Question

What best summarizes why the Spanish Conquistadors were able to conquer the

large Aztec and Inca Empires.
a. The Spanish had a much larger number of soldiers and better weapons.
b. The Natives Am. were devastated by disease and the Spanish had better weapons.
c. The natives Am. were willing to accept Christianity and put up very little fight.
The Aztec and Inca were at war with each other making it easy for the Spanish to
take them over.
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Answer 1

The answer is obviously B. Th Spanish conquistadors were outnumbered 8 to 1. Their best weapons were the diseases they brought with them. In Europe decades before, Europeans lived in closely tight villages making disease rampant and frequent. This mad them have strong immune systems while the native Americans always lived far apart because north and South America are big, making less disease meaning that they could build up a strong immune system.