DP History Questionbank

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source F for an historian studying the final years of the Muslim kingdom of Granada.

How, according to Source F, did the Treaty of Granada affect the relationship between the Granadans and the queen and king of Castile and Aragon?

What does Source H suggest about the political relations between Muslim and Christian rulers?

Using the sources and your own knowledge, examine the contribution of financial issues to the fall of Granada.

What does Source H suggest about the impact of the conquest on the indigenous populations in Mexico?

Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the social and economic impact of the Spanish conquest on the indigenous populations between 1519 and 1551.

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source G for an historian studying the impact of the conquest on indigenous populations.

What, according to Source G, was the impact of the Spanish conquest on the indigenous populations?

What, according to Source F, were the effects of the abandonment of the pluralist [diverse] society in Spain?

What does Source H suggest about changes in the life of the Jewish population of Spain under the Catholic monarchs?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source G for an historian studying the expulsions of the late 15th century.

“The expulsion of the Jews from Spain was carried out for religious motives” (Source F). Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree with this claim?

What does Source F suggest about the actions of the Spanish conquerors towards the indigenous population?

“Spanish expansion beyond Iberia was primarily economic in motivation” (Source E). Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree with this statement?

What, according to Source E, were the causes of the Spanish expansion?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source H for an historian studying the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

What does Source F suggest about the situation of the Jewish population of Spain in the late 15th century?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source G for an historian studying the situation of Jews and conversos during the Inquisition.

What, according to Source E, were the customs that enabled the Inquisition to identify Jews?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source E for an historian studying the reactions to Atahualpa’s imprisonment.

What, according to Source G, were the consequences of Atahualpa’s encounter with Francisco Pizarro?

What does Source F suggest about the payment of Atahualpa’s ransom?

What, according to Source E, was the political situation in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 15th century?

What does Source F suggest about the Iberian Peninsula up to 1492?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source G for an historian studying the unification of the Iberian Peninsula.

Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree that the unification of the Iberian Peninsula was politically motivated?

What does Source G suggest about the conquest of Granada?

Compare and contrast what Sources E and H reveal about the Christian war against Granada.

What, according to Source F, were the consequences for the Moors of the war and conquest of Granada?

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source F for an historian studying the Christian war against Granada.

With reference to its origin, purpose and content, analyse the value and limitations of Source E for an historian studying cultural interaction between the Spanish and the Aztecs during the conquest of Mexico.

What, according to Source E, happened during the meeting between Moctezuma II [Motecusuma] and Hernán Cortés?