Why Was Cortés Able to Defeat the Aztec Empire with Only

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why was Cortés able to defeat the Aztec Empire with only 600 soldiers?

• A)He was aided by an alliance with Montezuma's non-Aztec peoples.
• B)The Aztec leader,Montezuma,died right before Cortés's invasion.
• C)Cortés's soldiers' swords were stone-bladed,which was superior to the Aztecs' steel-bladed swords.
• D)Cortés tricked the Aztecs into leaving their empire undefended.
• E)The Aztecs had already been defeated by Pizzaro.

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