-How did Theodore de Bry represent the religious beliefs of Native Americans?
A) His engravings showed that Indians participated in religious ceremonies similar to those of Catholic and Protestant Europeans.
B) He emphasized the "otherness" of the indigenous ceremonies that promoted the people of the New World as being un-Christian savages.
C) The European features shown on the Indians' faces made Europeans sympathize with them and accept their religious practices.
D) He showed how Catholic explorers from Europe exploited the indigenous people of the Americas.

Question

-How did Theodore de Bry represent the religious beliefs of Native Americans?
A) His engravings showed that Indians participated in religious ceremonies similar to those of Catholic and Protestant Europeans. 
B) He emphasized the "otherness" of the indigenous ceremonies that promoted the people of the New World as being un-Christian savages. 
C) The European features shown on the Indians' faces made Europeans sympathize with them and accept their religious practices. 
D) He showed how Catholic explorers from Europe exploited the indigenous people of the Americas.

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Theodore de Bry's engravings often emphasized the exotic and "other" aspects of Native American ceremonies, portraying them in a way that suggested they were un-Christian savages. This was part of a broader trend in European representations of the New World that highlighted the supposed savagery and heathenism of its peoples to justify colonial expansion and conversion efforts.

-How Did Theodore De Bry Represent the Religious Beliefs of Native