Question 1

The first signs of civilization in Mesoamerica appeared at the end of which time period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Third millennium BCE 
B)  Second millennium BCE 
C)  First millennium BCE 
D)  Fourth millennium BCE 
E)  Second millennium CE 
A)  Third millennium BCE 
B)  Second millennium BCE 
C)  First millennium BCE 
D)  Fourth millennium BCE 
E)  Second millennium CE

Question 2

The massive Aztec stone carving in the form of a disc portraying the struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe is the

Accepted Answer

A)  Disc of Forces. 
B)  Stone of the Fifth Sun. 
C)  Temple of Inscriptions. 
D)  Sun Disc. 
E)  Parthenonus. 
A)  Disc of Forces. 
B)  Stone of the Fifth Sun. 
C)  Temple of Inscriptions. 
D)  Sun Disc. 
E)  Parthenonus.

Question 3

Classical Mayan civilization was centered on modern-day Mexico.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

South America

Accepted Answer

A)  was the original home of the Maya. 
B)  contained societies practicing irrigated farming approximately eleven thousand years ago. 
C)  has had human inhabitants for more than twelve thousand years. 
D)  was populated only as recently as 500 C.E. 
E)  was colonized from Africa rather than Asia. 
A)  was the original home of the Maya. 
B)  contained societies practicing irrigated farming approximately eleven thousand years ago. 
C)  has had human inhabitants for more than twelve thousand years. 
D)  was populated only as recently as 500 C.E. 
E)  was colonized from Africa rather than Asia.

Question 5

As the guiding deity of the entire population, the supreme Aztec god was

Accepted Answer

A)  Huitzilopochtli. 
B)  Tlaloc. 
C)  Ometeotl. 
D)  Quetzalcoatl. 
E)  Machu Pirado. 
A)  Huitzilopochtli. 
B)  Tlaloc. 
C)  Ometeotl. 
D)  Quetzalcoatl. 
E)  Machu Pirado.

Question 6

What was true about Teotihuacán?

Accepted Answer

A)  It did not engage in trade because of its infertile lands. 
B)  It produced great industrial structures. 
C)  It met its demise possibly due to drought or overuse of the land. 
D)  It was conquered by the Maya. 
E)  It left no historical records. 
A)  It did not engage in trade because of its infertile lands. 
B)  It produced great industrial structures. 
C)  It met its demise possibly due to drought or overuse of the land. 
D)  It was conquered by the Maya. 
E)  It left no historical records.

Question 7

Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere with those of the Old World?

Accepted Answer

A)  Long-distance trade 
B)  Human sacrifice 
C)  Iron smelting 
D)  Irrigated agriculture 
E)  The practice of warfare 
A)  Long-distance trade 
B)  Human sacrifice 
C)  Iron smelting 
D)  Irrigated agriculture 
E)  The practice of warfare

Question 8

Which of the following is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  All males were liable for military service in the Inka army. 
B)  The quipu was a system of knotted strings used in the Inka Empire. 
C)  The Inka required subject peoples to speak Quechua. 
D)  The Olmecs adopted many aspects of Inka culture. 
E)  Women could improve their lifestyles by becoming "chosen virgins" in Inka temples. 
A)  All males were liable for military service in the Inka army. 
B)  The quipu was a system of knotted strings used in the Inka Empire. 
C)  The Inka required subject peoples to speak Quechua. 
D)  The Olmecs adopted many aspects of Inka culture. 
E)  Women could improve their lifestyles by becoming "chosen virgins" in Inka temples.

Question 9

In the aftermath of Columbus and voyages of encounter, Europeans believed the first humans in the Americas might have been

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese pirates. 
B)  the lost tribes of Axum. 
C)  Phoenician seafarers from Carthage. 
D)  Mongol tribesmen. 
E)  ancient Sumerians. 
A)  Chinese pirates. 
B)  the lost tribes of Axum. 
C)  Phoenician seafarers from Carthage. 
D)  Mongol tribesmen. 
E)  ancient Sumerians.

Question 10

Aztec society

Accepted Answer

A)  focused its religious interest on "the holy one," Huitzilopochtli, the only god in the monotheistic Aztec system of religious belief. 
B)  did not possess a writing system, although it did develop hieroglyphs. 
C)  dedicated the sacred precinct in central Tenochtitlán to the rain god, Shiva, and to Huitzilopochtli. 
D)  did not sharply delineate gender roles. 
E)  was egalitarian in theory but hierarchical in practice. 
A)  focused its religious interest on "the holy one," Huitzilopochtli, the only god in the monotheistic Aztec system of religious belief. 
B)  did not possess a writing system, although it did develop hieroglyphs. 
C)  dedicated the sacred precinct in central Tenochtitlán to the rain god, Shiva, and to Huitzilopochtli. 
D)  did not sharply delineate gender roles. 
E)  was egalitarian in theory but hierarchical in practice.

Question 11

The Inka king who began the conquests that led to the creation of their empire was

Accepted Answer

A)  Pizarro. 
B)  Huayna Inka. 
C)  Pachakuti. 
D)  Topa Inka. 
E)  Montezuma. 
A)  Pizarro. 
B)  Huayna Inka. 
C)  Pachakuti. 
D)  Topa Inka. 
E)  Montezuma.

Question 12

The Inka tradition of temple virgins is similar to Roman traditions of the Vestal Virgins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Providing a valuable resource for later historians, this Spaniard recorded his impressions of Aztec society during a visit in the early sixteenth century:

Accepted Answer

A)  Bernal Díaz. 
B)  Alphonso Gomorra. 
C)  Bartholomew Díaz. 
D)  Jakob Alverez. 
E)  Juan Carlos Garcia. 
A)  Bernal Díaz. 
B)  Alphonso Gomorra. 
C)  Bartholomew Díaz. 
D)  Jakob Alverez. 
E)  Juan Carlos Garcia.

Question 14

The ancient Aztec capital

Accepted Answer

A)  was built on the ruins of Teotihuacan. 
B)  occupied the same site as modern-day Mexico City. 
C)  was a coastal city and a significant port. 
D)  was situated on the Yucatan Peninsula. 
E)  was located in Chaco Canyon. 
A)  was built on the ruins of Teotihuacan. 
B)  occupied the same site as modern-day Mexico City. 
C)  was a coastal city and a significant port. 
D)  was situated on the Yucatan Peninsula. 
E)  was located in Chaco Canyon.

Question 15

The only option for Inkan women aside from marriage was to serve as a "chosen virgin."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What was the purpose of the human sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

A)  To obtain the atman of the victim 
B)  To appease Huitzilopochtli, and thus delay the ultimate destruction of their world 
C)  To insure an abundant harvest 
D)  To insure long life for the emperor 
E)  To provide victims for the ball court games 
A)  To obtain the atman of the victim 
B)  To appease Huitzilopochtli, and thus delay the ultimate destruction of their world 
C)  To insure an abundant harvest 
D)  To insure long life for the emperor 
E)  To provide victims for the ball court games

Question 17

There were farming villages in Central and South America by

Accepted Answer

A)  10,000 BCE 
B)  5000 BCE 
C)  1000 BCE 
D)  100 CE 
E)  500 CE 
A)  10,000 BCE 
B)  5000 BCE 
C)  1000 BCE 
D)  100 CE 
E)  500 CE

Question 18

Archeologists call the region in which the first New World civilizations began

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexico. 
B)  Central America. 
C)  Mesoamerica. 
D)  South America. 
E)  the Amazon basin. 
A)  Mexico. 
B)  Central America. 
C)  Mesoamerica. 
D)  South America. 
E)  the Amazon basin.

Question 19

While the Arawak peoples left their original homeland and migrated into the Caribbean islands, the Carib peoples did not migrate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Arawak were a group of people living along the Orinoco River in modern Venezuela.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: The Americas

The first signs of civilization in Mesoamerica appeared at the end of which time period?

The massive Aztec stone carving in the form of a disc portraying the struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe is the

Classical Mayan civilization was centered on modern-day Mexico.

South America

As the guiding deity of the entire population, the supreme Aztec god was

What was true about Teotihuacán?

Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by the civilizations of the Western Hemisphere with those of the Old World?

Which of the following is FALSE?

In the aftermath of Columbus and voyages of encounter, Europeans believed the first humans in the Americas might have been

Aztec society

The Inka king who began the conquests that led to the creation of their empire was

The Inka tradition of temple virgins is similar to Roman traditions of the Vestal Virgins.

Providing a valuable resource for later historians, this Spaniard recorded his impressions of Aztec society during a visit in the early sixteenth century:

The ancient Aztec capital

The only option for Inkan women aside from marriage was to serve as a "chosen virgin."

What was the purpose of the human sacrifices practiced by the Aztecs?

There were farming villages in Central and South America by

Archeologists call the region in which the first New World civilizations began

While the Arawak peoples left their original homeland and migrated into the Caribbean islands, the Carib peoples did not migrate.

The Arawak were a group of people living along the Orinoco River in modern Venezuela.

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Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

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