PO5006 Worksheet 1: 1492

PO5006 Worksheet 1: 1492 Name:
DUE TW2 Lecture
Instructions:
1. Make sure you understand the assessment brief for the Reading Portfolio, which
can be foundin the Module Guide and on Canvas under
Assessments & Feedback
2. Read through the handout on Active Reading, Critical Reading, available underGeneral Resources.
3. Read through the key questions and keywords below. Then read and view the
required sources below, with those questions and keywords in mind. (Note: you
don’t have to incorporate every keyword in your response, but make sure you have
an idea what each one refers to.)
4. Answer the questions below. Be brief and to the point, aiming for 300-400 words in
total. You should also keep track of your reactions to the reading (including things
you were inspired by or like, disagreed with or found highly irritating – all
welcome!) and things you find unclear – bring those reactions and questions to
class next week!
5. Type up for your answers, print them and bring them to next week’s class. You’re
welcome to keep the worksheet to refer to during group activities in the second
hour. But make sure to leave the worksheet in the box at the end of the hour for
grading.
Remember: Worksheets will not be graded if they are hand-written, submitted by
email, or submitted for a class you did not attend.
Required Readings
Active Reading, Critical Reading handout (on Canvas under
General Resources)
Teresa Meade “Latin America in 1790”,(ch.2) in
A History of Modern Latin
America.
Democracy Now! “On Columbus Day, Indigenous Urge Celebration of Native
Culture & Teaching of the Americas’ Genocide” (10:36, 8 October
2012)There is supplemental source material for this topic in the TW1 & 2 units of
Keywords:the mercantile triangle, the
encomienda system, chattel slavery
Spanish & Portuguese keywords:
Conquistadores,hacienda (Spanish colonies),
latifúndia (Brasil)
Questions
1. What were the main sources of power wielded by Spanish and Portuguese colonists
in the colonial period? What forms did that power take, in terms of land and
labour?