Quiz 1: Ancient America
History
Q 1Q 1
The first colonization of America by people from Asia probably began about
A) 150,000 years ago.
B) 5,000 years ago.
C) 40,000 years ago.
D) 10,000 years ago.
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Q 2Q 2
One revolutionary result of the development of agriculture was
A) the appearance of the state.
B) the feasibility of the division of labor.
C) an improvement in the status of women.
D) the abandonment of hunting.
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B
Q 3Q 3
A serious weakness of slash-and-burn farming was that it
A) led to overpopulation.
B) required a strong central authority.
C) soon exhausted the soil.
D) encouraged tribal warfare.
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C
Q 4Q 4
The Classic period in Ancient America lasted from
A) A.D. 2500 to about 1500 B.C.
B) A.D. 1 to about A.D. 1000.
C) A.D. 1000 to about A.D. 1500.
D) A.D. 9000 to 2500 B.C.
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Q 5Q 5
The Postclassic period in Ancient America was characterized by the
A) rise of genuine cities and chronic warfare.
B) introduction of maize and other domesticated plants.
C) decline of commerce.
D) growing importance of the priestly class.
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Q 6Q 6
Olmec civilization was characterized by
A) a highly developed calendrical system.
B) chronic warfare among Olmec states.
C) the carving of stone sculpture that featured colossal heads.
D) the practice of human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism on a massive scale.
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Q 7Q 7
A factor that greatly aided Aztec imperial expansion was
A) the highly productive chinampa system of agriculture.
B) Aztec superiority in weapons and military technique.
C) belief in the sacrifice of war prisoners for the survival of the universe.
D) the geographical advantages of the Valley of Mexico for defense and offense.
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Q 8Q 8
The dominant Mesoamerican state in the Classic period was
A) Monte Albán.
B) Teotihuacán.
C) Tula.
D) La Venta.
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Q 9Q 9
The main integrating force in Aztec society was the
A) military.
B) merchant class.
C) artisans.
D) priesthood.
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Q 10Q 10
The Maya agricultural system was based on
A) slash-and-burn farming.
B) chinampa farming.
C) large imports of grain from central Mexico.
D) a mix of slash-and-burn farming and more intensive agricultural methods.
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Q 11Q 11
Our knowledge of Maya history has been much enhanced by the discovery
A) that many of the sculptured glyphs record important events in the lives of Maya rulers.
B) of native codices containing much historical material.
C) that Maya writing was truly syllabic and could easily be deciphered.
D) of a Spanish translation of Maya oral historical traditions.
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Q 12Q 12
The central Andean area in Inca times was characterized by
A) large amounts of arable land.
B) a very limited number of edible plants.
C) a rich variety of environments, making possible extensive food production.
D) a forbidding environment of coastal deserts, bleak plateaus, and snowcapped mountains.
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Q 13Q 13
The Mochica culture of Classic Peru was noted for
A) a very simple social organization.
B) the absence of metallurgy.
C) its peaceful nature.
D) a pottery characterized by realistic modeling.
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Q 14Q 14
The emperor credited with many reforms and innovations in the Inca state is
A) Topa Inca.
B) Pachacuti Inca.
C) Atahualpa.
D) Huascar.
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Q 15Q 15
The Incas possessed
A) pictographic writing.
B) alphabetic writing.
C) a system of communicating by signs.
D) a record-keeping device called the quipu.
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Q 16Q 16
The Inca state may best be described as a
A) totalitarian state.
B) socialist state.
C) welfare state.
D) class-structured state in which commoners were exploited by the rulers and nobility.
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Q 17Q 17
A serious weakness of the Inca Empire was
A) chronic discontent and revolts on the part of conquered peoples.
B) the difficulty of maintaining control over such a vast area.
C) the emergence of a military caste that challenged the supremacy of Inca rulers.
D) the rise of a feudal nobility that threatened Inca centralized authority.
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Q 18Q 18
Many activities thought to reflect the benevolence of the Inca state actually were
A) invented by pro-Inca chroniclers writing after the conquest.
B) traditional village cooperative functions taken over by the Inca state for its own ends.
C) examples of the "divide-and-rule" policy of Inca rulers.
D) designed to prevent rebellions on the part of conquered peoples.
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Q 19Q 19
The ayllu was a
A) kinship group, the members of which married within the group.
B) kinship group, the members of which married outside the group.
C) territorial group, the members of which recognized no kinship bonds.
D) group of people from the interior of the empire resettled in the newly conquered province.
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Q 20Q 20
Recent scholarly estimates of pre-Conquest populations for the Americas
A) point to much smaller populations than were accepted previously.
B) point to much larger populations than were accepted previously.
C) range between 8 and 10 million.
D) range between 100 and 150 million for the Americas.
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Q 22Q 22
Economic life in Aztec Mexico rested on a base of
A) large-scale trade with the Inca Empire.
B) hunting and fishing.
C) intensive and extensive agriculture.
D) craft industry.
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Q 23Q 23
Before the Spanish conquest, gender parallelism in the Andean world guaranteed women
A) the right to share in political decisions of the Inca state.
B) leadership positions in the ayllu.
C) access to land, herds, water, and other material resources.
D) a subordinate role in the gendered hierarchy of Inca society.
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Q 24Q 24
The Triple Alliance was an agreement to share the spoils of conquest among
A) Texcoco, Tenochtitlán, and Tlacopán, facilitating Aztec domination of Mesoamerica.
B) Texcoco, Tenochtitlán, and Tlacopán, facilitating Inca domination of Mesoamerica.
C) Spain, Portugal, and England, thereby facilitating European domination of Mesoamerica.
D) Inca, Aztec, and Maya lords, thereby facilitating imperial domination of Mesoamerica.
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Q 25Q 25
In the classic Mesoamerican world, networks of commercial trade linked the great cities of
A) Texcoco, Tenochtitlán, and Tlacopán.
B) Cuzco, Tenochtitlán, and Tikal.
C) Tikal, Palenque, and Chichén-Itzá.
D) Monte Albán, Teotihuacán, and Tikal.
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Q 51Q 51
Discuss the relationship between geographical environment, the type of agricultural system adopted, and the kind of social and political organization developed in various parts of Ancient America.
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Q 52Q 52
Summarize the salient features of the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic stages of the history of Ancient America.
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Q 53Q 53
If Spanish conquerors had not arrived in Mexico in the early 1500s, how would the Aztec Empire have evolved in the next hundred years?
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Q 55Q 55
What strategies did the Inca rulers employ to maintain the loyalty and obedience of conquered peoples? How successful were these strategies?
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Q 56Q 56
What roles did women play in Aztec and Inca societies and how was this affected by the expansion of their respective empires?
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