Demographic change
What Demographic change means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Reference: OCR
The population was transformed through the emergence of mestizos, children of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage.
Severe population decline and social mobility caused by significant upheaval such as the Black Death in 1348.
Topics that use Demographic change
- Thematic Study: Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present (OCR GCSE)
- World Depth Study: Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535 (OCR GCSE)
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