Chapter 15 Quiz C with References

. In 1492 the Americas were sparsely populated.

True.

False.

. The entirety of both American continents were suited for settled agriculture.

True.

False.

. Shamanism is a religion that _____.

Worships multiple gods.

Worships one great creator spirit.

Relies on healer visionaries for spiritual guidance.

Doesn't believe in a higher power.

. Amerindian shamanism resembled shamanistic practices in _____.

Central Asia.

Northern Europe.

Australia.

Early China.

. Big game hunting was considered a sacred activity throughout the Americas, even among urban elites.

True.

False.

. The individuals or policies glorified in the Aztec chronicles reflected _____.

The opinion of the government.

The opinion of the individual chronicler.

Popular opinion at the time the chronicle was written.

An unbiased, completely factual historical position.

. The Aztecs practiced a form of land reclamation around Tehnochtitlan called _____.

Irrigation.

Terracing.

Chinampa.

Coatepec.

. The Aztec focus on sacrifice derived from _____.

Their desire to entertain the common people.

Their basic bloodthirsty nature.

The upper classes' need to keep the lower classes in check.

Their senses that secular and spiritual forces were inseparable.

. Aztec nobles sometimes received harsher punishments than commoners for similar crimes.

True.

False.

. One of the biggest weaknesses of the Aztec empire in the early 16th century was _____.

Low agricultural productivity.

Revolt among the upper classes.

Disease.

Fear of horses.

. There is no evidence of significant contact between he Aztecs and Incas.

True.

False.

. The Inca writing system consisted of _____.

An alphabetic system.

A system of knotted cords.

A hieroglyphic system.

A pictographic system.

. The Incas absorbed the religions of conquered people, and added the royal cult of the sun to daily life and worship.

True.

False.

. Inca society _____.

Was highly stratified.

Was highly stratified, but mobility was possible for the talented.

Was highly mobile.

Was completely egalitarian.

. One of the single biggest weaknesses in Inca society in the early 16th century was _____.

A Sapa Inca chosen by hereditary primogeniture.

Excessive veneration of the mummies of dead Sapa Incas.

Lack of social mobility.

A weak system.@@Incorrect. Please see page 559 of World in the Making.

. The Eastern Woodlands peoples did not practice agriculture by the 16th century.

True.

False.

. Both maize planting and warrior sacrifice spread into North America from Mesoamerica.

True.

False.

. Wampum were _____.

The equivalent of money.

Precious metals.

Beads made from polished seashells.

Not actually valued by Native Americans.

. Eastern Woodlands society _____.

Was completely egalitarian.

Was as highly stratified as its empire-building Mesoamerican neighbors.

Treated women and men equally.

Had strict gender-based division of labor.

. Like the Inca and the Aztec, the Eastern Woodlands people venerated the sun as the primary god.

True.

False.

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