Quiz for Document 1.5: Hernán Cortés, Letter to King Charles I, 1520
Choose the best answer to each question.
1. According to Cortés’s letter to King Charles I, to whom did the Spanish owe their victory against the Aztecs?
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2. What does Cortés argue as evidence that God is on his side?
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3. Approximately how many houses does Cortés reportedly burn in the course of the engagements recounted in this document?
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4. What likely motivated most of the Indian conversions that Cortés describes?
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