Unit Post-Test: Civilizations of the Americas

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What was another role of the Maya priests besides leading rituals and offering sacrifices?

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to foretell the future

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When did the Maya first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?

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at her coming-of-age ceremony

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What was an important use of the Sacred Round?

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to determine when to plant crops

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A pilgrimage site for Aztecs was the ruins of a city built by which civilization?

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Teotihuacán.

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Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people’s history?

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to ensure that no one would challenge his authority

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Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlán build chinampas?

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to enlarge their land area

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What does the Aztecs building a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god, at the Great Temple suggest about them?

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They depended on rain for planting.

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Which fact best shows that war was central to Aztec life?

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All Aztec men were trained as soldiers.

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How might someone become the Aztec emperor?

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by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died

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The pochteca, or professional traders, had many privileges. This suggests that the Aztecs

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valued rare goods from faraway places.