MesoAmerica Test

Based on the image above, the Aztec Empire

• practiced minimal engineering techniques

• designed a well-planned city that was easily defensible

“Sir, my communication respects the sinister rumors that fill this part of the country concerning the Cherokee people. The interest always felt in the aboriginal population – an interest naturally growing as that decays – has been heightened in regard to this nation…We have learned with joy their improvement in the social arts. We have read their newspapers. We have seen some of them in our schools and colleges…the American President and the Cabinet, the Senate and the House of Representatives, neither hear these men nor see them, and are contracting to put this active nation into carts and boats, and to drag them over mountains and rivers to a wilderness at a vast distance beyond the Mississippi.” Excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s letter to President Martin Van Buren, 1838 Based on the text above, the Cherokee Nation

• Needed to be relocated away from his home

• Was a cohesive, advanced cultural group deserving of respect

Which of the following statements about the civilizations of the Andes region is true?

• The need for elaborate irrigation projects helped create strong states in the Andes region.

• No regional religious traditions developed in the Andean region.

Which statement describes the relationship between the civilizations in Mesoamerica and those in the Andes?

• They enjoyed equal diplomatic relations.

• They had little if any direct contact with each other.

In their political organization, the Maya were most like

• the city-states of classical Greece

• the civilizations of the Niger River Valley

All of the following concerning Aztec human sacrifice are accurate except

• it became more frequent under Aztec rule

• members of the Aztec elite constituted the bulk of the individuals sacrificed

Which of the following best describes the region where the Inca civilization flourished?

• Andean highland and Pacific coast

• Valley of Mexico and Andean highlands

Which of the following statements is most logically the purpose of the Olmec head statue seen above?

• It is an example of monumental architecture showing the power of the Olmec people and the importance of the rulers of their civilization.

• It served as an outdoor playground area for Olmec children.

Based on the map above, which of the following statements is true about Early American Civilizations?

• The Aztec and Maya civilization had access to both the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.

• The Inca civilization covered less land area than the Maya or the Inca.

Based on the image above of the Inuit people, which of the following statements is most likely to be true?

• The physical environment of the regions in which the Inuit people live determines their lifestyle.

• The Inuit people traded with civilizations along the equator.