Read spanish conquistador hernán cortés’s description of the aztec capital, tenochtitlán, and then answer the question that follows.
there are, in all districts of this great city, many temples or houses for their idols. they are all very beautiful buildings . . amongst these temples there is one, the principal one, whose great size and magnificence no human tongue could describe, for it is so large that within the precincts, which are surrounded by very high walls, a town of some five hundred inhabitants could easily be built. all round inside this wall there are very elegant quarters with very large rooms and corridors where their priests live. there are as many as forty towers, all of which are so high that in the case of the largest there are fifty steps leading up to the main part of it and the most important of these towers is higher than that of the cathedral of seville . .
based on the passage, what can be concluded about cortés’s opinion of the aztecs?

a.
they were protective of women.
b.
they were an architecturally advanced people.
c.
they were competitive people who liked to win.
d.
they unquestioningly obeyed their priests and rulers.

B. They were an architecturally advanced people.

Explanation:

In his description he says:

-  "in all districts of this great city, many temples or houses for their idols. They are all very beautiful buildings"

-"Amongst these temples there is one, the principal one, whose great size and magnificence no human tongue could describe"

Those sentences clearly states that Hernan Cortes considered Aztec people an architecturally advanced people.

answer: the purpose of the "index of forbidden books" was to prevent the contamination of the faith or the corruption of morals of roman catholics according to canon law, through the reading of theologically mistaken or immoral books. the condemnation of published books, thus listed in the index librorum prohibitorum.

explanation: index librorum prohibitorum, (latin: “index of forbidden books”), list of books once forbidden by roman catholic church authority as dangerous to the faith or morals of roman catholics. publication of the list ceased in 1966, and it was relegated to the status of a historic document.

the 20th and final edition appeared in 1948, and the index was formally abolished on 14 june 1966 by pope paul vi. the aim of the list was to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by putting a stop to the reading of theologically, culturally, and politically disruptive books.