1. Spain Live Mock 2018
This is an exemplar exam paper with the questions answered by Mr Lloyd to show you how it is done. I have used the writing frames at are at the top of the GCSE page on

2. Spain and the New World Writing Frames
Question 2: Write a narrative… (8 marks – 12 mins)
[POINT] One of the key events that led to…(WFTQ)…was…FIRST BULLET POINT
[EVIDENCE] In this event…(describe the event)…
[EXPLAIN] This led to…(WFTQ)…because…
This meant that….
Therefore…
[LINK] This led to SECOND BULLET POINT because….
[POINT] The next key event that led to…(WFTQ)…was…SECOND BULLET POINT
[LINK] This led to OWN KNOWLEDGE because….
[POINT] The final event that led to…(WFTQ)…was … (YOUR OWN POINT).
[LINK] This led to (WFTQ) because….
Question 1: Explain two consequences of… (8marks – 12mins)
[POINT] One consequence of… {WFTQ} is…
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is…
[EXPLAIN] This meant that… {insert precise own knowledge}
Therefore…
[POINT] Another consequence of… {WFTQ} is…
Question 3: Explain the importance of… (2 x 8 mark – 16mins)
[POINT] _______ was important for (WFTQ)… because…
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is…
[EXPLAIN] This shows that (WFTQ) was important for (WFTQ) because…
Therefore…

3. Question 1: Explain two consequences of… (8marks – 12mins)
[POINT] One consequence of… {WFTQ} is…
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is…
[EXPLAIN] This meant that… {insert precise own knowledge}
Therefore…
[POINT] Another consequence of… {WFTQ} is…

4. Question 1: Explain two consequences of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs. (8marks – 12mins)
[POINT] One consequence of the conquest of the Aztecs was the human cost.
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is that when Cortes arrived in Mexico there were about 25 million Aztecs in the empire. However by 1555 there were only about 6.2 million Aztecs left. Over 2/3rds of the population had died from war, disease and famines.
[EXPLAIN] This meant that the Aztec society and culture was destroyed.
Therefore Spanish conquest of the Aztecs had the consequence of removing the Aztec culture and leaving a vacuum for the Spanish to fill.

5. [POINT] Another consequence of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was the spreading of Christianity.
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is Franciscan and Dominican Friars went to Mexico and attempted to convert the Aztecs. They used the hierarchy of Aztec society to spread Christianity.
[EXPLAIN] This meant that the Aztec’s polytheistic religion was replaced by the monotheism of Christianity and was absorbed into the structure of Aztec society.
Therefore the conquest of the Aztecs was led to the spreading of Christianity and the death of the polytheism of the Aztecs.

6. Question 2: Write a narrative… (8 marks – 12 mins)
[POINT] One of the key events that led to…(WFTQ)…was…FIRST BULLET POINT
[EVIDENCE] In this event…(describe the event)…
[EXPLAIN] This led to…(WFTQ)…because…
This meant that….
Therefore…
[LINK] This led to SECOND BULLET POINT because….
[POINT] The next key event that led to…(WFTQ)…was…SECOND BULLET POINT
[LINK] This led to OWN KNOWLEDGE because….
[POINT] The final event that led to…(WFTQ)…was … (YOUR OWN POINT).
[LINK] This led to (WFTQ) because….

7. Write a narrative account of the discovery of the Inca from 1524 – 1531.
You may use Pizarro’s first and second expeditions
[POINT] One of the key events that led to the conquest of the Inca was Pizarro’s first expedition.
[EVIDENCE] Pizarro led an expedition south of Panama with 80 men reaching as far south as modern day Colombia.
[EXPLAIN] The expedition was hard and they found no gold or treasure so it made persuading others to help with a second expedition hard.
Therefore Pizarro was affected as he knew that he would need more men and supplies for his next expedition.
[LINK] This led to the second expedition as Pizarro was determined to find new wealth and land.
[POINT] Pizarro’s second expedition took him further south to discover the Inca.
[EVIDENCE] Pizarro led a second expedition with 180 men . He travelled down the San Juan river where he found the Inca civilisation.
[EXPLAIN] This led to Pizarro discovering that the Inca empire was very rich. This meant that Pizarro was keen to conquer the land.
Therefore Pizarro returned to Panama and went to Spain to persuade Charles V that he should fund the expedition.
[LINK] This led to the third expedition because Charles funded Pizarro and in December 1530 Pizarro set off on his third expedition to conquer the Inca.
[POINT] The next key event that led to the discovery of the Inca was Pizarro’s third expedition.
[EVIDENCE] In this event Pizarro left Panama with 180 men.
[EXPLAIN] This led to successful discovery of the Inca empire by Pizarro as he was able to make it all the way to meet the leader Atahualpa.
This meant that Pizarro had made it to the very heart of the Inca empire.
Therefore the Spanish had made full contact with the Inca and could begin the pattern of talk, attack and destroy that the Conquistadores began.
[LINK] This led to the destruction of the Inca as Atahualpa was eventually captured and killed by Pizarro.

8. Question 3: Explain the importance of the encomienda system in the establishment of a Spanish empire. (2 x 8 mark – 16mins)
[POINT] The Encomienda system was important for the establishment of a Spanish empire because it enabled the Spanish to control the land.
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is that the Spanish Encomenderos controlled all of he land in the New World but obeyed the laws of Spain and produced what the Spanish wanted. For example, cloth, silver gold, maize and avocado pears.
[EXPLAIN] This shows that the encomienda system was important for the establishment of a Spanish empire because it meant that the New World followed the laws and needs of Spain and supplied Spain with materials that it wanted. Therefore the Encomienda system enabled the Spanish to control the land in the New world and establish an empire
[POINT] wThe Encomienda system was important for the creation of a Spanish empire because they ensrued that the Spanish would want to colonise the New World.
[EVIDENCE] Evidence to support this is that the Encomienderos were like ‘little dictators ‘ who could do as they like with their Encomiendas and the peoples who lived on them. The land was passed from father to son like a kingdom
[EXPLAIN] This shows that the encomienda system was important for the creation of a Spanish empire because it provided an incentive for Spanish people to move to and settle in the New World.
Therefore thje encomidena system resulted in the establishment of a Spanish empire.