DP History Questionbank

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 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.

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?

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?