Question
A physician from this empire, Francisco Hernandez, cataloged the symptoms of an epidemic which included dark urine, a black tongue, and profuse bleeding from the nose and face. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this empire whose colony in present day Mexico, called New [this empire], was ravaged by cocoliztli, an unknown epidemic named for the Nahuatl word for “pest.”
ANSWER: Spanish Empire [or Spain; or Kingdom of Spain; or Imperio Espagnol; or Reino de Espana]
[10h] Cocoliztli ravaged a region with this name, leaving less than 10% of its population. Hernan Cortes marched on Tlaxcala after defeating Matlatzincatl’s forces at a battle with this name a few days after La Noche Triste.
ANSWER: Otumba [or Battle of Otumba]
[10m] Cocoliztli made harder the challenge of estimating the Mesoamerican population, a high estimate of which was put forward by this man. He debated native policies with Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda in Valladolid.
ANSWER: Bartolomé de las Casas
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 25% | 75% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 33% | 100% | 67% |
Data
| Waterloo Hatsune | La Clique du Château | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Library of Babel School of Continuing Studies | Toronto Weary | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Toronto Rofl | Mixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Toronto Joy | Waterloo Miku | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |