Question

Which Statements describe factors that led to the decline and defeat of the Aztec Empire?

A. The Aztecs has never seen steel weapons or horses before.

B. Despite negotiations, the Spanish and the Aztecs went to war, though neither side wanted to.

C. Peoples who had been conquered by the Aztecs joined the Spanish to help defeat them.

D. The Aztecs has no strong leaders and limited military skills.

E. The Aztecs were friendly when the Spanish first arrived and bought them gifts.

Answer 1

A, B and E

Step-by-step explanation:

By the year 1519, after the arrival and beginning of

the conquest process by Hernán Cortés, the Aztec

empire suffered firsthand its ignorance of the forge,

when it found knights with steel weapons and armor,

to which their own tools of wood, stone and bone

could not easily defeat.

- Many indigenous peoples defeated by

the army of Hernán Cortés decided to support him

- The great military

leaders had remained, since the Mexicas were

the predominant group and they had not required

up-to-date war tactics in quite some time, for which.

by employing the same tactics of their predecessors

they irretrievably lost.