Thursday, November 19, 2009

HW 11/23 Disease in Americas

Read "Disease in the Americas" article and answer the following questions on a piece of paper. Answers should be in blue or black ink or typed and printed.

Due: Tuesday, 11/24

1. What evidence does the article give that disease spread rapidly throughout the Americas?

2. How did the spread of disease facilitate (make easier) the colonization of North America?

3. What is epidemiology?

4. What methods did ethnographers use to estimate the devastation to the population caused by Europeans?

5. Was the spread of disease in the Americas an act of bio-terrorism? Use examples and facts from the article or textbook to back up your claim. You must choose a side.