quiz 24 chapter 11 Flashcards

pages 267-277

242265362	classic periodcivilizations in mesoamerica were built on the political foundation of which early civilization?	Olmec	0
242265363	Mesoamerican classic period political and cultural innovations were based on	the ability of elites to control laborers and soldiers	1
242265364	the larges city in the americas in 450-600 was	teotihuacan	2
242265365	Quetzalcoatl was	the feathered serpent god	3
242265366	how did mesoamericans view the practice of human sacrifice	they viewed it as essential to the well being of society	4
242265367	Chinampas were "floating gardens" that	allowed year-round farming and population growth.	5
242265368	what kind of housing did the common people in cities live in	apartment like stone buildings	6
242265369	the two most important crafts produced by Teotihuacan's crafts industry were	pottery and obsidiian.	7
242265370	Teotihuacan was ruled by	an alliance of eliete families.	8
242265371	how was the Mayan political state organized?	rival kingdoms or city-states	9
242265372	Which of the following was not a strategy employed by the Maya to provide food for the population during the classical period	practicing swidden agriculture	10
242265373	maya monumental archituecture took advantage of	the alignment of the sun and Venus	11
242265374	Why did Mayan leaders spill their own blood	to communicate with the gods and ancestors	12
242265375	in the classic era, Maya military forces primarliy fought to secure	captives	13
242265376	what was the role of Maya women of the ruling class?	they played important roles in political and religious ceremonies	14
242265377	which of the following is not one of the roles believed that women of the lower classes fulfilled?	they ere preferred sacrifical victims	15
242265378	Maya contirbutions include the	calendar	16
242265379	maya contibutions to mathematics include	the concept of zero and place value	17
242265380	the toltecs had unique political and military success by creating a "conquest state" based on	military power	18
242265381	the Toltecs' capital city was	Tula	19
242265382	The Aztecs were also known as the	Mexica	20
242265383	Aztec socieyt can be described as	clan-based	21
242265384	which is not among the attributes that signaled inequality in wealth and privilege in Aztec society?	the nobility were buried in enormous pyramids	22
242265385	the aztecs met the challenges of feeding a growing population by	building a land reclamation project featuring a dike and chinampas	23
242265386	Aztec gods	were male and female	24
242265387	The Aztec god that was the focus of the cult of the hummng bird was called	Huitzilopochtli	25
242265388	The twin temples of Tenochtitlan symbolize the two bases of Aztec economy,	war and agriculture	26
242265389	as sacrificial victims, Aztecs preferred	war captives	27
242269922	Teotihuacan was a commercial and religious center that	the elite class used as a base of wealth and status	28