Watch film and write 250-350 words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ietuPzq4N_o&frags=pl%2Cwn

When Worlds Collide examines the first hundred years after the arrival of the Spanish. It examines how both worlds were affected, positively and negatively. Among some issues addressed are the following listed below; use them as a guide.

Question: In what ways did two worlds colliding lead to a new world (250-350 words)?

1. Be selective; don’t attempt to write about everything

2. Respond to two other students

3. You may also include material from the “Prologue” in addition to (not instead of) the documentary

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The Missing Branch of the Family Tree

–Americas before Discovery: Inka, Mexica/Aztecs, Maya

–Role of cochineal

–Teosinte to maize

Isabella and Ferdinand (“Catholic Kings”)

–what role does Christianity and ancestry play in Spain?

How Contact Changed the Old World

–What did the New world contribute to world diet (foods)? What did Europe contribute?

–What was Queen Isabel’s stance towards the people of the New World?

–What was the Catholic Church’s stance towards the people of the New World?

How Contact Changed the New World

–“New World cultures gradually blended their native beliefs and Catholicism to create new spiritual traditions, images, and symbols.” Explain.

—-What was the “caste” system (sistema de castas)? How does it connect to the treatment of Jews & Muslims in Spain before 1492?

–Africans in America: How important are they in the new societies being created in the New World?

–Bartolomé de las Casas and Bishop Diego de Landa: how do these two men reveal different attitudes towards Native people