According to their religion, the Maya believed that

• kings and priests could communicate with the gods.
• Jesus was the savior of all humankind.
• the earth and sky would one day collide, ending the world.
• the gods chose the Aztec to lead them.

What North American cultural group lived in the northeastern part of North America?

• Iroquois League
• Mississippians
• Pueblo
• Ojibwa

What is true about the extent of the expansion of the Aztec empire?

• It extended across a variety of climate regions.
• It included territory in modern-day Oklahoma.
• It never included the territory of another people.
• It extended into modern-day Argentina.

What did the mita system of the Inca empire allow the government to do?

• collect taxes in the form of physical labor
• resist colonization from European powers
• improve logging and mining efficiency
• travel more safely across their empire

Why were the Aztecs able to take control of the basin known as the Valley of Mexico?

• They had a powerful army that allowed them to conquer their neighbors.
• No other peoples were in the area.
• No rivers cut through the land so travel and transportation was easy.
• They had an advanced form of written language.

At their peak, what people controlled an area extending from central Mexico to Guatemala?

• the Aztecs
• the Maya
• the Olmec
• the Inca

What began once people learned how to farm in the tropical forest?

• Mesoamerican civilizations
• smallpox pandemics
• deforestation on a massive scale
• people mysteriously left the area

What allowed the Maya to develop complex calendars?

• the construction and use of observatories
• the use of Roman numerals
• the creation of the mathematical system we call calculus
• the use of telescopes

What archaeological evidence taught scholars about the culture of the Mississippians?

• large earthen mounds built for religious purposes
• artifacts in the form of steel tools
• artifacts found in deep within their copper mines
• great temples built using concrete

What were at the center of Mayan cities?

• pyramids and palaces
• farms and livestock pens
• railway stations
• army barracks