Latin America

For your reflection paper, choose one of the three questions below and write a response of 1 to 2 pages. After submitting the document here, also post it in the discussion board so that your colleagues can read and make two discussion board posts to yours and your classmates’ work.

1. Why were the Spanish successful in conquering large indigenous empires in the Americas, and how has that debate continued in recent years as we continue to reexamine and revise history?

2. What were some of the chief economic functions of the colonies, how did they operate in the European colonial system, and what effects did they have on colonial development?

3. What was the concept of transculturation, usually symbolized by the term mestizaje, what impact did it have in cultural, racial, religious, etc. terms?