STEP2: Copy and complete this table to help organise your ideas.
Other information in the topic that can support or challenge that information — does it present similar information?
Information presented in the source — what does it show? What does it tell us?
Values of the source — how is it useful to historians? What can it reveal to us?
Limitations — what can it not reveal tous?
STEP 3: Discuss your thoughts as a pair, or compare with others in your class. STEP4: Answer this question in a paragraph individually: What are the values and limitations of SOURCE6 to historians, and how does what we know about the source impact its usefulness?
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Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 3, 7
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Identify how Aztec codices changed after the Spanish conquest.
A. Spanish and Latin text was added to the traditionally pictorial codices. B. Spanish and Latin text was removed from the traditionally pictorial codices. C. Spanish but not Latin text was added to the traditionally pictorial codices. D. Spanish but not Latin text was removed from the traditionally pictorial codices. 2. Determine whether the following statements are True or False. a. Spanish is spoken by approximately 550 million people around the world, but fewer than ten per cent of those people live in Spain. b. The Spanish conquest of the Americas led to a significant decline in the native population of Mexico due to the introduction of diseases and other factors. c. The Aztecs did not have a form of slavery before the arrival of the Europeans. 3. Why is Portuguese spoken in Brazil, but not elsewhere in South America? A. A vote by the people of Brazil in 1494 changed the official language from Spanish to Portuguese. B. The Spanish language slowly disappeared as new generations preferred Portuguese. C. Both Spanish and Portuguese were taught in school but Portuguese was much easier to learn. D. Brazil was allocated to Portugal as a colony under the Treaty of Tordesillas. 4. Describe what was done to the native people of the Americas who had not converted to Christianity. 5. Explain why Europeans migrated to the region of New Spain. ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Explain how the conquistadors defied the law that stated that slavery was not permitted in New Spain. 7. Propose why the term ‘New World’ could be misleading. 8. Read SOURCE2 . a. State the reasons Sherburne Cook offers for the decline in the Native American population. b. Sherburne Cook was not a historian by training but he did pioneer population studies of the native peoples of the Americas. He wrote widely on the subject of pre-conquest population levels. From this information, determine if you think SOURCE2 is a reliable source. Justify your response.
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