Colonization and Genocide in North and South America

SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY 1
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Answer to Question 1.
Christopher Columbus, the sailor and his companions were the colonizers. The said
colonizers colonized the areas of North and South America.
The answer to Question b.
The natives of North and South America regarded Columbus and his companions as
white civilizations. In addition, they regarded the phenomena as “disastrous.” The colonizers
had completely different view and regarded that the phenomena of colonization marked the
industrialization and overall development of regions and communities.
The answer to Question 2
One of the significant incidents of genocide is the wiping of the population in the
Bahamas from 3 million to 300 in a span of 12 years (Susan, 1991). Another example is the
reduction of the population of Puerto Rico and Jamaica from 600000 to 200 within 50 years.
The two significant instances of ethnocide are listed as follows. The first is Juan
Maldonado regarding the performance of the Indian traditional dances as illegal in 1625. The
second is Archibishop of Lima announcing the performance of the art forms of natives of
Peru to not to be allowed during 1614.
The answer to Question 3
The Europeans learned the practice of ethnocide that is wiping out the culture of the
people they had conquered.
The answer to Question b
Some of the rights that the native people would want to be granted to them today are
the listed as follows. The rights such as not allow their land and labour be controlled by the
colonialists, to not allow the control of the crops to be grown, and the exporting of the same
to the home countries. In addition to the above, natives would have wanted to encourage the
local industries and colonies, to encourage the development of the natives and not treat them
as slaves, and lastly no not exploitation of their cultures and lands.