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Pre-Columbian Era.
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What occurred in Eastern North America in A.D. 700?
a) shift toward full-time farming
b) mass movement into urban settlement
c) introduction of the Iroquois Grand Council
d) collapse of city-state Cahokia
The desert-dwelling Anasazi built their pueblos using
a) grasses and animal hides.
b) wooden poles and buffalo skin.
c) sun-dried brick and stones.
d) tree bark and wooden poles.
Which of the following best describes the Maya civilization?
a) It was composed of related families from which clan mothers chose members for the Grand Council.
b) It was composed of city-states that were ruled by a class of hereditary nobles.
c) It was founded in the Mississippi River valley and is responsible for the city of Cahokia.
d) It flourished in the Southwest and built multi-storied structures called pueblos.
Maya rulers, such as the powerful Pacal,
a) were supported by a group of scribes and ruled over peasants and townspeople.
b) were elected by the population at times determined by the Maya calendar.
c) maintained a steady peace with leaders of other Maya city- states.
d) opposed the priestly practice of human sacrifice.
From the Maya perspective, all of life was
a) seen as sacred, especially the lives of people.
b) the responsibility of the priest-like scribes.
c) in the hands of divine powers, such as Itzamna.
d) the product of the jaguar god, an evil god of the night.
Which is true of the Maya sacred calendar?
a) The calendar used a number system based on units of 10.
b) It was divided into 18 months and 20 days each.
c) It was a solar calendar of 365 days.
d) Only trained nobles could read or use the calendar.
The Toltec were the first people in Mesoamerica to
a) grow maize and peppers.
b) irrigate crops with canals.
c) construct temples and palaces.
d) work in gold, silver, and copper.
Which people were able to extend their empire across much of Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and to the Guatemalan border?
a) the Aztec
b) the Maya
c) the Toltec
d) the Iroquois
Aztec society was made up of nobles, indentured workers, slaves, and commoners, and it was ruled by a monarch who
a) met the wishes of a council of lords and government officials.
b) was all powerful and claimed to be the descendant of gods.
c) ruled with the consent of the people who elected him.
d) rose with hard work through the social orders.
According to Aztec religious beliefs, the creation and destruction of the four worlds were caused by
a) the sleeping and waking of the evil jaguar god.
b) a never ending battle between good and evil.
c) ruled with the consent of the people who elected him.
d) the birth and aging of the feathered Quetzalcoatl.
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