MMW: Guns, Germs and Steel 2/3 All Classes (Mon. 01/25)

Directions: Watch Guns, Germs and Steel and complete the questions below. Please type your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. At the time that the Spanish conquistador’s invaded the Inca Empire, they were armed with
state of the art weaponry. Describe this weaponry.
2. What is Jared Diamond’s explanation for why the Spanish had advanced to steel swords while
Inca’s were still making tools and weapons from bronze?
3. How did the battle tactics used by the Spanish conquistadors help the small army defeat the
Inca army that outnumbered it by the thousands?
4. According to Jared Diamond, what made the Europeans “accidental conquerors”?