Which answer correctly pairs Spanish conquistadors with the New World empires they destroyed?
A. Pizarro and the Aztecs; de Soto and the Incas.
B. Magellan and the Incas; Albuquerque and the Iroquois.
C. Cortés and the Aztecs; Pizarro and the Incas.
D. de Soto and the Aztecs; Cortés and the Incas.
E. de Soto and the Incas; Cortés and the Aztecs.
Answer: C
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