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Which description best explains how major Maya cities such as Tikal and Palenque were politically organized during the Classic period?
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A conquered community keeps its local ruler but must send goods to a powerful capital and may be called on for military support. Which system best fits this arrangement?
- A
The community must replace its ruler with an Inca administrator.
- B
The community becomes fully independent and owes no obligations.
- C
The community may keep its ruler but owes tribute and may have to provide military support.
- D
The community must move its population to Tenochtitlan.
03
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Why would a far-reaching road network have been especially useful to Inca rulers governing a realm of highlands, deserts, and coastal valleys?
- A
It connected distant regions and helped move people and goods across difficult terrain.
- B
It replaced the need for local leaders in every community.
- C
It enabled the Inca to govern without organizing labor or resources.
- D
It linked only coastal cities and avoided the highlands.
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Which features helped sustain Tenochtitlan as a densely populated center? Select all correct choices.
- A
Farming on reclaimed lake land
- B
A network of mountain relay stations that supplied the city
- C
An extensive marketplace
- D
Aqueducts that brought water to the city
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Which practices helped the Inca organize information, labor, and resources across the empire? Select all correct choices.
- A
Knotted-cord records called quipu
- B
Required periods of labor called mit’a
- C
A policy requiring all communities to abandon agriculture
- D
State storage and redistribution of food
06
True or false
1 point
Many southern Maya lowland centers declined from the ninth century, but Maya political life continued elsewhere.
- A
True
- B
False
07
True or false
1 point
Inca state power depended only on military conquest, not on administration, labor obligations, or the movement of resources.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Written response
1 point
An Inca community is assigned a required period of work building a road or farming for the state. What was this labor obligation called?
09
Written response
1 point
Inca administrators need to record information using knotted cords. What is the term for these records?
10
Fill in the blank
1 point
In Mexica religious practice, was associated with the sun and warfare, while was associated with rain.
11
Fill in the blank
1 point
The Inca called their empire , a name meaning “Land of the Four Quarters.”
12
Open ended
1 point
Explain how maize agriculture and regional trade together helped Maya communities develop complex political centers.
13
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1 point
What can Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions tell us about the concerns of Maya rulers and their kingdoms?
- A
They mainly recorded the daily weather in distant Andean regions.
- B
They recorded matters such as dynasties, warfare, and ritual events.
- C
They were used only to map the Mexica road system.
- D
They replaced all ceremonies and political alliances.
14
Written response
1 point
In what year did Tenochtitlan join with Texcoco and Tlacopan to form the Triple Alliance?
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Which set of achievements is associated with the Maya?
- A
A hieroglyphic writing system, monumental architecture, and advances in mathematics and calendrical astronomy
- B
A single empire ruled from Tikal that used no written records
- C
A shared writing system used by the Maya, Mexica, and Inca
- D
A writing system used only to record tribute payments
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Which statement about Maya peoples and languages is supported by the material?
- A
Maya peoples and languages disappeared after the Classic period
- B
Maya communities survive today only in the former capital of Tikal
- C
Maya peoples and languages endure today
- D
Maya languages were replaced throughout the region by Inca languages
17
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A planner wants to explain how Tenochtitlan supported a dense urban population. Which combination of features best supports that explanation?
- A
It combined reclaimed-land farming and a marketplace with causeways and aqueducts.
- B
It depended only on imported food because farming was impossible near the lake.
- C
It used roads across the Andes and relay runners to bring food into the city.
- D
It replaced commerce with tribute from Maya city-states.
18
True or false
1 point
The Triple Alliance began as a partnership among Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, but Tenochtitlan's Mexica became its dominant force.
- A
True
- B
False
19
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1 point
What was one consequence of the Mexica empire's tribute system for subject peoples?
- A
It ended all disagreement between the capital and conquered communities
- B
It enriched Tenochtitlan but also created resentment among subject peoples
- C
It caused Tenochtitlan to abandon its marketplace
- D
It allowed all subject communities to stop providing tribute
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Written response
1 point
Approximately how many kilometers long was the Qhapaq Ñan, or Great Inka Road? Enter the approximate distance as a number of kilometers.