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. 1.A stone carving found in Oaxaca, Mexico, contains a 260-day divinatory calendar which has been carbon dated to about:

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. An astronomical observatory found in Kenya and carbon dated to 300 BCE is the earliest example of the so-called ________ calendar, containing 354 days.

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. Which of these was not a similarity shared by the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa in the period 600 BCE—600 CE?

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. An agricultural town of up to 1,000 inhabitants, in which people know each other, requiring a person of authority to keep order, is called a:

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. The earliest evidence of Africans shifting from foraging to agriculture comes from the area of:

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. At its height, from the sixth through fourth centuries BCE, the city of Meroë encompassed:

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. Which of the following was a characteristic trait of the Kingdom of Meroë?

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. The Kingdom of Meroë was well known in the Greco-Roman world, and it was used as the setting for the popular romance novel ______ written by Hellenistic-Greek author Heliodorus of Emesa.

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. The preeminence of the Kingdom of Aksum after the decline of Meroë was a result of:

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. Aksum:

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. The three ecological zones of West Africa are the:

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. Which of the following was not an agricultural staple among Maya villagers?

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. One of the two most powerful Mayan city-states that arose between 600 BCE and 600 CE was:

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. Polytheism began to develop on top of traditional spirituality in the Americas after around:

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. The Mayan Long Count Calendar:

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. Mayan males were in charge of growing corn in fields which were cut into the rain forest through ________ techniques.

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. Mayan commoners represented the labor force whose __________ supported the ruling dynastic families as well as the craftspeople in the cities.

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. Mayan writing is both a(n) ______ as well as a(n) _______ script.

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. Mayan script consisted of some:

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. The Mayan ball game is a feature of:

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. The rulers of Teotihuacán began spectacular building projects on a scale unprecedented in Mesoamerica in the:

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. The following was not a characteristic feature of the Teotihuacán culture:

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. The Moche Valley was the location of the two largest ceremonial centers in the Andes:

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