A.P. World Flash Cards

Cities in Mesoamerican and Andean societies:
A) did not contain large architechual structures because of the lack of technologies such as the wheel
B) were only large enough to acomadate the homes of the militart and political elites
C) usually stood on the outskirts of the empire because of their role as religious centers
D) were able to provide food to feed all of their inhabitant and there
E) were richly decorated political centers that played central religious and economic roles

Characteristics of the Mesoamerican societies included:
A) one unified political authority that ruled over the whole region
B, long-distance trade networks that allowed for trade across the Atlantic Ocean
C) the use if Khipus for record keeping and other administrative uses
D) shared cultural and social characteristics as well as religious rituals
E) an empire that extended from North America to South America

Religion influenced societies in Mesoamerica Primarily because:
A) it caused costant conflict between the priestly class and the politicial elites ocer who had more authority
B) it undermined the stability of socities becasue each clan worshipped different gods
C) its monotheistic characteristics allowed for all societies i the Americas to worship the same god
D) it created societies with complex rituals of worship that included sacrifice and were often designed to validate the political authority of rulers
E) women were the primary leaders in reliogious ceremonies, unlike other patriarchal societies of the world from 600

Women's roles in tha Ameridian societies inclided all the following EXCEPT:
A) making crafts, including textiles and pottery.
B) domestic household duties and childbearing
C) participating in religious rituals both privately and publicly, depending on the class
D) various tasks for agricultural production
E) serving as the sole determinant of the family lineage

Andean and Mesoamerican civilizations differed PRIMARILY because:
A) the Inca placed no importance on creating a calendar
B) Andean societies had no form of writing
C) Inca priests did not make astronomical observations
D) the Andean region could not engage in long-distance trade because of the harsh climate
E) Cuzco was much larger than the Tenochtitlan in terms of population

The geography and envronment of the Andean region:
A) required societies to use a variety of innovative methods including terraced farming, animal domestication, and long- distance trade to meet all of their own needs
B) allowed societeis to do very little because the climate was naturallly suited to produce ideal agricultural conditions
C) did not necessitate the use of planned labor systems like the ayllu system used by the Aztec

Which of the following similarties did the Aztec and Inca NOT share?
A) both relied on public displays of large- scale human sacrifice of war captives.
B) Both believed military conquest was a requirement for incoming political leaders
C) both worshipped the sun as an important diety
D) both relied on tribute extracted from conquered regions and peoples
E) both relied on military control that required large, well- trained armies

Northern peoples in Americas:
A) used maize, beans, and squash as dietary staples, as did the Mesoamerican peoples
B) left archaeological evidence of the empires as large as the Incas
C) were subject to peoples of the Aztecs during the height of the Aztec empire
D) experienced political developments simialr to those of Mesoamericans but had different cultural traditions
E) were not able to engae in long- distance trade

The Aztecs:
A) had a loose social structure that allowed for the lower classes to influence political decisions
B) placed the merchant class ablove the miltary om terms of thier importamce to society
C) orginated as nomadic mercenaries and later founded and settled
D) ruled from the twin capitals Tula and Tlateoloco
E) conqured the Toltec and adapted mant of their polictial practices

The Maya:
A) created one politically unified territory of the hereditary rulers that defeated rival kingdoms and lasted until European conquest
B) were matrilineal and had a long history of female rulers, who were considered to be goddesses
C) were unalble to develop successful irragation techniques need to farm land and therefore relied on long-distance trade for food
D) made valuable intellectual contribuations i the ares of math astronomy that improved Mesoamerican calendar system
E) did not practice human sacrafice and rarely participated in bloodletting rituals

Whic of the following indicates that Teotihuacan probalby used its military to expand trade relations?
A) the discovery of representations of solidiers in Teotihuacan dress in the Maya region of Guatemala
B) written accounts by Maya people and the Moche people
C) swords founding graves all over Mesoamerica
D) written accounts found in Teotihuacan

Typically, Maya military forces fought to secure:
A) trade goods and routes
B) terrirtory other than captives
C) captives rather than territory
D) terrirtory and important religious sites
E) agricultrual lands and competetors

The Maya cosmos were divided into three layers:
A) that connected a vertical axis that traced the course of the moon
B) that connected along a horizontial axis that traced the course of life and death
C) that connected allong a horizontial axis that traced the course of the sun
D) that connected along a horizontial axis that traced the course of the constellation Leo
E) that connected along a vertical axis that traced the course of the sun

Lage- scale irrigation projects in North America were a sign of:
A) the deveoplment and increasing military power
B) societal disintegration due to the lack of resources
C) the presence of a widespread, long-lasting drought
D) the arrival of Europeans and Americans
E) increasingly centeralized political power and growing social straticficaltion

What is most likely an explanation for the hopwell culture pocesing the knowledge to grow maize, squash, and beans
A) the got it from the direct interaction woth the Mesoamerican cultures
B) they developed it on their own
C) they learned it from contact with cultures living between them and mesoamerica