Question

why was galileos support of the heliocentric theory so controversial? *
it agreed with everything the pope was teaching at the time
it was not backed by scientific evidence
it challenged the churches authority
heman cortes was the conquistador that destroyed what new world empire? * 1 point
aztec
maya
iroquois
what labor intensive crop that was introduced to the new world was a driving force behind the atlantic slave trade * 1 point
tobacco
cotton
sugar

Explanation:

• First question: The heliocentric theory (Earth and planets revolve around the Sun) challenged the Church's geocentric (Earth - centered) view which was part of Church - endorsed cosmology. The Church held significant authority in medieval and early modern Europe, and challenging its teachings (even scientific ones) was controversial.
• Second question: Hernan Cortes led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. The Maya had a more prolonged decline with multiple factors (not just one conquistador - led conquest in the same sense as the Aztecs), and the Iroquois were a Native American confederacy in North America, not an empire destroyed by Cortes.
• Third question: Sugar cultivation in the New World (especially in the Caribbean and parts of South America) was extremely labor - intensive. To meet the labor demands, there was a huge influx of enslaved Africans, driving the Atlantic Slave Trade. While tobacco and cotton were also important crops, sugar was more directly linked to the large - scale growth of the slave trade in the context of the New World.

Answer:

• First question: It challenged the Churches authority
• Second question: Aztec
• Third question: Sugar