WH 14.1

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What occurred in Eastern North America in A.D. 700?

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shift toward full-time farming

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The desert-dwelling Anasazi built their pueblos using: grasses and animal hides., wooden poles and buffalo skin., sun-dried brick and stones., tree bark and wooden poles.

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sun-dried brick and stones.

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Which of the following best describes the Maya civilization? Options: It was composed of related families from which clan mothers chose members for the Grand Council., It was composed of city-states that were ruled by a class of hereditary nobles., It was founded in the Mississippi River valley and is responsible for the city of Cahokia., It flourished in the Southwest and built multi-storied structures called pueblos.

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It was composed of city-states that were ruled by a class of hereditary nobles.

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Maya rulers, such as the powerful Pacal,

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were supported by a group of scribes and ruled over peasants and townspeople.

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From the Maya perspective, all of life was

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in the hands of divine powers, such as Itzamna.

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Which is true of the Maya sacred calendar?

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Only trained priests could read or use the calendar.

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The Toltec were the first people in Mesoamerica to

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work in gold, silver, and copper.

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Which people were able to extend their empire across much of Mexico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and to the Guatemalan border? Options: the Aztec, the Maya, the Toltec, the Iroquois

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the Aztec

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How was Aztec society ruled?

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It was ruled by a monarch who was all powerful and claimed to be the descendant of gods.

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According to Aztec religious beliefs, what caused the creation and destruction of the four worlds? Options: the sleeping and waking of the evil jaguar god., a never ending battle between good and evil., the fight between Huitzilopochtli and Itzamna., the birth and aging of the feathered Quetzalcoatl.

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a never ending battle between good and evil.