Mesoamerican Civilizations

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What statement about ancient American civilizations expresses a historical theory rather than a historical fact? Options: Inca lacked a written language, Human sacrifice was an aspect of Aztec religion, The pyramid of the sun was located at Teotihuacan.

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The spread of disease caused the downfall of the Mayan empire.

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A major reason for the end of the Aztec Empire was

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the technology of the Spanish conquistadors.

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The archaeological evidence found at the Mesoamerican sites at Technochtitlan and Macchu Picchu suggests that these societies

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were highly developed and organized cultures.

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The Aztec use of the calendar and the Maya writing system both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas

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flourished prior to European contact.

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The location of the Inca civilization of South America demonstrates the

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ability of humans to adapt to the environment.

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A study of the achievements of the pre-Colombian Mesoamerican cultures would show that they

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sustained dense population through intensive agriculture.

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Which situation was an immediate cause for the collapse of the Aztec empire? Options: disruption of overseas trade networks, conquest by foreigners, a series of crop failures, a lack of military training

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conquest by foreigners

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Which of the following was NOT common to the Maya, Aztec and Inca? polytheism, pyramids and temples, paying taxes, writing

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writing

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All of the following were engineering feats of the Inca except: swinging bridges, terracing, roads, causeways connecting the island to the mainland.

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causeways connecting the island to the mainland.

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Maya writing was called

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Hieroglyphics