Short Answer Questions
(assignment 5)

Notes:

1) Depending on how you turn this assignment in, you may not have to attend class on 2/15. See details in special note (2) from 2/10 in the Syllabus.

2) This assignment, like ALL assignments in this class, must be typed. See handout on class expectations

3) If you are using blackboards digital dropbox (details here) to submit this homework in order that you can skip class on 2/15 (see note 1 above), BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE.

All files should be named as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by a your first initial, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 5, the file name would be:

hussein_s_5.doc

 

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 5


SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS ON TEXTBOOK READING.

Answers that repeat the language of the textbook will receive no credit. These are decidedly SHORT answer questions, with the exception of Question 5.

1) What events encouraged the exploration of the Atlantic by Europeans? (a sentence or two will do here)

2) Before their discoveries allowed the building of the "Atlantic System," what zone of maritime trade had Europeans been scrambling to break into? (a phrase will do here)

3) From where did the wealth come that made possible the grandeur of the Aztec Empire? (a sentence or two will do here)

4) Against whom did the Tlaxacans wage their war of liberation? (a phrase will do here)

5) What were the economic repercussions for Europeans of the Spanish destruction of the two great empires of the New World? (three or more sentences, use your own words and ONLY your own words)