Which best describes the aztecs?   a. they had a secret city called cíbola, where they hid from the spanish for more than a century.   b. they defeated the spanish in battle and made them pay tribute in gold.   c. they had a complex civilization that was destroyed by the spanish conquerors.   d. they allowed the spanish to build forts as bases for exploration in exchange for guns and horses.

legislative branch:

one of the three branches of government divided between the senate and the house of representatives.

- creates or makes laws

- power to override a veto

executive branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the president.

- enforces or carries out laws

- power to veto a bill sent to it by congress

judicial branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the chief justice of the supreme court.

- interprets laws

- power to declare laws or actions by the government unconstitutional

c, to compete