Only for Nicodemus

     This paper is based on the book, “Born in Blood & Fire: A Concise History of Latin America / Edition 3”. Each question should be answered in a full paragraph with the number question right next to it.

Questions will also be attached as PDF.

 

Chaseen (Boorn in Blood and Fire): Chapeter 2 questions

1. “Historians explain colonial control of Latin America as hegemony, a kind of domination that implies a measure of consent by those at the bottom” (57)

What are two cultural hegemonic forces in Spanish colonization?

2. Discuss some of the reasons that transculturation was both a blessing and a curse in Latin America?

3. What is gracias al sacar and what is its significance? 

 

Chaseen (Boorn in Blood and Fire): Chapeter 3 questions

Write at least one paragraph (include a quote) for each of the following sections (highlight its significance) in Chapter 3:

1. “Revolution and War in Europe”

2. “The Spanish American Rebellions Begin, 1810-15”

3. “The Patriots’ Winning Strategy: Nativism”

4. “Unfinished Revolutions”