prevalent that many who raced at the time of Armstrong’s wins have been investigated or banned as well. 3] Answer the “Question of the Week”, if presented, in an essay type response. EXAMPLE: QotW- What was one of the common factors that lead to the downfall of most of the early civilizations in North and South America? The main factor that led to the downfall of most of the early civilizations in North and South America was the exploration and colonization of the “New World” by European powers. From England and France to Spain and Portugal the America’s were transformed to fit what Europe believed a civilized society should look like. The Spanish Conquistadors conquered the advanced civilizations in Mexico and South America. All the while plundering those civilizations for GOLD. Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztec’s of Mexico, while Francisco Pizzaro conquered the Inca’s of South America. The Aztec’s an Inca’s had been powerful Mezo-American civilizations that ruled vast amounts of land. The Spanish, obviously, brought better military technology but also carried diseases that the Native Americans had no resistance to. The English and French conquered areas of, what would become, the United States and Canada. The English and French were after the same natural resources that the Spanish plundered from Central and South America. Most importantly gold, although gold was not as plentiful in the North and the natural resources of land, lumber, and fish became more important after some time passed. The European powers vastly changed, not only, the landscape of the America’s, but also the diversity of Native American Civilizations that had existed for hundreds of years in North and South America. All civilizations throughout history have risen and fallen, no great civilization has escaped the fate of declining and, at least, having to rebuild itself. Only time will tell if the same fate faces the current civilizations in North and South America, we have really only had a couple hundred years of existence.
prevalent that many who raced at the time of Armstrong’s wins have been investigated or banned as well. 3] Answer the “Question of the Week”, if presented, in an essay type response. EXAMPLE: QotW- What was one of the common factors that lead to the downfall of most of the early civilizations in North and South America? The main factor that led to the downfall of most of the early civilizations in North and South America was the exploration and colonization of the “New World” by European powers. From England and France to Spain and Portugal the America’s were transformed to fit what Europe believed a civilized society should look like. The Spanish Conquistadors conquered the advanced civilizations in Mexico and South America. All the while plundering those civilizations for GOLD. Hernan Cortez conquered the Aztec’s of Mexico, while Francisco Pizzaro conquered the Inca’s of South America. The Aztec’s an Inca’s had been powerful Mezo-American civilizations that ruled vast amounts of land. The Spanish, obviously, brought better military technology but also carried diseases that the Native Americans had no resistance to. The English and French conquered areas of, what would become, the United States and Canada. The English and French were after the same natural resources that the Spanish plundered from Central and South America. Most importantly gold, although gold was not as plentiful in the North and the natural resources of land, lumber, and fish became more important after some time passed. The European powers vastly changed, not only, the landscape of the America’s, but also the diversity of Native American Civilizations that had existed for hundreds of years in North and South America. All civilizations throughout history have risen and fallen, no great civilization has escaped the fate of declining and, at least, having to rebuild itself. Only time will tell if the same fate faces the current civilizations in North and South America, we have really only had a couple hundred years of existence.