Course Study Notes

1. Geography and Climate
2. New World Before 1492
3. Precolumbian Mesoamerica
4. Precolumbian Andean Societies
5. Spain Before 1492
6. European Exploration
7. Contact and Conquest
8. Colonial Economy
9. Catholic Church
10. Colonial Government
11. Movements for Independence
12. The Nineteenth Century
13. US-Latin American Relations
14. Central America
15. Mexico
16. Cuba
17. Latin America in the Twenty-First Century