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| In the aftermath of Columbus and voyages of encounter, Europeans believed the first humans in the Americas might have been |
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| Phoenician seafarers from Carthage |
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| Currently available evidence has shown the first humans in the Americas |
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| in the view of Louis Leakey, may have arrived 100,000 years ago |
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| developed a system of hieroglyphics. |
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| Archeologists call the region in which the first New World civilizations began |
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| Which of the following is not true of the Olmec culture |
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| It developed in the high, mountainous areas of central Mexico |
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| Which civilization lived in terraces cut out of a mountainside located in the central Mexican highlands? |
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| Which of the following was true about Teotihuacán? |
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| It met its demise due to unexplained reasons. |
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| declined before 1000 C.E. |
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| reflected significant ability in the field of drainage agriculture. |
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| The civilization of the Maya developed in the |
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| The two commodities that enabled the Maya to develop trade relations with other civilizations in its region were |
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| obsidian and cacao trees. |
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| had life or death implications for those who played upon it. |
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| In which areas were the Mayan and Aztec civilizations similar? |
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| They both practiced human sacrifice. |
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| Which of the following statements is the most accurate depiction of the Aztec Empire? |
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| It was a confederation of localities linked by a feudal allegiance system in which a central ruler controlled an empire developed through military conquest. |
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| a hierarchical dictatorship, with a privileged upper class and a downtrodden majority. |
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| Most of the Aztec population belonged to large kinship groups called |
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| Which of the following was not a characteristic of the large kinship groups of the Aztecs? |
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| Women were required to work in the fields five days each week. |
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| Which of the following best describes social and gender roles in the Aztec culture? |
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| There were clear cut lines of demarcation between the responsibilities and duties of males and females. |
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| As the guiding deity of the entire population, the supreme Aztec god was |
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