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 who established a colony in the Americas which 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
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Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 40% | 80% | 0% |