Mexican American Studies Fall Midterm Exam

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What technique was used by Mesoamericans to burn trees to use the ash for new crops?

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slash and burn agriculture

Front

The picture shows the area between North and South America?

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Mesoamerica

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Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built

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chinampas.

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Cultivation of corn, tomatoes, and beans; pictorial writing system; Human sacrifices to the sun god; Accurate calendar of 365 days; Use of the number zero; Abandoned cities around year 900 AD

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Mayan

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Careful study of the stars led the Mayans to which advancement? Options: a telescope, a 365 - day calendar, a monotheistic religion, a map of the solar system

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a 365 - day calendar

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Which of the following was the most important staple crop that of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations? Beans, Maize (corn), Squash

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Maize (corn)

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The first sign of Olmec culture that has become the main symbol of their civilization is:

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Giant stone heads

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The capital of the Aztec Empire was

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Tenochtitlan

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Who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire in 1521?

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Hernán Cortés

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How did the Spanish affect the native people of the Americas during the conquest?

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They often forced their culture on the native people.