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Which statement describes  the prominent characteristics of the Maya civilization?

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  1. Monumental architecture, complex religious ritual, widespread agriculture, and highly organized urban society

  2. Pastoral society, nomadic population, complex religious ritual, and highly developed artisans

  3. Extensive written texts, widespread agriculture, pastoral society, and caste system

  4. River valley settlement, no written records, polytheistic religion, monumental architecture

  5. Slash-and-burn agriculture, extensive written texts, pastoral society, and textile manufacturing

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Correct Option: A
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Monumental architecture, complex religious ritual, widespread agriculture, and highly organized urban society.

Common among North American native tribes was the use of toltecs, which were ___________________________.

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  1. Defensive alliances designed to promote cooperation among tribes.

  2. Relics from deceased ancestors thought to provide spiritual guidance.

  3. Natural objects used as a symbol of the unity of a group or clan that provided protection.

  4. Herbal medicines used for healing.

  5. Small pieces of jade jewelry which were widely traded throughout the Americas.

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Correct Option: A

The Mound Builder societies were located __________________.

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  1. In the Pacific Northwest.

  2. In the Valley of Mexico.

  3. In the Yucatn Peninsula.

  4. In the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys.

  5. In the American Southwest.

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Which of these was NOT a reason for Spanish victories over Aztecs and Incas?

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  1. European had military technology advantages such as muskets, cannons, and horses.

  2. Aztec and Incan societies had smaller populations and did not have sufficient numbers to repel Europeans

  3. European diseases such as smallpox ravaged Native populations

  4. Aztecs and Incas ruled other indigenous populations which created internal dissention

  5. Spain used strategies first employed during the Reconquista

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

European had military technology advantages such as muskets, cannons, and horses.

Aztec calpulli served which purpose in Aztec society?

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  1. They were clans that distributed lands and provided labor and warriors.

  2. They were leaders of the priestly class in charge of religious rituals.

  3. They were merchants who specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items.

  4. They were tribute payments in the form of food, slaves, and sacrificial victims.

  5. They were scribes in charge of recording agricultural yields.

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Correct Option: A
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They were clans that distributed lands and provided labor and warriors.

Chose from below the way in which the Aztec Empire differed the most from the Empires of Europe?

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  1. It was not developed in terms of food production, tool technology and domestication of livestock.

  2. It lacked a centralized government.

  3. It did not have a strong military.

  4. It had a written language.

  5. It had no distinctive social classes.

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Aztec chinampas were _______________.

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  1. The name for the social class system that created a highly-stratified society.

  2. The name given to the descendants of kings.

  3. The floating agricultural beds used in the city of Tenochtitlan.

  4. The collective name of the main deities of the sun and moon.

  5. The name for the Mesoamerican sport that often ended in human sacrifice.

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In the postclassical period, the people who succeeded the Toltecs as the rulers of central Mexico were ____________.

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  1. Incas.

  2. Aztecs.

  3. Olmecs.

  4. Maya.

  5. Chavn.

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Here we shall gather the manifestation, the declaration, the account of the sowing and the dawning by the Framer and the Shaper, She Who Has Borne Children and He Who Has Begotten Sons, as they are called Creator of the Green Earth and Creator of the Blue Sky, as they are called. These collectively are evoked and given expression as the Midwife and the Patriarch, whose names are Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the Protector and the Shelterer, Twice Midwife and Twice Patriarch, as they are called in Quich traditions. They gave voice to all things and accomplished their purpose in purity of being and in truth.
All then was measured and staked out into four divisions, doubling over and stretching the measuring cords of the womb of sky and the womb of earth. Thus were established the four corners, the four sides, as it is said, by the Framer and the Shaper, the Mother and the Father of life and all creation, the giver of breath and the giver of heart, they who give birth and give heart to the light everlasting, the child of light born of woman and the son of light born of man, they who are compassionate and wise in all thingsall that exists in the sky and on the earth, in the lakes and in the sea.

Based on this excerpt from the Popol Vuh, a sacred Mayan text, what can be inferred about gender relationships in Mayan society?

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  1. The Mayans were a patriarchal society.

  2. The Mayans were a matriarchal society.

  3. The Mayans favored the roles of men over women.

  4. The Mayans favored the roles of women over men.

  5. The Mayans were relatively egalitarian.

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Correct Option: A
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The Mayans were a patriarchal society.

Which of the following is a difference between Andean and Mesoamerican cultures?

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  1. The presence of writing systems.

  2. A powerful priestly class.

  3. The practice of human sacrifice.

  4. The building of monumental architecture.

  5. Complex agricultural systems.

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Correct Option: A
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The presence of writing systems.