Question
For thousands of years, people have used water from a “well” named for this person to irrigate the Verde Valley. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this person who had absolutely nothing to do with the “castle” named for them in Arizona, which is in fact a series of cliff dwellings attributed to the Sinagua culture.
ANSWER: Montezuma II [or Moctezuma II; accept Well of Montezuma or Montezuma Castle]
[10m] Though the Marine’s Hymn says otherwise, this castle doesn’t have any “Halls of Montezuma” since it was built later by the Spanish. US troops occupied Mexico City after winning a battle named for this castle in 1847.
ANSWER: Chapultepec Castle [or Castillo de Chapultepec]
[10e] Nonetheless, by the mid-19th century, Montezuma had become a cultural hero for this group of related Native American peoples of the Southwest. Their name comes from the Spanish word for their dwellings.
ANSWER: Pueblo peoples [or Puebloans]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 7 | 10.00 | 86% | 14% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 67% | 100% |
Data
| Liberty B (DII) | Maryland C (DII) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UNC B (UG) | Maryland A (Grad) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |