History GCSE
Demographic collapse and disease
What Demographic collapse and disease means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The indigenous population suffered a massive collapse, primarily due to introduced European diseases like smallpox and typhus, against which they had no immunity.
Topics that use Demographic collapse and disease
- Option P1: Key topic 2: The conquistadors, 1513–c1528 - 3 Impact of Spain in the Americas (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Colonial infrastructure
- Crown versus conquistador authority
- Cultural imperialism and religious conversion
- Economic exploitation
- Exploration and expansion
- Imperial administration and governance
- Strategic geography
- The destruction of indigenous societies
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