Short Answer Questions
(assignment 7)

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

2) You MUST use blackboards digital dropbox (details here) to submit this homework

3) 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 7, the file name would be:

hussein_s_7.doc

 

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 7

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1) After the Spanish conquered the Aztec and Incan leaderships, whom did the Spanish choose to administer the territories they seized: natives or Spanish migrants? Why? USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES IN SOMALIA & THE US Interested in the fate of the modern descendants of enslaved Africans traded in the Indian Ocean slave trade? See this article from The New York Times about "Africa's Lost Tribe"

2)Well before the arrival of the first European on the West Coast of Africa in the 15th century -- indeed, since at least the eighth century -- there had been an extensive trade in enslaved Africans run by both Arab and African slave traders. To where did these slave traders transport enslaved Africans? USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

3) Considering the reading as a whole, carefully describe the process by which trade expand and wealth increased in 16th Century Asia. Be precise and provide specifics. Answering this question will require a brief but detailed paragraph. USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND ONLY YOUR OWN WORDS.

4) Imagine that you are an advisor to the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar has become intrigued by the new foreigners showing up in Indian ports: Europeans. Moreover, Akbar has learned that Europeans have started to appear in the cities of one of Asia's other great empires: Ming China. Akbar has asked you to write a brief memo (1 - 2 paragraphs) assessing the potential and/or threat these new comers pose to both Empires and -- accordingly -- the proper response to them. Limit your memo to knowledge this advisor would have in 1580; that is, no time travel permitted. Things to consider in your memo: how large is the European presence in Asia and what is its nature? What benefits does the European presence bring? What dangers?

4) Carefully explain the process by which the policies of Mughal Dynasty contributed to the “commercialization of Empire” between 1450 and 1600? Be sure that your explanation describes what came before the “commercialization of Empire”. Be precise and provide specifics. Answering this question will require a brief but detailed paragraph.USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

5) Why did the conquests of the cities of Constantinople and Tenochitlán change the broad contours of global history? Answering this question will require a brief but detailed paragraph.DO NOT (!!!) REPEAT THE TEXTBOOK. USE YOUR OWN WORDS AND ONLY YOUR OWN WORDS.