LAS+210



STUDY GUIDE FOR “MIDTERM” -REVIEW MIDIEVAL SPAIN -THE COMMERCIAL SYSTEM -THE INFLUENCE OF THE “RECONQUISTA” ON SPANISH CHARACTER -THE CHURCH—WHY SO INFLUENCIAL? -THE AMERICAS—THE INDIGINOUS CULTURES, WHO WERE THEY? -THE SPANIARDS—DISCOVERERS AND CONQUERORS: Who and where? -Colonial Administration: Who were the players? Not name, but positions. -Sociology of the New World: The people and how they were divided. -Independence: Background, causes, distant and immediate. Results? -I like short, multiple choice questions, pairings also work. I like -chronologies (a series of events put into chronological order (Moses, Christ, Mother Theresa—for example)) -I like what are called “directed questions” so you have to answer with specific answers… -And perhaps a general, broad essay question so you can spread your wings… -I would appreciate the test being written in ink, rather than pencil…Please. **** Monday: Mercado modelo  **
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Here are the readings for the week of May 20-23

Readings for this week 20 -23 May 2013 Keen Group: You are going to be the “heavylifters” this week: Tuesday: Conquest: #s 1,3,4,5,6,9,10 Wednesday: Colonization: #s 1,3,4,5,8,9 Thursday: Pages 103-125: The Colonial Economy: 1,2,3,6,7 Chasteen Group: You are going to need to concentrate and report clearly to your classmates Tuesday: Pages 43-46 Friar Bartolomé de las Casas and Pgs. 49-67, The Colonial Crucible You might want to run this into Wednesday, depending on how deep you want to go on these ideas Wednesday: Pgs 67-80 The Fringes of Colonization and 81 to 84, the rebellions. I would like for you to distribute a list of these to your classmates…the Keen Group, please.

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