The Aztec Chief Moctezuma Allowed Cortés to Enter the Capital

question 42

Multiple Choice

The Aztec chief Moctezuma allowed Cortés to enter the capital of Tenochtitlán because

• A) Cortés's army was so powerful.
• B) Montezuma believed that Cortés was the god Quetzalcoatl.
• C) there was little in the city of interest to the Spanish.
• D) he was told to do so by the gods.
• E) the Treaty of Tordesillas gave the capital to the Spanish government.

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