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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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