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1. In assembly, answer the following questions to identify your previous knowledge about this topic:a) Who were the Mexica?

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b) Who were Moctezuma II, Hernán Cortés, and Malintzin, also known as Malinche?

c) Why did the Spanish decide to conquer these lands? What were their motives?

d) What causes led some Indigenous peoples to help the Spanish confront the Mexica?

e)What consequences does the dominance of a group over another bring when this is done by force?

f) In your community, are there people or groups who use violence to impose their dominance over others?

g)Which would be a better way to solve a confl ict without resorting to violence?

2. With feedback from your teacher, write your answers in your notebook.

Finding the Cause

Historical research requires a diversity of sources from the period you are studying. In this case,it will help us understand why the Spanish conquered Mexico-Tenochtitlan and the causes for their triumph.

1. In communities, do some research about the Conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. With the help of your teacher, each community will choose one of these topics:

a) The arrival of the Spanish in the New World and the colonization of the Caribbean.

b) Rivalries and political alliances among the

Mesoamerican reigns and dominions before the arrival of the Spanish colonizers in Mesoamerican territory. For example, which reigns and dominions were ruled by the Mexica and which had not been conquered by them.

The military campaigns that Hernán Cortés carried out to submit the Indigenous population.

d) Political, economic, cultural, technological, military,and religious characteristics Indigenous peoples had at the time they faced the Spanish.

Consequences of the Spanish conquest on the Indigenous population.

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