Question 1

What did archeologists discover beneath the Pyramid of the Sun?

Accepted Answer

A)  Seeds and traces of key agricultural crops 
B)  Gold and other precious metals 
C)  Bits of rubber 
D)  Urns used for Pulque, a liquor derived from the agave plant. 
E)  Human remains 
A)  Seeds and traces of key agricultural crops 
B)  Gold and other precious metals 
C)  Bits of rubber 
D)  Urns used for Pulque, a liquor derived from the agave plant. 
E)  Human remains

Question 2

An extensive urban community was created at Chaco Canyon by the

Accepted Answer

A)  Apache. 
B)  Arawak. 
C)  Anasazi. 
D)  Navajo. 
E)  Paiute. 
A)  Apache. 
B)  Arawak. 
C)  Anasazi. 
D)  Navajo. 
E)  Paiute.

Question 3

In Aztec society, once a young man of noble status reached adulthood, he would

Accepted Answer

A)  choose a wife. 
B)  be sent on a mission for the monarch. 
C)  make a sacrifice to the monarch. 
D)  automatically become a member of the military. 
E)  choose a career in the military, government, or priesthood. 
A)  choose a wife. 
B)  be sent on a mission for the monarch. 
C)  make a sacrifice to the monarch. 
D)  automatically become a member of the military. 
E)  choose a career in the military, government, or priesthood.

Question 4

Currently available evidence has shown the first humans in the Americas

Accepted Answer

A)  arrived at least 15,000 years ago. 
B)  came at least 725,000 years ago. 
C)  arrived, according to genetic evidence, from Antarctica in 7219 B.C.E. 
D)  came from the island of Honshu during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. 
E)  came from Polynesia approximately 1000 C.E. 
A)  arrived at least 15,000 years ago. 
B)  came at least 725,000 years ago. 
C)  arrived, according to genetic evidence, from Antarctica in 7219 B.C.E. 
D)  came from the island of Honshu during the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. 
E)  came from Polynesia approximately 1000 C.E.

Question 5

Mayan pyramids

Accepted Answer

A)  contained the bodies of rulers. 
B)  were the seats of political power. 
C)  housed a sequestered priest cast. 
D)  did not survive past their time. 
E)  served no significant purpose. 
A)  contained the bodies of rulers. 
B)  were the seats of political power. 
C)  housed a sequestered priest cast. 
D)  did not survive past their time. 
E)  served no significant purpose.

Question 6

Anasazi society possibly declined for all of the following reasons except

Accepted Answer

A)  severe drought. 
B)  increase in internecine warfare. 
C)  invaders. 
D)  extensive floods. 
E)  starvation. 
A)  severe drought. 
B)  increase in internecine warfare. 
C)  invaders. 
D)  extensive floods. 
E)  starvation.

Question 7

What was true of the great Inka empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made marriage the only option for women. 
B)  It developed an early writing system. 
C)  It developed a reputation for early ocean exploration. 
D)  It was built on forced labor. 
E)  It had difficulty developing lasting agriculture because it lacked irrigation systems. 
A)  It made marriage the only option for women. 
B)  It developed an early writing system. 
C)  It developed a reputation for early ocean exploration. 
D)  It was built on forced labor. 
E)  It had difficulty developing lasting agriculture because it lacked irrigation systems.

Question 8

Scholars have revised their earlier beliefs about the Maya, now claiming that the Maya were

Accepted Answer

A)  peaceful people. 
B)  an egalitarian society. 
C)  often engaged in violent warfare. 
D)  strong allies with the Aztecs. 
E)  artisans. 
A)  peaceful people. 
B)  an egalitarian society. 
C)  often engaged in violent warfare. 
D)  strong allies with the Aztecs. 
E)  artisans.

Question 9

What best describes social and gender roles in the Aztec culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  The majority of the population were slaves. 
B)  Clear-cut differences between the responsibilities and duties of males and females existed. 
C)  Women had fewer rights and freedoms than their Chinese counterparts. 
D)  Opportunities for rising in social status were nonexistent. 
E)  All men were freemen but most women were only slaves. 
A)  The majority of the population were slaves. 
B)  Clear-cut differences between the responsibilities and duties of males and females existed. 
C)  Women had fewer rights and freedoms than their Chinese counterparts. 
D)  Opportunities for rising in social status were nonexistent. 
E)  All men were freemen but most women were only slaves.

Question 10

Cacao beans were used as currency by Maya people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which city was the capital of the Aztec empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tenochtitlán 
B)  Huitzilopochtli 
C)  Texcoco 
D)  Mexica 
E)  Zapotec 
A)  Tenochtitlán 
B)  Huitzilopochtli 
C)  Texcoco 
D)  Mexica 
E)  Zapotec

Question 12

Aztec cosmology

Accepted Answer

A)  reveals a totally unique approach to religious belief. 
B)  provides the basic format for all monotheistic practices. 
C)  assumed the existence of divine and material worlds. 
D)  was copied from that of the Anasazi. 
E)  held that the ultimate reality was the destruction of the individual soul. 
A)  reveals a totally unique approach to religious belief. 
B)  provides the basic format for all monotheistic practices. 
C)  assumed the existence of divine and material worlds. 
D)  was copied from that of the Anasazi. 
E)  held that the ultimate reality was the destruction of the individual soul.

Question 13

The Olmec peoples

Accepted Answer

A)  did not do any stone carving, preferring to work in copper and ivory. 
B)  spoke the Quechuan language. 
C)  developed their capital at the mountain fortress of Cuzco. 
D)  developed a system of hieroglyphics. 
E)  replaced the Maya in Mesoamerica. 
A)  did not do any stone carving, preferring to work in copper and ivory. 
B)  spoke the Quechuan language. 
C)  developed their capital at the mountain fortress of Cuzco. 
D)  developed a system of hieroglyphics. 
E)  replaced the Maya in Mesoamerica.

Question 14

During its heyday, how far did the Inka empire extend?

Accepted Answer

A)  From modern-day St. Louis to the Pacific 
B)  From modern-day Mexico to San Salvador 
C)  From modern-day New Mexico to Chile 
D)  From modern-day Ecuador, central Chile and the Amazon basin 
E)  From the Isthmus of Panama to the Strait of Magellan 
A)  From modern-day St. Louis to the Pacific 
B)  From modern-day Mexico to San Salvador 
C)  From modern-day New Mexico to Chile 
D)  From modern-day Ecuador, central Chile and the Amazon basin 
E)  From the Isthmus of Panama to the Strait of Magellan

Question 15

The Maya is considered to be the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In which areas were the Mayan and Aztec civilizations similar?

Accepted Answer

A)  They both practiced human sacrifice. 
B)  Both had religious practices and beliefs brought from Asia in the eleventh century. 
C)  Both used sophisticated alphabets with thirty-nine letters. 
D)  They were both seafaring societies. 
E)  Volcanic eruptions destroyed both civilizations. 
A)  They both practiced human sacrifice. 
B)  Both had religious practices and beliefs brought from Asia in the eleventh century. 
C)  Both used sophisticated alphabets with thirty-nine letters. 
D)  They were both seafaring societies. 
E)  Volcanic eruptions destroyed both civilizations.

Question 17

The chinampas

Accepted Answer

A)  were agricultural plots built on swampy islands. 
B)  were built to maintain industrial production. 
C)  provided farmers with a means of growing waterfowl for export to South America. 
D)  were to be found only in the semi-arid areas of northern Mesoamerica. 
E)  were part of Inka religious culture. 
A)  were agricultural plots built on swampy islands. 
B)  were built to maintain industrial production. 
C)  provided farmers with a means of growing waterfowl for export to South America. 
D)  were to be found only in the semi-arid areas of northern Mesoamerica. 
E)  were part of Inka religious culture.

Question 18

Aztec religion

Accepted Answer

A)  preached the ideas of sexual equality and social apathy. 
B)  was monotheistic after the departure of Isoldia. 
C)  employed human ritual sacrifices, often involving large numbers of victims. 
D)  stressed the importance of free will. 
E)  influenced Spanish Christianity. 
A)  preached the ideas of sexual equality and social apathy. 
B)  was monotheistic after the departure of Isoldia. 
C)  employed human ritual sacrifices, often involving large numbers of victims. 
D)  stressed the importance of free will. 
E)  influenced Spanish Christianity.

Question 19

Which of these peoples created the most extensive land empire yet seen in South America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moche 
B)  Wari 
C)  Chan Chan 
D)  Olmec 
E)  Toltec 
A)  Moche 
B)  Wari 
C)  Chan Chan 
D)  Olmec 
E)  Toltec

Exam 6: The Americas

What did archeologists discover beneath the Pyramid of the Sun?

An extensive urban community was created at Chaco Canyon by the

In Aztec society, once a young man of noble status reached adulthood, he would

Currently available evidence has shown the first humans in the Americas

Mayan pyramids

Anasazi society possibly declined for all of the following reasons except

What was true of the great Inka empire?

Scholars have revised their earlier beliefs about the Maya, now claiming that the Maya were

What best describes social and gender roles in the Aztec culture?

Cacao beans were used as currency by Maya people.

Which city was the capital of the Aztec empire?

Aztec cosmology

The Olmec peoples

During its heyday, how far did the Inka empire extend?

The Maya is considered to be the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica.

In which areas were the Mayan and Aztec civilizations similar?

The chinampas

Aztec religion

Which of these peoples created the most extensive land empire yet seen in South America?

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New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

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