ch 3

Question 1

guns, germs, and steel

Answer 1

~why did the spaniards defeat the incas

Question 2

proximate causes that affect guns,germs, and steel

Answer 2

spaniards had political system with thousands of years of history

~~had ships that enabled them to reach americas

~~had steel swords and steel armor, and guns

Incas only had stone clubs, slingshots

incas only traveled on foot

spaniards had horse

Inca empire was divided because of smallpox epidemic that had spread across americas

Question 3

distal causes (guns, germs, steel)

Answer 3

-spaniards lived fertile crescent has unique plant and animal species that were suitable for domestication

~incas did not have the agricultural environment to have the benefits that the spaniards had