Pre-Columbian American - Unit Test Common Review

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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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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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Some Pre-Columbian Americans didn’t always stay in one area and were Nomadic. Why was this the case?

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They followed food sources.

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Which tribal region is circled on this map? Options: Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Southeast, Eastern Woodlands

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Eastern Woodlands

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Which tribal region is circled on this map? Options: Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, Southwest, Eastern Woodlands

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Great Plains

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The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called

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hieroglyphics