Cortés’ numerous references to “idols” in Source 2 illustrates which of the following conflicts between the Spanish conquistadors and the peoples of the New World?

(A) Spanish monotheism versus Aztec polytheism (B) Spanish capitalism versus Aztec communalism (C) Spanish authoritarianism versus Aztec ethnocentrism (D) Spanish hedonism versus Aztec intellectualismExplanation: When Cortés refers to the “idols” in Tenochtitlan’s temples, he is referring to the statues and other symbols representing the many Aztec deities worshipped in those temples. This polytheism on the part of the Aztecs was one of the principal sources of conflict between those in the New World and the Spanish conquistadors, who were predominantly Catholic (and thus monotheistic). Choice (A) is correct.