Assignment: The Requerimiento
Instructions
1. Read textbook pages 427-429Links to an external site. , sections:
· “The Triumph of the Reconquista”
· Links to an external site. “The End of Convivencia and the Expulsion of the Jews”
· Links to an external site. “The Extension of the Reconquista.”
2. Links to an external site. Review the Lecture 12B Transcript Download Lecture 12B Transcript
concerning how the Spanish approached the New World. Look specifically at pages 1-2.
3. Read the document, “Requerimiento- 1510” Download “Requerimiento- 1510”
4. After reading the textbook sections listed, reviewing my lecture, and “Requerimiento,” answer the questions listed below.
Questions
1. In the textbook pages assigned, you learned that Columbus’s “discovery” of the New World came at the same time that the Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella also conquered the last Muslim stronghold in Spain and expelled the Jewish population from the kingdom. With that in mind, consider this question: How does the “Requerimiento” document demonstrate the same goals toward the Native Americans in the New World that Isabella and Ferdinand also applied to Muslims and Jews in Spain?
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· You might approach this question by first discussing the goals of Ferdinand and Isabella towards the Muslims and Jews in their kingdom, and then explaining how these goals are similar to those discussed in the Requerimiento towards the Native Americans. Or, you could identify the overarching goals and then explain how they were carried out towards Native Americans as dictated in the Requerimiento and also the Muslims and Jews in Spain.
2. While reading the “Requerimiento” document, what did you find most interesting? Briefly describe the aspect/part that you found interesting and explain why you personally found it interesting.
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· Don’t skimp on this part of the question. I really enjoy reading what students found personally interesting and why.
How to earn a good grade (and avoid earning a bad one)
Make sure to address each question fully. Write your answers in sentence form using good grammar and complete sentences. You may only use information from the assigned reading listed above (pgs. 421-423 in the textbook, my lecture, and the “Requerimiento” document). Using outside information (websites, other textbooks, other people, etc.) will result in a zero for the assignment. Please keep in mind that all answers go through a plagiarism checker. If you copy from another student, your assignment will receive a zero. Please contact me if you need any clarification about these directions.