SPANISH AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

Homework 2: Please answer the following questions in small paragraphs:

• What were the conditions in Europe that led to the conquest of America?

• What effects did the conquest had on the native peoples of America, as well as, in the Europeans?

• What were the motives, mindset, and social backgrounds of the Spanish conquistadors?

• What factors explain the relative ease with which a small number of Spaniards conquered great and populous indigenous empires?