1. B. While the Indigenous forces would number in the thousands at times when battling the Europeans, they were still no match for the military prowess of the Spaniards.
2. D. Indigenous Americans had not been exposed to the diseases before and their immune systems could not tolerate the illnesses, benefiting the Spanish forces.
3. C. Montezuma was killed by his own people during his initial meeting with Cortés.
4. D. their weapons were not strong enough to defeat the Spanish.
5. C. The Spanish had muskets and cannons and the Aztec did not.