SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a series of crop failures
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a lack of military training
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disruption of overseas trade networks
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conquest by foreigners
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both the Aztec and the Inca empires were conquered by Spanish conquistadors; the Aztec Empire was conquered by Cortés, and the Inca Empire was defeated by Pizarro. The Spanish had an advantage over native peoples because the former had guns, cannons, and horses.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1519 and 1521 Hernán Cortés and a small band of men brought down the Aztec empire in Mexico, and between 1532 and 1533 Francisco Pizarro and his followers toppled the Inca empire in Peru. These conquests laid the foundations for colonial regimes that would transform the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to North America’s Native American populations, the Mayan and Incan civilizations were also nearly wiped out by smallpox.