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Ritual bloodletting was crucial to Maya rituals because |
it was associated with rain and agriculture |
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Humans first traveled from Siberia to Alaska as early as |
forty thousand years ago |
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The staple food of Mesoamerica was |
maize |
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By 5000 B.C.E. the Mesoamericans had discovered the agricultural potential of what ultimately became the staple food of the region, which was |
maize |
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Agriculture had spread through Mesoamerica by |
2000 B.C.E. |
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The first society of Mesoamerica, which founded traditions followed by all later societies, were the |
Olmecs |
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The term Olmec means |
the "rubber people" |
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The first ceremonial center of the Olmecs was |
San Lorenzo |
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The Olmec common people |
labored regularly on behalf of the Olmec elite |
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The most characteristic artistic creation of the Olmecs were |
colossal human heads sculpted from basalt |
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The Olmec ceremonial centers of San Lorenzo and La Venta were destroyed by |
the Olmecs themselves |
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The ceremonial center of the Olmecs during the height of their power was |
La Venta |
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The Olmecs traded extensively in all of the following items except |
horses |
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All Mesoamerican societies used calenders derived ultimately from the |
Olmecs |
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The first ceremonial center of the Maya was |
Kaminaljuyu |
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The most important political center of the Mayan realm at its height was |
Tikal |
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Which of the following devices did the ancient Maya build in order to trap silt carried by the numerous rivers passing through the Mesoamerican lowlands |
terraces |
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Which of the following was not a creation of the Maya |
the wheel |
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In the ninth century C.E. a loose Maya empire was constructed by the state of |
Chichen Itza |
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Which of the following is not a legitimate possible cause for the collapse of the Maya |
destruction of the forests |
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Which of the following mathematical concepts, essential for positional notation and the manipulation of large numbers, was invented by Mayan mathematics |
zero |
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The Mayan calendar interwove a solar year of 365 days and a ceremonial calendar of _____ days |
260 |
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The Mayan mathematical system was vigesimal, which means that it was based on units of |
20 |
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The Maya believed that monumental change would occur when whenever their ceremonial and solar calendars returned to their respective starting points at the same time. This even took place every ______ solar years |
52 |
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The most flexible and sophisticated system of writing found in the ancient Americas was created by |
the Maya |
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Which of the following societies developed a flexible and sophisticated system of writing |
Maya |
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The Popol Vuh was |
the Mayan story of creation |
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According to the Popol Vuh the gods created the first successful version of human out of |
maize |
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How much written material survives from the Maya |
four books |
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The Pyramid of the Sun was located in |
Teotihuacan |
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The largest simple building in America was |
the Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Sun |
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The population of Teotihuacan rose to |
200,000 |
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The spread of products and technologies between the Andean region and Mesoamerica was possible because of |
cultural diffusion |
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The Chavin cult |
produced deities with the features of humans and wild animals |
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One of the earliest Andean states, which left a remarkable artistic legacy through its ceramics, was |
Mochica |
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Which statement correctly describes the relationship between the aboriginal peoples of Australia and New Guinea |
The aboriginal peoples of Australia maintained hunting and gathering societies while in New Guinea they turned to agriculture |
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Malayan, Indonesian, Polynesia, and other Oceanic languages are derived from |
Austronesian |
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Human settlements were brought to the islands of the Pacific Ocean by the |
Austronesians |
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The Austronesian-speaking peoples became the first human settlers on this large island off the east |
Madagascar |
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The Lapita peoples |
were the earliest Austronesian migrants to establish human settlements in the Pacific Ocean |
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Austronesian peoples established what types of political societies in the lands they settled |
hierarchical chiefly societies |
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Material from which Olmecs fashioned tools |
Obsidian |
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Olmec ceremonial center |
La Venta |
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Political center of the Maya between the fourth and ninth centuries C.E. |
Tikal |
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New religion that appeared in the central Andes around 1000 B.C.E. |
Chavin cult |
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Brilliant Mesoamerican society that developed writing and made advancements in math |
Maya |
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Post-Olmec state famous for its orange pottery; it built on the Olmec calendar and graphic symbols |
Teotihuacan |
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Teotihuacan temple and the largest building in Mesoamerica |
Pyramid of the Sun |
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One of the earliest Anden states, which left a remarkable artistic legacy |
Mochica |
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People who brought human settlement to the islands of the Pacific Ocean |
Austronesians |
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First Mesoamerican society |
Olmecs |
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Mayan temple |
Temple of the Giant Jaguar |
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Mayan creation myth |
Popol Vuh |
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