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chandani

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The key element that differentiates the European conquest of the Americas from European actions in Africa and Asia is that:
 
  a. European technology was clearly far superior to that of Native Americans, but they had less of an advantage over Asians and Africans.
  b. European diseases decimated American populations, but had very little effect on African and Asian populations.
  c. European populations were much higher than those of the New World but much lower than the populations of Africa and Asia.
  d. Native Americans understood the Europeans as gods. Africans and Asians were under no such illusions.
  e. Essentially there is no difference between the two. European powers were able to conquer and dominate wherever they went.

Question 2

The authors of the book argue that the critical factor that led to the victory of the Spanish over the Aztecs in 1521 was that:
 
  a. The Aztecs thought that the Spanish were gods.
  b. Aztec legend had foretold the coming of disaster From the East..
  c. The Aztecs were afraid of the Spanish horses, having never seen anything like them before.
  d. The Aztecs had been decimated by a smallpox epidemic and lost half of their number.
  e. The Aztecs did not understand that the Spanish intended to conquer them.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D



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