Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 25: NEW WORLDS: THE AMERICAS AND OCEANIA

Study Questions

1
What became of the Taino people of the Caribbean?
2
Consider the impact of the encomienda system of land distribution on the future of Spanish America.
3
How did Pizarro conquer the Inca Empire with 180 men?
4
What kinds of communities were established in the New World colonies of Portugal and Spain? How were they organized? How were they governed?
5
Compare the French and English settlements of North America. What kind of settlers came to each? How did these colonies differ from the Iberian colonies further south?
6
Describe the typical relations between French and English settlers and the Native Americans.
7
What determined the social hierarchy in the Iberian colonies? Who tended to have wealth and power?
8
What was the basis of the economy of the Spanish empire? Who profited most from this?
9
Explain how sugar production came to dictate so much of colonial Brazilian life.
10
What became the basis of the economy and settlement in the North American colonies of France and England?
11
When and how did slavery come to North America? How did the arrival of slavery impact the societies that emerged there?
12
What was distinctive about the European exploration and settlement of Australia?
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