Pre-Columbian Americas & Age of Exploration

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______ were divided into individual city-states ruled by king-gods.

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The Maya

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The Maya city-states were

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regularly at war with each other

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This 16th-century illustration shows an Aztec taking a prisoner of war after a battle. What role did war prisoners take in Aztec society?

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Prisoners of war were sacrificed to the sun god.

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What was the name of the Aztec capital city, which is now modern-day Mexico City?

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Tenochitlan

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Who created a powerful empire in central Mexico and forced conquered cities peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax?

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Aztecs

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The term pre-columbian describes the history of America before the arrival of

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Europeans

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The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

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hieroglyphics

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Which of these was the main food of the Aztec? corn, beans, squash, chili peppers

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corn

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Which of these is NOT a similarity between Aztec religion and Mayan religion?
Both were polytheistic and worshipped multiple gods,
Both practiced human sacrifice,
Both worshipped on Sundays,
Both religions believed the Sun God held a lot of importance.

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Both worshipped on Sundays

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What mountain range makes up most of the Inca's empires?

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Andes Mountains