Which Answer Correctly Pairs Spanish Conquistadors with the New World

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which answer correctly pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World empires they destroyed?

• A) Pizarro and the Aztecs; de Soto and the Incas.
• B) Magellan and the Incas; Albuquerque and the Iroquois.
• C) Cortés and the Aztecs; Pizarro and the Incas.
• D) de Soto and the Aztecs; Cortés and the Incas.
• E) de Soto and the Incas; Cortés and the Aztecs.

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