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Quiz for Document 2–4: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What had weakened the Mexican warriors prior to the arrival of the Spaniards?

A lengthy war with the neighboring Olmec Indians

A devastating drought and famine in Meso-America

A political revolution and civil war in their empire

A smallpox epidemic that had spread ahead of the Spaniards

2. Why did Montezuma initially welcome Cortés and his men?

Montezuma hoped to conquer and enslave Cortés and his men.

Montezuma needed the goods the Spanish brought with them.

Montezuma wanted to convert to Christianity.

Montezuma believed the Spanish were gods returning to rule over their empire.

3. Which of the following most prominently featured in the Mexican descriptions of the Spanish entering the city?

The number and strength of the men

Their soldiers and the various weaponry that they carried with them

The goods they brought with them

Their religion and their priests and missionaries