Anthropology Final Exam
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What is the name of the first new world civilization?
- A.
Teotihuacan
- B.
Olmec
- C.
Aztecs
- D.
Mayans
- E.
Incas
- 2.Who did the Increadibly precise cut-stone masonry?
- A.
Mayans
- B.
Aztecs
- C.
Incas
- 3.Who had the earliest origins of the writing system (long count) in the New World?
- A.
Olmec
- B.
Mayans
- C.
Aztecs
- D.
Incas
- 4.Three differences between old world and new world (name at least 2 of the four).
- 5.New world civilizations not based around large _______ ________.
- 6.The new world civilizations can be characterzied as rising and falling _____ - ______.
- 7.Monumental architecture was made of ________.
- 8.The fact that the jungle was hard to control ment that societies were made up of few _________ _____________
- 9.There was no human-sacrifice in the old world as there was in the new world.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.What did the practice of bloodletting signify to the people in the new world?
- 11.Who has known salt heads?
- A.
Maya
- B.
Aztec
- C.
Teotihuacan
- D.
Olmec
- 12.Teotihuacans wealth was based on trade and not military. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.What were Teotihuacans walls and defensive structures made out of?
- A.
Stone
- B.
Wood
- C.
Brick
- D.
Didn't have any walls
- 14.What civilization was known for its apartment complexes which held 60-100 people?
- A.
Teotihuacan
- B.
Olmec
- C.
Mayans
- D.
Aztecs
- E.
Incas
- 15.What city had the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon?
- A.
Aztec
- B.
Incas
- C.
Teotihuacan
- D.
Olmec
- E.
Manas
- 16.When was Teotihuacan built?
- A.
A.D. 100
- B.
A.D. 500
- C.
A.D. 1000
- D.
A.D. 1500
- 17.Who was known as the "City-Less" civilization with ceremonial centers?
- A.
Olmec
- B.
Teotihuacan
- C.
Maya
- D.
Aztec
- E.
Inca
- 18.Who had buildings with dates inscribed on them?
- A.
Maya
- B.
Teotihuacan
- C.
Olmec
- D.
Aztec
- 19.What were the ball courts in the Mayan culture?
- A.
Sports Centers
- B.
Sacrificial Sacrifice
- C.
Warrior Training Centers
- 20.How were Mayan writings unique?
- 21.What was the main contributor to the decline of Mayan civilization?
- A.
Plague
- B.
Famine
- C.
Disease
- D.
Intense Warfare
- 22.What was the capital of the Aztec empire?
- A.
Teotihuacan
- B.
Olmec
- C.
Tenochtitlan
- 23.Whbuilt the vast road system?
- A.
Inca
- B.
Mayan
- C.
Aztecs
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