Test 2 (Chapter 6
There were farming villages in Central and South America by
5000 b.c.e
What probably caused the decline of Teotihuacan?
Agricultural Crises
What was a pueblo
An adobe communal house in Anasazi lands
Among the mounted nomads who came to dominate much of the southwestern plains of north america 1500 c.e. were the
Apache and Navajo
Staple crops of the Olmec civilization included
Beans, corns, and squash
Providing a valuable resource for later historians, this Spaniard recorded his impression of Aztec society during a visit in the early 16th century
Bernal Diaz
Which of the following is not a characteristic shared by the civilization of the western hemisphere with those of the old world?
C
The largest city in North America until 19th century Philadelphia was located
Cahokia
Aztec society
Did not posses a writing system as such, although it developed hieroglyphs
The earliest collective civiliation in Central Andes was the
Inka
An alliance of Native Americans to aviod war was formed by which tribe?
Iroquois
In analyzing Aztec cosmology
It contained a distinct element of fatalism that was inherent in the creation myth
What was the outcomes of matches in the sacred ball court?
Losing players were sacrificed to the gods.
The tuber cultivated by the Arawak, which is used today to manufacture tapioca, is
Manioc
The Moche cuulture
May have been ended by environmental changes
The two commodities that enabled the Maya to developed trade relations with other civilizations in its regions were
Obsidian and cacao trees
The first civilization in mesoamerica was the
Olmec
Who was the inka king who began conquests that led to the creation of their Empire?
Pachaluti
The Aztec capital was
Tenochtitlan
What is unusual about Nazca lines
They are onlu visible from considerable elevation
What was the purpose of the human sacrifices practiced by Aztecs?
To appease Huitzilopotchli, and thus delay the ultimate destruction of their world.
Chichen Irza was controlled by which civilization
Toltec
True/False At Cahokia, near East Saint Louis, archaeologists have discovered a burial mound more than 98 feet high with a base larger than Egypt's pyramids
True
True/False In contrast with the Aztecs, the Inka created a highly centralized state
True
In south america by 2000 b.c.e peoples
Were sailing the pacific in wind powered balsa wood rafts
Women in Aztec society were granted what position of privilege
Women preformed marriage ceremonies
The chinampas
were agricultural plots built on swampy islands
Aztec society was
A hierarchical dictatorship, with a privileged upper class and a downtrodden majority
Most of the Aztec population belonged to large kinship groups called
Calpulli
The inka capital was
Cuzco
The Mayan civilization
Declined in the eighth or ninth centuries C.E.
The Olmec peoples
Developed a system of hieroglyphics
Anasazi society possibly declined for all of the following reasons except
Extensive floods
True/False Because soil lacked sufficient nutrients, agriculture never developed in the Amazon region
False
True/False Pachakuti created a highly centralized Aztec state
False
True/False The Aztec Capital was Teotihuacan
False
True/False The Maya is considered to be the "Mother Civilization" of Mesoamerica
False
Which of the following is not true of the Olmec Culture?
It developed in the High mountainous areas of central america
Which of the following statements is the most accurate depiction of the Aztec Empire?
It was a confederation of localities linked by a feudal allegiance system in which a central ruler controlled an empire developed through military conquest
The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was unusual because
It was centered on an island in the middle of lake texcoco
Which of the following was NOT a detrimental Factor in the Technological development of the peoples of the western Hemisphere?
Lack of established trade routes
Who was the supreme deity among the Aztec pantheon?
Omleteotl
The supreme Mayan god Itzamna is credited with bringing to the Mayans all of the following except
Pyramids
The massive Aztec stone carving in the form of disc portraying the struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe is the
Stone of the Fifth Sun
In which areas were the Mayan and Aztec civilizations similar?
They both practiced human sacrifices.
True/False The Inka had no writing system, but kept records using a system of knotted stings called quipu
True
True/False The Maya were the only Mesoamerican people to have a complete written language.
True
True/False The pyramid of the sun was built by the people of Teotihuacan in the Fifth century CE
True
Aztec writing
Was based upon hieroglyphs that represented an object or concept
South America
Was populated only as recently as 500 c.e.
Which of the following was not a characteristic of large kinship groups of Aztecs?
Women were required to work in the fields five days each week.
The civilization of the inka
constructed an impressive system of roads and bridges throughout its extensive domain
A significant characteristic of south america agriculture is
dependence on extensive, complex irrigation of crops
