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In what year did Cortés arrive on the eastern coast of Mexico? |
| | A) | 1492 |
| | B) | 1519 |
| | C) | 1532 |
| | D) | 1650 |
| | E) | 1812 |
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The form and shape of public buildings can reveal |
| | A) | the labor available in a society to create such buildings. |
| | B) | the different kinds of communal activities that took place above the family level. |
| | C) | accessibility to ritual activities. |
| | D) | None of the above. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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The Olmec Horizon is represented at which of the following sites? |
| | A) | Monte Alban |
| | B) | Tikal |
| | C) | La Venta |
| | D) | Palenque |
| | E) | Tula |
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El Mirador |
| | A) | reveals the beginnings of the Maya. |
| | B) | included about two dozen small structures. |
| | C) | has been extensively studied since the early 1900s. |
| | D) | reveals connections to the Olmec Horizon. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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Starting around 500 B.C., the population of Oaxaca shifted from San José Mogote to |
| | A) | El Mirador. |
| | B) | Monte Albán. |
| | C) | Tikal. |
| | D) | Chichén Itzá. |
| | E) | Tenochtitlán. |
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Systematic settlement pattern surveys |
| | A) | were first used before World War I. |
| | B) | are typically conducted on small areas, comprising a single site. |
| | C) | cannot be used in Mesoamerica due to problems with the terrain. |
| | D) | provide broad information on a larger scale than can typically result from excavations. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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The Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon are part of which site? |
| | A) | Teotihuacan. |
| | B) | El Mirador. |
| | C) | Tikal. |
| | D) | Chichén Itzá. |
| | E) | San Lorenzo. |
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Which of the sites below is(are) Maya? |
| | A) | Monte Albán. |
| | B) | Tikal. |
| | C) | Palenque. |
| | D) | Tenochtitlán. |
| | E) | (B) and (C) above. |
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This picture shows one of the Atlantean columns at Tula. This site was |
| | A) | occupied between A.D. 1200 and 1400. |
| | B) | a small ceremonial center for the Aztecs. |
| | C) | the capital city of the Toltecs. |
| | D) | destroyed by the Maya. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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The major Maya center located in the Yucatán Peninsula was |
| | A) | Monte Albán. |
| | B) | Palenque. |
| | C) | Teotihuacan. |
| | D) | Chichén Itzá. |
| | E) | El Mirador. |
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Cortés was able to quickly and easily defeat the Aztecs, in part, because |
| | A) | he received help from Indian groups that despised the Aztecs. |
| | B) | his group vastly outnumbered Aztec armies. |
| | C) | he pacified the Aztecs by providing them with luxury goods. |
| | D) | he starved the Aztec armies by cutting off their food supplies. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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This picture shows a mound from a site in Oaxaca, Mexico, that was first settled around 1,400 B.C. What is the name of the site? |
| | A) | San Lorenzo |
| | B) | El Mirador |
| | C) | Monte Albán |
| | D) | San José Mogote |
| | E) | Teotihuacan |
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This drawing shows which site? |
| | A) | San Lorenzo |
| | B) | El Mirador |
| | C) | Monte Albán |
| | D) | San José Mogote |
| | E) | Teotihuacan |
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This drawing shows the layout of which site?
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| | A) | Tikal |
| | B) | Palenque |
| | C) | Tula |
| | D) | Chichén Itzá |
| | E) | Tenochtitlán |
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