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What was the name given to the people of Aztec civilization ?

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  1. Tenkos

  2. Dellas

  3. Souhalts

  4. Mexicans

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Tenkos were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Tenkos  peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Tenkos culture was organized into city-states some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires.

Identify the statement which does not represent Maya civilization __________________.

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  1. Maya civilization spread in Goutemala and Hounderus.

  2. People of this civilization had the knowledge of iron.

  3. People of this civilization divided an year into 365 days.

  4. People had no knowledge of potter's wheel.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mayan people were not familiar with the use of iron metal. Mayan smiths worked primarily in copper during the initial period, with some low-arsenic alloys, as well as occasional use of silver and gold. The Maya used stone tools fabricated from chert and obsidian instead of iron tools. The unawareness of Mayas about the Iron metal can be attributed to the lack of available iron ore in their geographical domain.

Ball play was a kind of religious worship according to which civilization in the American continent?

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  1. Maya

  2. Aztecs

  3. Inkes

  4. Kish

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associations played since 1400 BC by the indigenous people of Ancient Mesoamerica. This game was also called the Maya ball game because of its influence in the political, religious, and social life of the Mayas. This ball game has its association with the Mesoamerican mythology also. 

Common among North American native tribes was the use of toltecs, which were ___________________________.

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  1. Defensive alliances designed to promote cooperation among tribes.

  2. Relics from deceased ancestors thought to provide spiritual guidance.

  3. Natural objects used as a symbol of the unity of a group or clan that provided protection.

  4. Herbal medicines used for healing.

  5. Small pieces of jade jewelry which were widely traded throughout the Americas.

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Correct Option: A

The Mound Builder societies were located __________________.

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  1. In the Pacific Northwest.

  2. In the Valley of Mexico.

  3. In the Yucatn Peninsula.

  4. In the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys.

  5. In the American Southwest.

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Correct Option: A

Which of these was NOT a reason for Spanish victories over Aztecs and Incas?

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  1. European had military technology advantages such as muskets, cannons, and horses.

  2. Aztec and Incan societies had smaller populations and did not have sufficient numbers to repel Europeans

  3. European diseases such as smallpox ravaged Native populations

  4. Aztecs and Incas ruled other indigenous populations which created internal dissention

  5. Spain used strategies first employed during the Reconquista

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

European had military technology advantages such as muskets, cannons, and horses.

Aztec calpulli served which purpose in Aztec society?

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  1. They were clans that distributed lands and provided labor and warriors.

  2. They were leaders of the priestly class in charge of religious rituals.

  3. They were merchants who specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items.

  4. They were tribute payments in the form of food, slaves, and sacrificial victims.

  5. They were scribes in charge of recording agricultural yields.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

They were clans that distributed lands and provided labor and warriors.

Chose from below the way in which the Aztec Empire differed the most from the Empires of Europe?

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  1. It was not developed in terms of food production, tool technology and domestication of livestock.

  2. It lacked a centralized government.

  3. It did not have a strong military.

  4. It had a written language.

  5. It had no distinctive social classes.

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Correct Option: A

Aztec chinampas were _______________.

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  1. The name for the social class system that created a highly-stratified society.

  2. The name given to the descendants of kings.

  3. The floating agricultural beds used in the city of Tenochtitlan.

  4. The collective name of the main deities of the sun and moon.

  5. The name for the Mesoamerican sport that often ended in human sacrifice.

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Correct Option: A

In the postclassical period, the people who succeeded the Toltecs as the rulers of central Mexico were ____________.

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  1. Incas.

  2. Aztecs.

  3. Olmecs.

  4. Maya.

  5. Chavn.

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Correct Option: A