C 7 flashcard

Front

What was unique about the Aztec educational system?

Back

The Aztec required all boys under age 16 to be educated.

Front

The Mississippian culture was the first group in the Americas known to do what?

Back

construct earthworks

Front

The Maya was the only ancient American civilization to do what?

Back

develop a complex writing system

Front

In Caral, the Americas’ earliest known city, where did wealthy people live? Options: in the top levels of pyramids, in the base levels of pyramids, in homes at the edge of the city, in “great houses” built from stone

Back

in the top levels of pyramids

Front

What innovation helped early Americans grow food in mountainous areas?

Back

terraces

Front

The great cities of Copán, Tikal, and Palenque are all associated with which cultural group?

Back

the Maya

Front

After conquering societies along the Andes mountain range, which empire became one of the largest in the world?

Back

the Inca Empire

Front

Which seafaring group accomplished one of the longest migrations in human history? Options: the Taíno, the Arawak, the Polynesians, the Island Caribs

Back

the Polynesians

Front

Which Maya leader ruled Palenque for almost 70 years, increasing the city’s size and power?

Back

Pacal the Great

Front

Which of the following is NOT true about the Maya society?
- Maya society had no defined social classes.
- The Maya developed a complex writing system.
- Individual city-states battled one another frequently.
- The Maya captured and enslaved people for farming work and human sacrifices.

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Maya society had no defined social classes.