Exploring American Histories: Printed Page 26
Exploring American Histories, Value Edition: Printed Page 26
REVIEW & RELATE
Compare and contrast the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya. What similarities and differences do you note?
How did the societies of North America differ from those of the equatorial zone and the Andes?
How and why did Europeans expand their connections with Africa and the Middle East in the fifteenth century?
How did early European encounters with West Africans lay the foundation for later race-based slavery?
What were the short-term consequences in both Europe and the Americas of Columbus’s voyages?
How did the Columbian exchange transform both the Americas and Europe?
What motives were behind the Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas?
What were the consequences in Europe of Spain’s acquisition of an American empire?