TEST BANK for A History of Latin America 9th Edition by Keen Benjamin & Haynes Keith. ISBN 9781133709329, ISBN-. _TABLE OF CONTENTS_ I. The Colonial Heritage of Latin America. 1. An cient America. 2. The Hispanic Background. 3. The Conquest of America. 4. The Economic Foundations of Colonial Li...
1. The first colonization of America by people from Asia probably began about
A. 150,000 years ago.
B. 5,000 years ago.
C. 40,000 years ago.
D. 10,000 years ago.
2. One revolutionary result of the development of agriculture was
A. the appearance of the state.
B. the feasibility of the division of labor.
C. an improvement in the status of women.
D. the abandonment of hunting.
3. A serious weakness of slash-and-burn farming was that it
A. led to overpopulation.
B. required a strong central authority.
C. soon exhausted the soil.
D. encouraged tribal warfare.
4. The Classic period in Ancient America lasted from
A. A.D. 2500 to about 1500 B.C.
B. A.D. 1 to about A.D. 1000.
C. A.D. 1000 to about A.D. 1500.
D. A.D. 9000 to 2500 B.C.
5. The Postclassic period in Ancient America was characterized by the
A. rise of genuine cities and chronic warfare.
B. introduction of maize and other domesticated plants.
C. decline of commerce.
D. growing importance of the priestly class.
,6. Olmec civilization was characterized by
A. a highly developed calendrical system.
B. chronic warfare among Olmec states.
C. the carving of stone sculpture that featured colossal heads.
D. the practice of human sacrifice and ritual cannibalism on a massive scale.
7. A factor that greatly aided Aztec imperial expansion was
A. the highly productive chinampa system of agriculture.
B. Aztec superiority in weapons and military technique.
C. belief in the sacrifice of war prisoners for the survival of the universe.
D. the geographical advantages of the Valley of Mexico for defense and offense.
8. The dominant Mesoamerican state in the Classic period was
A. Monte Albán.
B. Teotihuacán.
C. Tula.
D. La Venta.
9. The main integrating force in Aztec society was the
A. military.
B. merchant class.
C. artisans.
D. priesthood.
10. The Maya agricultural system was based on
A. slash-and-burn farming.
B. chinampa farming.
C. large imports of grain from central Mexico.
D. a mix of slash-and-burn farming and more intensive agricultural methods.
11. Our knowledge of Maya history has been much enhanced by the discovery
A. that many of the sculptured glyphs record important events in the lives of Maya rulers.
B. of native codices containing much historical material.
C. that Maya writing was truly syllabic and could easily be deciphered.
D. of a Spanish translation of Maya oral historical traditions.
, 12. The central Andean area in Inca times was characterized by
A. large amounts of arable land.
B. a very limited number of edible plants.
C. a rich variety of environments, making possible extensive food production.
D. a forbidding environment of coastal deserts, bleak plateaus, and snowcapped mountains.
13. The Mochica culture of Classic Peru was noted for
A. a very simple social organization.
B. the absence of metallurgy.
C. its peaceful nature.
D. a pottery characterized by realistic modeling.
14. The emperor credited with many reforms and innovations in the Inca state is
A. Topa Inca.
B. Pachacuti Inca.
C. Atahualpa.
D. Huascar.
15. The Incas possessed
A. pictographic writing.
B. alphabetic writing.
C. a system of communicating by signs.
D. a record-keeping device called the quipu.
16. The Inca state may best be described as a
A. totalitarian state.
B. socialist state.
C. welfare state.
D. class-structured state in which commoners were exploited by the rulers and nobility.
17. A serious weakness of the Inca Empire was
A. chronic discontent and revolts on the part of conquered peoples.
B. the difficulty of maintaining control over such a vast area.
C. the emergence of a military caste that challenged the supremacy of Inca rulers.
D. the rise of a feudal nobility that threatened Inca centralized authority.
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