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By cutting slits onto his penis in a public ritual, the Maya prince Chan Bahlum intended to |
| | A) | test his potency and power of fertility. |
| | B) | please the goddess. |
| | C) | imitate the gods' sacrifice. |
| | D) | be circumcised. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The low sea levels during ice ages |
| | A) | prohibited human migrations from Siberia to North America. |
| | B) | exposed land bridges that linked Siberia with Alaska and Australia with New Guinea. |
| | C) | enabled humans to migrate via floating glaciers. |
| | D) | made it impossible for indigenous Americans to fish. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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All but one of the following is true regarding migrations to the Americas: |
| | A) | A large migration occurred about 13,000 B.C.E. |
| | B) | By 9500 B.C.E. the migrants had reached the tip of South America. |
| | C) | The migrants were hunters and gatherers. |
| | D) | Most of the migrants arrived by boat. |
| | E) | Most of the migrations to the Americas took place during the last ice age. |
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As for early agriculture in Mesoamerica, we can say that |
| | A) | the settlers developed food crops brought from Siberia. |
| | B) | horses and oxen played important roles in transportation and farming. |
| | C) | the settlers developed maize as their staple food around 4000 B.C.E. |
| | D) | the settlers supplemented their diets with meat from cattle. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The Olmecs |
| | A) | established the first complex society in Mesoamerica. |
| | B) | built ceremonial centers with pyramids and temples. |
| | C) | lived in an area where rubber trees flourished. |
| | D) | constructed elaborate drainage systems. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The Olmec society produced |
| | A) | paintings that depicted the daily lives of the ruling elite. |
| | B) | books on astronomy. |
| | C) | huge sculptures of human heads. |
| | D) | colorful murals on walls of temples. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The decline of Olmec society might have been caused by |
| | A) | civil conflicts. |
| | B) | human sacrifice. |
| | C) | calendrical miscalculation. |
| | D) | epidemics. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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For the Olmecs, the ceremonial center at San Lorenzo was like |
| | A) | Tikal to the Maya. |
| | B) | Chichén Itzá to the Tikal. |
| | C) | La Venta to the Tikal. |
| | D) | Teotihuacan to the Maya. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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A traveler in Tikal might have seen |
| | A) | pyramids, plazas, and palaces. |
| | B) | stone-paved courts for ball games. |
| | C) | the Temple of the Giant Jaguar. |
| | D) | kings, priests, nobles, merchants, slaves, and war captives. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The Mayan calendar |
| | A) | contained a lunar year and a solar year. |
| | B) | contained a twelve-year cycle. |
| | C) | was devised by the kings. |
| | D) | contained a 260-day ritual year and a 365-day solar year. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The Olmec made particular use of wheeled vehicles to carry goods and people. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Trade in obsidian and jade linked the Olmec to other parts of Mesoamerica. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Mayan warfare centered on seizing control of economically valuable territory and trade routes. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Chichen Itza collapsed early in the ninth century C.E. after losing a war to the Olmecs. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Mayan enhanced the otherwise poor agricultural productivity of the local soil by constructing terraces designed to trap the nutrient-rich silt carried by the region's many rivers. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The Popul Vuh concerned |
| | A) | the Maya calendar. |
| | B) | the hunt for jaguars. |
| | C) | the rules for the ball game. |
| | D) | the creation of the world. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Which of the following would not have been seen at Teotihuacan? |
| | A) | the Pyramid of the Sun. |
| | B) | the Pyramid of the Moon. |
| | C) | a large quantity of books. |
| | D) | the Temple of the Giant Jaguar. |
| | E) | orange pottery. |
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After about 650 C.E., the city of Teotihuacan, another of the successor societies of the Olmecs, began to decline. The reasons for the downfall of Teotihuacan are |
| | A) | military pressure and invasion from surrounding peoples. |
| | B) | epidemic diseases, population pressure, and ecological destruction. |
| | C) | multiple civil wars. |
| | D) | a series of natural disasters. |
| | E) | still unknown. |
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The heartland of early Andean society was |
| | A) | the mountainous region now occupied by the state of Peru. |
| | B) | the region now occupied by the states of Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador. |
| | C) | the islands of the Pacific ocean. |
| | D) | the region of the Amazon basin. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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During the period of the Chavín cult, |
| | A) | large cities were built. |
| | B) | early Andean people developed a phonetic script. |
| | C) | weavers produced intricate cotton textiles, and artisans began to manufacture gold, silver, and copper metallurgy. |
| | D) | large-scale iron production began. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Mochica was |
| | A) | one of several large states of Andean society. |
| | B) | one of several large ceremonial centers of Andean society. |
| | C) | one of several large cults of the Andean region. |
| | D) | one of several gods of the Andean region. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Which of the following is true of the story of the voyage of Ru? |
| | A) | It was written down in the early centuries C.E. |
| | B) | It told of contact between the Austronesians and the coastal Americans. |
| | C) | It told of crossing the land bridge from southeast Asia to New Guinea. |
| | D) | It told of a migration from Hawaii to an uninhabited island. |
| | E) | It told of the creation of the world. |
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The Lapita peoples |
| | A) | were named after the language they spoke. |
| | B) | used items made of copper and iron as items of exchange. |
| | C) | spread throughout Australia. |
| | D) | lived in large urban centers throughout Oceania. |
| | E) | developed sea trading and communications networks. |
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The developments of early societies in Australia and New Guinea took different paths because |
| | A) | the environments of the two islands were very different. |
| | B) | the Austronesians introduced root crops and domesticated animals to New Guinea. |
| | C) | the aboriginal peoples of Australia relied on kangaroo meat, which made agriculture unnecessary. |
| | D) | the people of Australia converted to agriculture much earlier. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The Austronesians were able to people the islands of the Pacific because of |
| | A) | their navigational abilities, knowledge of boat building, and agriculture skills. |
| | B) | their written language. |
| | C) | the large cities they constructed in Australia. |
| | D) | the threat posed to their mainland cities by the expansionist-minded Chinese. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Mayan writing was both ideographic and symbolic. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Inherited from the Olmec, the Mayan ball game was a pleasant diversion for the Mayan people. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Early Andean societies cultivated potatoes, ate llama meat, and wore clothing made from alpaca wool. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The early agricultural societies in the Andes engaged in a brisk trade with the societies of Mesoamerica. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As a result of the vast distances between their island settlements, the descendants of the Lapita people established democratic political institutions. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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