Unit 2

Worldviews in Conflict

Activity

Document: Reading/Study Guide Unit 2: Chapter 11, Lesson 2

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3. Read pages 246, 247, and “A Changing Worldview” on page 249 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What was the marriage law that Cortes introduced?
• How were the Spanish men in the colonies affected by this law?
• How did Cortes shift the focus of the colonists?
  
  
4. Read “Voices” on page 248 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Why did King Carlos ban the encomienda system?
• Why did Cortes think the encomiendas were necessary?
• What do you think?  Should the encomienda system have been banned?
  
  
5. Read “The Independence Movement” on page 249 and “Discontent in New Spain” and “Voices” on page 251 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Who took away the authority Cortes had in the colony and why?
• Who became upset with Spain over the control of the colony by the Spanish government and why?
• What peoples worked together to gain Mexico’s independence from Spain?
  
  
6. Read pages 252 to 255 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What Mexican religious festival combines Aztec and Catholic traditions?
• How have Mexican artists fused together Aztec and Spanish traditions?
  
  
7. When you are finished, submit your completed Reading/Study Guide on the next page.