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Questions For Class Discussion

Questions For Class Discussion
Chapter 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.A.D. 1769

  1. How did Indian societies of South and North America differ from European societies at the time the two came into contact? In what ways did Indians retain a world view different from that of the Europeans?

  2. What role did disease and forced labor (including slavery) play in the early settlement of America? Is the view of the Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors and exploiters validor is this image just another version of the English black legend concerning the Spanish role in the Americas?

  3. Are the differences between Latin America and North America due primarily to the differences between the respective Indian societies that existed in the two places, or to the disparity between Spanish and English culture? What would have happened if the English had conquered densely settled Mexico and Peru, and the Spanish had settled more thinly populated North America?

  4. In what ways are the early (pre-1600) histories of Mexican and the present-day American Southwest understood differently now that the United States is being so substantially affected by Mexican and Latin American immigration and culture? To what extent should this now be regarded as part of our American history?

  5. Why was the Old World able to dominate the New World? What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Old World? What were the strengths and weaknesses of the New World?
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