The term Mesoamerica refers to what region?

The region stretching from Nicaragua to southern California.

The Inca determined a new ruler in which of the following ways?

Sons & brothers would compete for kingship.

Which statement characterizes the fall of Maya civilization?

Decline occurred bc of agricultural failures & other factors

In the Inca Empire, what was mit'a?

The system of conscripting labor from villages.

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1
Which of the following was the largest group in Aztec society?
Nobles.
Serfs.
Slaves.
Commoners.
2
For the Inca, the most important source of wealth was which of the following?
Land.
Llamas and Alpacas.
Gold and Silver.
Human labor.
3
This ancient American civilization created complex road systems through high mountain ranges.
Aztec.
Maya.
Inca.
Olmec.
4
The term Mesoamerica refers to what region?
Present-day central America.
The region stretching from the Great Lakes to South America.
Central and South America.
The region stretching from Nicaragua to southern California.
5
What Mesoamerican group harnessed the chinampa? (A floating garden for agricultural purposes).
Aztec.
Olmec.
Inca.
Maya.
6
The Inca determined a new ruler in which of the following ways?
Brothers of the deceased ruler would compete for kingship.
Sons of the deceased ruler would compete for kingship.
Sons & brothers would compete for kingship.
Primogeniture - the eldest son became the next ruler.
7
Aztec society was divided into which of the following?
Kin groups.
Calpulli.
Clans.
Allyu.
8
Which of the following was the staple crop of the Aztecs?
Cotton.
Corn.
Squash.
Beans.
9
The Inca Empire was able to grow so rapidly for which of the following reasons?
All of the above.
Military conquest.
Threat of warfare.
Gift exchanges, marital exchanges, & political alliances.
10
What did Aztecs believe they had to do to keep the sun moving to preserve life?
Sacrifice livestock, particularly cattle.
Build magnificent pyramids for the gods.
Sacrifice human beings.
Destroy all competing societies.
11
Which statement characterizes the fall of Maya civilization?
Maya civilization was conquered by the Aztecs.
Decline occurred bc of agricultural failures & other factors
Decline occurred bc of the arrival of the Spanish.
The Maya fell to the superior strength of the Toltecs.
12
Most of the people sacrificed by the Aztecs were ___________.
Convicted criminals.
War captives.
Members of the royal family.
Volunteers.
13
Few Maya texts have survived because most of the books were destroyed by which of the following
Floods.
Spanish priests.
Aztec invaders.
Warfare.
14
What kind of notation system did the Inca use to record financial and labor obligations?
Khipu.
Woven rugs.
Hieroglyphics.
The abacus.
15
In the Inca Empire, what was mit'a?
The system of drafting soldiers.
The system of collecting monetary taxes.
The system of maintenance for the royal mummies.
The system of conscripting labor from villages.

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