db2-at least 250 words

• Based on Chapter 2 in your text and the reading: "Aztec LAment" found in your course content folder.

Transformation of modern Latin America

Answer the discussion questions below; then respond to at least two other classmates. Your response can be on any of the discussions posted by your classmates.  Follow the discussion rubric found in the syllabus folder.

1. Explain the "encomienda" system. What system replaced the "encomienda" system and how was the new system different and similar to the old system?
2. Describe the power of the Roman Catholic Church at this time and the role it played in the colonialization of Latin America.
3. After reading "Aztec Lament" what are your reactions to the reading?