Question 6 You should only write in your notes what you think is important during lectures and…
Question 6 You should only write in your notes what you think is important during lectures and class discussions.
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Question 7 According to Tai S. Edwards and Paul Kelton, what is the significance of Dobyns and Crosby’s analyses on the indigenous collapse in the Americas?
a. They showed that germs were the reason why indigenous people of the Americas experienced a massive collapse of 90% to 95% and that it was the fault of Europeans.
b. They showed that the indigenous populations in the Americas were significant, they were well developed, they experienced a population collapse of 90% to 95%, and that it was not because of European superiority, rather, the circumstances of contact.
c. Although well researched, Dobyns and Crosby remained ambiguous on whether indigenous people experienced genocide.
d. Dobyns and Crosby had competing interpretations about the indigenous collapse, which set the tone for future debates about genocide
Question 8 Ashis Nandy conceptualized colonialism as a psychological form of thinking informed by the trauma of conquest resulting in the local male population trying to recover their male status through hypermasculine forms.
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Question 9 How did Tai S. Edwards and Paul Kelton describe historical arguments that have concluded that Europeans committed genocide against indigenous people of the Americas during the processes of colonization?
a. Scholars that have argued for genocide have been successful in proving their point, making the germ theory irrelevant.
b. Scholars that have emphasized genocide have been misguided by comparisons with the Holocaust and other twentieth century genocides
c. These scholars have argued that you cannot separate colonization from genocide. They emphasized the horrific levels of violence Europeans used against Indians, but these scholars still acknowledged that diseases were a factor.
d. These scholars often lied about the evidence they used resulting in their rejection by the community of scholars
