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Chapter 15 Quiz B with Explanations
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What contributed to cultural and political diversity among Amerindian peoples?
Migration
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Empire creation
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Warfare
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Environmental variety
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Among the amerindians, who played a dominant role in agricultural production?
Women
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Children
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Men
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Slaves
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The Aztec capital, founded in 1325, was
Aztlán.
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Teotihuacan.
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Texcoco.
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Tenochtitlan.
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What allowed the Aztecs to expand the amount of agricultural land along the shore of Lake Texcoco?
The importation of large amounts of fertilizer
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The use of larger-scale land reclamation.
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The shift to new crops that tolerated partial flooding.
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The construction of dams to redirect lake water.
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What was the nature of the Aztec Empire that emerged in the Mexico Valley during the fifteenth century?
Its rulers used generosity to secure the loyalty of their subjects.
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It forced all inhabitants to adopt Aztec culture and language.
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Its power and prosperity were based upon tribute.
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It lacked any clear centralized administration.
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The Aztecs believed that the end of the universe could be delayed through
offerings from the tlatoani.
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construction of larger and larger pyramids.
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regular human sacrifice.
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constant playing of the ball game.
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What was one of the few ways that Aztec men could advance socially?
They could gain status through their deeds as warriors.
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They could advance through marriage to a woman of noble birth.
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They could buy social advancement with cocoa beans.
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They could gain status through entry into the priestly class.
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Which duty consumed much of an Aztec woman's day?
Textile manufacturing
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Food preparation
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Child education
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Construction of chinampas
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What acted as a check to Aztec growth by the end of the fifteenth century?
The growth of a rival empire established by the Tlaxcallans
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Internal insecurity caused by years of famine
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No technological breakthroughs or advances in agricultural productivity
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Constant conflict among the elites over imperial succession
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The environment in which the Inca Empire developed encouraged
the vertical distribution of food and goods.
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the growth of conflict over resources and commercial centers.
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the development of wheeled vehicles for trade.
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the decline of kinship as an identifier in favor of regionalism.
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What was the Sapa Inca's source of political power?
His role in ritual sacrifice
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His control over gold mines
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His position in the military
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His descent from the sun god
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Which Inca ruler was responsible for conquering much of Peru in the fifteenth century?
Wiracocha
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Moctezuma
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Pachacuti
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Huascar
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The Inca belief that spirit and body were inseparable led to
the creation of large funeral pyramids.
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the veneration of mummies.
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the end to the use of human sacrifice.
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conflict among the followers of the sun god.
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How was the imperial succession different in the Inca Empire from the Aztec Empire?
The eldest son inherited the throne.
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It was generally marked by violent struggles among the heirs.
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Rulers were chosen from the nobility rather than the ruler's family.
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Emperors were determined through the consultation of dead ancestors.
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By the beginning of the sixteenth century, Inca metallurgy was
the most advanced in the Americas.
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producing iron tools and weapons.
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far behind metal smiths in Mesoamerica.
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focused on producing gold for the Sapa Inca.
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What was an important Andean tradition that the Incas encouraged?
The custom of seasonal migration
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The holding of a moon festival
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The practice of reciprocity
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The institution of slavery
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According to some scholars, what weakened the Inca Empire by the sixteenth century?
The growth of regional states in the Amazon basin
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The long-term effects of El Niño on agriculture
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Environmental collapse due to rapid population growth
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The Inca mummy cult's increasing demands on resources
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Which ability was as respected among male Eastern Woodlanders as martial expertise?
Tree cutting
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Public speech making
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Talking with spirits
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Hunting skills
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What aspect of religion did the Eastern Woodlanders share with their Andean counterparts?
They believed that all physical objects possessed a soul.
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They believed in human sacrifice to a sun god.
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They built large temples in which to make offerings.
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They practiced yearly rituals based on sophisticated calendars.
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