American History I: Module One Short Answer Assignment

Opened: Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 12:00 AM

Due: Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 12:00 AM

In addition to 3-5 sentences for your answer per question, provide the page number or section of the textbook you found your answer with each of your responses. If you are reading the PDF version give page number and section. If you are reading the online version give section number. Example; pg 34 section 2.1

1. The Inca were able to control an empire that stretched from modern Colombia to southern Chile. Which of their various means for achieving such control do you think were most effective, and why?

2. How did the Olmec, Aztec, Inca, Maya, and North American Indians differ in their ways of life and cultural achievements? How did their particular circumstances—geography, history, or the accomplishments of the societies that had preceded them, for example—serve to shape their particular traditions and cultures?

3. What were the lasting effects of the Crusades? In what ways did they provide opportunities—both negative and positive—for cross-cultural encounters and exchanges?

4. Was race identified with slavery before the era of European exploration? Why or why not? How did slavery’s association with race change the institution’s character?

5.What are the differences between the types of slavery traditionally practiced in Africa and the slavery that developed in the New World? How did other types of servitude, such as European serfdom, compare to slavery?

Objectives:

This writing assignment aligns with course level objectives 1, 2, and 3 and module level objectives 1-3

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