1st semester exam

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What occurred in Eastern North America in A.D. 700?

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shift toward full-time farming

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The desert-dwelling Anasazi built their pueblos using

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sun-dried brick and stones.

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Which of the following best describes the Maya civilization? Options: It was composed of related families from which clan mothers chose members for the Grand Council. It was composed of city-states that were ruled by a class of hereditary nobles. It was founded in the Mississippi River valley and is responsible for the city of Cahokia. It flourished in the Southwest and built multi-storied structures called pueblos.

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It was composed of city-states that were ruled by a class of hereditary nobles.

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Which is true of the Maya sacred calendar?

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Only trained priests could read or use the calendar.

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The Toltec were the first people in Mesoamerica to

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work in gold, silver, and copper.

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Which people were able to extend their empire across much of Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and to the Guatemalan border?

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the Aztec

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Aztec society was made up of nobles, indentured workers, slaves, and commoners, and it was ruled by a monarch who

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was all powerful and claimed to be the descendant of gods.

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According to Aztec religious beliefs, what caused the creation and destruction of the four worlds? Options: the sleeping and waking of the evil jaguar god, the fight between Huitzilopochtli and Itzamna, the birth and aging of the feathered Quetzalcoatl, a never ending battle between good and evil.

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a never ending battle between good and evil.

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What was the primary crop cultivated by the Aztecs?

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Maize

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What was the primary form of writing used by the Maya civilization?

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Hieroglyphic script