Question 0920:

One of the factors that proved critical to the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was

    (A)   the overwhelming number of Spanish soldiers
    (B)   the total lack of organization of the Aztec political and military system
    (C)   the support of Portuguese soldiers
    (D)   the pacifist nature of the Aztecs
    (E)   a smallpox epidemic spread by contact with the Spanish soldiers

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