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| 238758967 | What were societies like in the Americas during the post classical period? | remained entirely separate from those of the Old World. | 0 | |
| 238758968 | Which of the following statements concerning the population of the Americas is most true? | The population of the Americas was probably close to contemporary Europe's excluding Russia. | 1 | |
| 238758969 | Who were the Toltecs? Where did they come from? | the northern nomadic peoples who entered central mexico following the decline of teotihuacan | 2 | |
| 238758970 | What is Tula? | The capital city of the Toltec; when it was destroyed, the civilization ended | 3 | |
| 238758971 | What was the relationship between the Toltec and their predecessors in central Mexico? | the Toltecs adopted many cultural features from their predecessors to which they added a strongly military ethic and human sacrifice | 4 | |
| 238758972 | How did the Aztecs view the cultural achievements of the Toltecs? | as the givers of civilization | 5 | |
| 238758973 | How long did the Toltec empire last? | influenced large territory after 1,000 C.E.; declined after 1,200 C.E. | 6 | |
| 238758974 | Where did the center of population and political power in Mexico shift after the sack of Tula? | the valley of Mexico and the shores of a chain of lakes in that basin. | 7 | |
| 238758975 | Who were the northern nomadic people who entered central Mex. following the decline of Teotihuacan? | Aztecs | 8 | |
| 238758976 | Around what year did the Aztecs migrate to the central valley of Mexico? | 1325 | 9 | |
| 238758977 | What form of government was the basis for the imperial structure of the Aztecs during their first settlement in the valley of Mexico? | city-states | 10 | |
| 238758978 | What city was not one of the cities fighting for control of the lakes at the time of the Aztec arrival in the valley of Mexico? | ... | 11 | |
| 238758979 | What city did the Aztecs establish ca. 1325 on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco? | Tenochtitlan | 12 | |
| 238758980 | In what year did Tenochtitlan emerge as the dominant force in the central plateau? | 1434 | 13 | |
| 238758981 | Which of the following did NOT occur as a result of the aztec rise to power? | the abandonment of human sacrifice | 14 | |
| 238758982 | What was the impact of expansion and conquest on the Aztec social system? | From a loose association of clans, Aztec society became a stratified society | 15 | |
| 238758983 | Which of the following statements concerning Aztec religion is most accurate? | aztec deities were numerous and had different forms or manifestation somewhat like the avatars of the hindu deities | 16 | |
| 238758984 | Which of the following was NOT one of the major themes or cults of Aztec religion? | deities devoted to contemplation and salvation | 17 | |
| 238758985 | The central figure of the cult of human sacrifice and the most sacred deity of the Aztecs was... | Huitzilopochli | 18 | |
| 238758986 | What was the Aztec view of history? | like other mesoamerican peoples, believed in a cyclical pattern of repetititive destructions of the world. | 19 | |
| 238758987 | Describe Tenochtitlan. | Founded circa 1325 on marshy island in Lake Texcoco; became center of Aztec power; joined Tlacopan and Texcoco in 1434 to form a triple alliance that controlled most of the central plateau of Mesoamerica. | 20 | |
| 238758988 | What are chinampas? | Beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth placed in frames made of cane and rooted in lakes to create 'floating island'; system of irrigated agricultural utilized by Aztecs. | 21 | |
| 238758989 | What was the nature of the Aztec economy? | the aztec state redistrubuted many goods recieved as tribute and there was a specialized merchant class | 22 | |
| 238758990 | What are calpullis? | clans in Aztec society that divided and distributed the land and provided labor and warriors | 23 | |
| 238758991 | Which of the following was NOT a function of Aztec kinship groups? | assignments of people to cult groups | 24 | |
| 238758992 | How did the Aztecs view marriage and the family? | Marriages arranged between lineages, virginity important before marriage, nobles polygamous, peasants monogamous; older women train girls to be ready for marriage, weaving skills important, work in the fields and household, could inherit property and pass it on, political and social life subordinate to men | 25 | |
| 238758993 | What was the significant difference between the lives of women in Mesoamerica and the Mediterranean world? | aztec women had to spend many more hours grinding grain for food | 26 | |
| 238758994 | What was the nature of the Aztec administration of subject territories? | They recognized there power, fufilled obligations of labor, and paid taxes | 27 | |
| 238758995 | The most poweful of the Andean states between 900 and 1465 following the decline of Tihuanaco and Huari was | Chimor | 28 | |
| 238758996 | What was the primary difference in the political situation between the Mesoamerican and Andean zones following the breakup of the classical states? | Med. small states had power in Andean zone large states continued to be important. | 29 | |
| 238758997 | What was Cuzco? | The city served as a stronghold of the empire as well as an important trading hub | 30 | |
| 238758998 | The Inca ruler associated with the first creation of the Inca Empire in 1438 was... | Pachacuti | 31 | |
| 238758999 | What was the principal reason for Inca conquest and expansion? | the practice of split inheritance | 32 | |
| 238759000 | What was the Inca practice of split inheritance? | Incan practice of passing down power and titles to one successor, but dividing land among all male descendants in order that they support his mummy | 33 | |
| 238759001 | What was the cult of the sun? | Aztecs and Incas held the sun to be the highest deity and considered the Inca to be the sun's representative on earth. | 34 | |
| 238759002 | What was utilized in the Inca Empire, but NOT by the Aztecs? | extensive use of colonization | 35 | |
| 238759003 | What were Tambos? | Way station used by Incas as inns and storehouses; supply centers for Inca armies on move; relay points for system of runners used to carry messages. | 36 | |
| 238759004 | What was the Andean principle of inheritance? | Property rights within ayullus and among nobility passed in both male and female lines; women pass to daughters, men pass to sons | 37 | |
| 238759005 | Where were the Inca nobility drawn from? | Artistic traditions of Andean predecessors and skills of subject peoples | 38 | |
| 238759006 | What existed in the Aztec empire, but NOT in the Inca Empire? | an extensive merchant class | 39 | |
| 238759007 | The image of the Inca Empire as a carefully organized sysem in which every community collectively contributed to the whole and the state regulated the distributions of the resources on the basis of need is referred to as.. | Inca Socialism | 40 | |
| 238759008 | Why did Marvin Harris call the Aztecs a "cannibal kingdom", in other words why did the cannibalism start? | Old World human sacrifice replaced by animal sacrifice but they never did change over | 41 | |
| 238759009 | Who had a writing system: the Incas or the Aztecs? | Aztecs | 42 | |
| 238759010 | How did the Incas and Aztecs compare in terms of integration of a centralized empire? | the Incas attempted to create an over-arching political state and made conscious attempts to integrate their empire as a unit, while the Aztecs did less in this regard. | 43 | |
| 238759011 | What are some differences between the Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations? | climate and geography | 44 | |
| 238759012 | which of the following statements about the population of the americas is most true | the population estimates of the americas continuest o be revised upward | 45 | |
| 238759013 | By 1500, what was the agriculture like in Americas? | Adaption to different ecological situation | 46 | |
| 238759014 | Wealth was the bias of social ranking in most Indian societies other than the Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations? | basic similarities underlying the variation can be seen in social structure. | 47 |
