native.C) they had no land and were economically dependent.D) they had not yet been baptized in the Catholic church.E) they were indentured servants, while peninsulares were free.A) they were born in the western hemisphere and not the eastern hemisphere.10
1209036801The most valuable commodity for the Spanish in the Americas wasA) minerals like silver and gold.B) sugar and rum.C) tobacco.D) furs.E) timber.A) minerals like silver and gold.11
1209036802How did the mining industries of the Americas stimulate global economic growth?A) Mining increased the demand for labor, sparking the growth of an indigenous middle class.B) Mineral ores from Mexico provided the raw materials for European manufacturing.C) The sale of slaves to the mines by the Portuguese resulted in the Portuguese spending their wealth throughout Europe and Africa.D) The Spanish quinto circulated throughout European and Asian markets.E) All these answers are correct.D) The Spanish quinto circulated throughout European and Asian markets.12
1209036803Which of the following is NOT true of the mita system?A) It was used by the Spanish at Potosí.B) It had been used by the Incas.C) It was a form of slavery, in that workers were not paid.D) It led to high rates of death among workers.E) It affected a large portion of the indigenous population.C) It was a form of slavery, in that workers were not paid.13
1209036804The labor system that dominated on haciendas of Spanish America wasA) indentured servitude.B) slavery.C) the mita system.D) the encomienda system.E) wage labor.D) the encomienda system.14
1209036805Why did the production of sugar differ from that of other agricultural commodities of the western hemisphere?A) Sugar production was particularly hard on the environment.B) Sugarcane required extensive processing to turn it into a profitable export.C) African slaves were the only people who knew how to grow sugarcane.D) Sugar was extremely profitable with very little investment.E) It was only possible to grow in Brazil, and it had an extremely short growing season.B) Sugarcane required extensive processing to turn it into a profitable export.15
1209036806Which of the following was NOT a typical result of the North American fur trade?A) intense competition and even warfare among indigenous peoples for European tradeB) intense competition among French, Dutch, and English fur tradersC) the decimation of the beaver population in North AmericaD) hostile relations between European traders and Native American trappersE) the introduction of European manufactured goods to indigenous peoplesD) hostile relations between European traders and Native American trappers16
1209036808Indentured servants who worked off their contracts in the colonies oftenA) returned disappointed to Europe.B) hoped to become wealthy plantation-owners.C) hoped to become active in the politics of the colonies.D) hoped to become independent artisans or planters.E) remained in debt for many years.D) hoped to become independent artisans or planters.17
1209036811Why were the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and South America more likely to accept Christianity than were the peoples of North America?A) Mesoamerican and South American peoples found many similarities between their religions and Catholicism.B) North American peoples were more geographically scattered, and thus more difficult for missionaries to reach.C) Catholic missionaries in Spanish America were more tolerant of native cultures than were the Protestant missionaries in North America.D) Catholic rule in the New World was more generous and enlightened than the English or the French rule.E) None of these answers is correct.B) North American peoples were more geographically scattered, and thus more difficult for missionaries to reach.18
1209036813The first explorers to Australia were not interested in settlement becauseA) the first explorers were driven away by hostile aborigines.B) the first explorers could not sail across the Great Barrier Reef.C) the land appeared too densely forested to settle easily.D) Australia was too far from European markets.E) All these answers are correct.C) the land appeared too densely forested to settle easily.19