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the Inca city was soon burned to the ground. the facts are uncertain, one tradition holds that the remaining Inca refused to let anyone occupy their once glorious city. Another tradition holds that Rumiñahuy, an indigenous warrior, set the city on fire and destroyed the temples of the Incas.

Answer:

The Incas burned the city of Quito because they were defeated by the Spaniards. The Incas wanted to prevent their conquerors to take the city of Quito.

Explanation:

Here is some background information as regards the conquest of Quito:

Quito's history starts long before 1534, date of the Spanish foundation. The Incas conquered the highland part of what is now Ecuador and incorporated it into their empire by the end of the 15th century. Although pre-Hispanic traces disappeared with the conquistador's arrival, it has been said that before the Europeans arrived, Rumiñahui, an indigenous warrior, set the city on fire and destroyed the temples of the Incas who lived there.

The Inca ruled the Ecuadorian Kingdoms until the arrival of Francisco Pizarro, Diego de Almargo and a force of Spanish conquistadors in 1532. During the period of Inca control, the Ecuadorian tribesmen assimilated agricultural practices and the social organization of the Inca, but they maintained their traditional religious beliefs and many customs.

By the time the Spanish arrived in Ecuador in 1526, Quito was a major Inca city.  By mid-1534 the Spaniards had taken Quito and effectively defeated the Inca armies. Weakened by civil war and leaderless, the Inca empire collapsed swiftly. The Spanish conquest of Ecuador can be described as nothing less than brutal.

In 1533, rather than allowing it to fall into the hands of the Spanish conquerors, Rumiñahui, a general of Inca ruler Atahualpa, razed the city shortly before their arrival, destroying this ancient pre-Hispanic city to prevent the Spanish from taking it. There are no Inca remains.

Answer:

correct

Explanation:

i took the test

Answer:

Sofía ha tomado la foto de Asiri con un mono hace dos minutos.

Explanation:

El presente perfecto se usa para indicar que la acción o el evento tomó lugar en el pasado, pero todavía se aplica en el presente (el mismo uso que en Inglés).

Se forma al usar el presente del verbo haber (ha) + participio en pasado (tomado)

Answer:

Explanation:

In Spanish, to express that the action of the verb is still happening we have the present continuous tense that, as in English, modifies the syntactical structure to change the meaning of the entire sentence. To make it possible we have a given structure to change verbs in simple present to present continuous:

For example:

Following this, we can say that the correct answer to the exercise is:

(the meaning is like: YOU ARE HEARING THE TEACHER RIGHT NOW; it’s still happening).  

El timón de la escuela flotante debe ser parecido al de un barco grande.

Timón in Spanish is a helm. Since the floating school is a ship and a big ship is a ship. The thing that they have in common is that both have a helm.

Answer:

d

Explanation:

tiene, try pulling up a graphic organizer or chart. It should help.

Answer:

-They make DOLLS that are dressed up like famous people.

True / Verdadero

-The DOLLS are made out of metal.

False / Falso

-No one is allowed to see the dOLLS until New Year's Eve.

False / Falso

-People ask for money for the DOLLS' funerals.

True / Verdadero

Explanation:

-They make DOLLS that are dressed up like famous people.

True. They are made so they symbolize the old year they are leaving behind, and expecting something new or different for the new year

-The DOLLS are made out of metal.

False. They are usually made of paper, old clothes and sawdust.

-No one is allowed to see the dOLLS until New Year's Eve.

False. Dolls can be placed several days before new year, however they won't be burned until midnight.

-People ask for money for the DOLLS' funerals.

True. There is another tradition, where male people dress as "Viudas" (female widows) and ask for "charity" on the streets for the death of the Old year, symbolized by the doll.

Answer:

The answer is D....una ceremonia religiosa   :-)

Explanation:

The word es is a conjugation of the verb ser. We use the verb ser to talk about permanent or lasting attributes. In this way, this verb stands for descriptions, occupations, characteristics, time, origin and relationships. Since motocicleta is a feminine singular adjective, the adjective segura is also feminine singular. Recall that Spanish adjectives must agree with the noun or pronoun they describe in both number and gender. Finally:

Tengo miedo. Creo que la motocicleta no es segura

Since the speaker of this sentence is a woman, the adjective used here must match the feminine singular form, that's the case of lista. On the the other hand, estoy is the conjugation of the verb estar for the first person singular in the simple present. Finally, this sentence can be written as follows:

Yo ya estoy lista para salir. ¿Y Miriam?

The verb ser here is being used as description, that talks about the essential qualities that describe a person or things. In this sentence, the thing that is being described is a movie, which is is boring and very long. This is a negative sentence, so negation is an expression that means no and is used to contradict some or all of the meaning of a positive sentence. Finally:  

No me gusta la película. Es muy larga y aburrida.

Están is the conjugation of the verb estar for the third person plural in the simple present. We use the verb estar to indicate temporary states and locations. In this way, this verb stands for position, location, action, condition, and emotion. Here we use it as location, describing where the passports is temporarily. Finally:

¿Dónde están nuestros pasaportes?  

Here we use the verb estar as conditions, expressing that the room can vary from a state of dirt to cleaning, over several hours or days. So está is the conjugation of the verb estar for the third person singular in the simple present. So la habitación matches the third person singular. Finally:

La habitación está sucia

We also use the verb ser to tell the time. If you want to refer one o'clock use es. On the other hand, to refer all other hours use son. Both are conjugations of the verb ser. This sentence use the formula a + la(s) + time to say a meeting occurs at a specific time. Finally:

La reunión con la agente de viajes es a las cuatro de la tarde

This sentence matches the third person singular. So we need to use the conjugation of the verb estar that matches this person, which is es. We are using this verb here as description, talking about the size of a suitcase, which is an essential quality. Finally, the sentence can be written as follows:

Mi maleta es pequeña

Here está matches the third person singular and recall that this word is a conjugation of the verb estar. Here I want to know where the door is. So this verb is acting here as location, describing where the door is permanently. Finally, this question can be written as follows:

¿Dónde está la salida?

The superlative is a form of an adjective that expresses the highest possible amount of something talking about what is the most or the least. So the superlative of bonito is bonitísimo. You can also form the superlative using the definite articles el, la, los or las and más or menos preceding the adjective . So it is also true:

El más bonito