FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Question
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The Aztecs because they knew the territory
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The Spanish because of weaponry, armor, and strength
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Spanish weaponry was far superior to anything used by the Aztecs or Incas. Cortés and his men used over a dozen large portable guns, mainly for their shock value against the Aztecs. Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas was also made possible by the use of gunpowder, a substance the Incas didn’t have at their disposal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish were able to defeat the Aztec and the Inca not only because they had horses, dogs, guns, and swords, but also because they brought with them germs that made many native Americans sick. Diseases like smallpox and measles were unknown among the natives; therefore, they had no immunity to them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish Conquistadors were more advanced in their technology for their weaponry, because the Spanish Conquistadors had guns and iron swords while the Aztecs were fighting with their obsidian swords and bow and arrows.
Detailed explanation-4: -What advantage did better weaponry give Spanish conquistadors over the Aztec and Inca Empires? It allowed fewer men to control large populations.
Detailed explanation-5: -Steel swords, muskets, cannons, and horses offered Cortés and his men some advantage over the forces they met and help to account for the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire.