Analyze the SPANISH CONQUEST OF INCA 1532-1572 FROM ANDEAN PERSPECTIVES — Pizarro vs. Atahualpa (civil war context), Cajamarca 16 November 1532, ongoing Vilcabamba neo-Inca state 1537-1572, and Tupac Amaru I's 1572 execution — anchored in Rostworowski + Guaman Poma 1615
Exercise
Difficulty 5
~15 min
hist.g7.s.ex_34
Claim Evidence Warrant
Prompt
Write a 300-word claim-evidence-warrant essay 'Was Cajamarca a conquest or a coup?' Integrate civil-war context + smallpox precedent + 35-year Vilcabamba resistance.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
- points
- 4
- criterion
- Argues coup-with-context-of-civil-war
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Civil war 1529-1532 cited
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Smallpox 7-year precedent cited
- points
- 3
- criterion
- 35-year Vilcabamba resistance cited
- points
- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of MYTH 4 completion
Hints
- Atahualpa had just defeated Huáscar; Inca subjects divided.
- Vilcabamba 1537-1572 is 35-year resistance after Cajamarca.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating Cajamarca as 'inevitable conquest'
- Ignoring civil-war context
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