Latin American history :Colonia period

HIST: 10923: Survey of Latin American History: The Colonial Period

Second Midterm

Due Monday June 27, 10:00 am

[Your name here]

Instructions

Read carefully. Prepare clearly articulated responses to all questions outlined below. Please write full sentences in a coherent narrative that address the major issues covered in class through readings, lectures, and discussions. Observe proper grammar.

Basic but Tricky

1. What is the difference between traza and plaza? [5 points]

Geographical Assessment

2. Make a modern map that identifies 7 places where pirates travelled, pillaged, and wreaked havoc in the Americas [35 points]. On a blank digital map:

· Locate cities and assign each city a letter; reference in the following way: a. Campeche, in “title of primary source,” 53.

· Cities must be mentioned in RLAP, 93-103.

· Give your map a title

· Maps filled in by hand not accepted.

· Maps may have political divisions or none at all.

Critical Reasoning

Select three questions to respond; two paragraphs per question [20 points each]:

4. What is the relationship between surveys and political power? Contextualize and structure your response using the framework we developed in class for the assignment, The Diplomatic Attaché [A copy of this worksheet can be found in D2L/Content/In-Class Worksheets].

5. What was the goal of surveillance in colonial Latin America? Contextualize; use examples from “Administration of Torture in Inquisition Trials.”

6. If patriarchy is a system in which males hold power and families are ruled by men, why did a Spanish judge rule in favor of annulling the marriage of Ysabel Allay Suyo against her father’s wishes? Contextualize; analyze case.

7. Could food be used as a weapon in colonial Latin America? How and why?

8. You have been tasked with preparing a report on piracy in the Caribbean for the Viceroy of New Spain. Why do pirates pose a challenge to Spanish authority? Provide at least four examples from the primary sources to argue your case.