The Americas

Question 1

The terms "B.C." and "A.D." are centered around

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the Christian belief in the birth of Christ

Question 2

Scientists dated these footprints using:

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seeds embedded in them

Question 3

What does it mean to say that Indigenous cultures of the ancient Americas are "not a monolith"?

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these cultures are diverse and varied greatly from one another

Question 4

What was the political structure of Mayan civilization?

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city states under one ruler

Question 5

Mexica womens could NOT:

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become scribes

Question 6

The Mexica's god who guided them to the valley of Mexico was

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Huitzilopochtli

Question 7

Teotihuacán was...

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a famous city in Mesoamerica whose builders are unknown

Question 8

How were European views of Ancient Egypt and Early Indigenous American cultures similar?

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Europeans thought they were inferior and even demonic

Question 9

What contributed to the downfall of the Mexica at the hands of the Spanish?

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The people they had conquered resented them.

Question 10

The Mayan writing system was most similar to:

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Egyptian heiroglyphics

Question 11

Olmec civilization collapsed around

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400 BCE

Question 12

The famous capital of the Mexica was:

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Tenochtitlan

Question 13

Tikal was a Mayan city with a population close to 1 million.

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False

Question 14

When did agriculture develop in the Americas?

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around the same time as in Mesopotamia

Question 15

Footprints recently discovered in New Mexico suggest that the first humans arrived in the Americas _____ years ago.

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23,000

Question 16

What does this quote suggest? "America is ancient, not a 'new world.'"

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Civilizations of the Americas were developed long before Europeans arrived, Calling the Americas a "new world" is incorrect and Eurocentric.

Question 17

The Maya practiced human sacrifice to...

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intimidate their enemies, please the gods

Question 18

The ________ people were the first to inhabit Mesoamerica (that we know of so far).

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Olmec

Question 19

Why is the term "Aztec" inaccurate for the people who inhabited the valley of Mexico in the 1200s?

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these people called themselves Mexica, it was created by a European in the early 1800's

Question 20

This was a common structure built by the Olmecs.

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False

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