Quiz for Document 14-2: Hernando Cortés, Two Letters to Charles V: On the Conquest of the Aztecs (1521)

Choose the best answer to each question.

  1. Question 14.4

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    How did Cortés characterize Tenochtitlan?
  2. Question 14.5

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    In his fifth letter, Cortés described his punishment of an Indian for
  3. Question 14.6

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    Why was Cortés surprised that the people of Tenochtitlan lived in “just as much harmony and order” as the people of Spain?