The fact that most people have adopted the automobile to continue the lifestyle of
horse-drawn carriages illustrates:
A. the Law of Biotic Potential
B. Leibig’s Law of the Minimum
C. the Law of Most Effort
D. Romer’s Rule
During the Late Formative (300 bc”ad 1):
A. the Basin of Mexico was dominated by Cuicuilco and Teotihuacan
B. the Basin of Mexico had a dispersed settlement pattern with no major centers
C. Teotihuacan had a population of 100,000 inhabitants
D. Cuicuilco was the largest city in the world
MATCHING 2
1) Rubber
2) Obsidian
3) Cacao
4) Clay
5) Polished stone
A. Prismatic blades
B. Pottery vessels
C. Mirror
D. Ball-game equipment
E. Chocolate
Malinalli played a critical role during the Spanish Conquest as:
A. a translator for Corts
B. the principal wife of Motecuzma II
C. an Aztec spy
D. a Spanish woman with whom Motecuzma fell in love
In ancient Mesoamerica, if you happened to be born on an unlucky day in the calendar:
A. you were sentenced to death
B. your date of birth was concealed
C. your parents were punished
D. you were doomed to be sacrificed
La Noche Triste, the Spanish attempt to sneak out of Tenochtitlan, resulted in:
A. the flight of the Spaniards, who then re-grouped with reinforcements
B. the Mexica expelling the Spaniards for good
C. the expansion and strengthening of the Aztec army
D. heavy losses on both sides, which caused the Tlaxcalans to turn against the
Spaniards
La Venta is unusual, even among Mesoamerican sites, for:
A. the number and size of its pyramids
B. its site orientation
C. the quantity and types of its buried offerings
D. its decorated pottery
Jaguars in Mesoamerica:
A. have preyed upon humans as their main source of food from prehistoric through
modern times
B. were co-opted as a symbol of the commoner class
C. are the smallest species of wild cat in the New World
D. hunt at night and sustain themselves with a variety of species
The city-state that dominated the Aztec Triple Alliance was:
A. Tlacopan
B. Tacuba
C. Tenochtitlan
D. Texcoco
MATCHING 1
1) Guerrero
2) Chalcatzingo
3) Cuello
4) Los Naranjos
5) Chalchuapa
A. Possible female ruler
B. Near Mesoamerican jade source
C. Cave paintings
D. Honduran trading center
E. Sweat bath
The Mexica tlatoani:
A. was a peasant farmer
B. made various crafts to sell
C. was a ruler skilled in public speaking
D. traveled the land selling wares
If an Aztec woman died in childbirth, her fate was:
A. determined by the sex of the baby
B. to be given warrior status
C. to be reborn to give birth again
D. the same as her mother’s
MATCHING 2
1) Muwaan Mat
2) Lady Sak K”uk”
3) Lady K”ab “al Xook
4) Lady Yohl Ik”nal
5) Princess of Palenque
A. Married to the king of Copn
B. Palenque ruler from ad 583 to 604
C. Mythical dynastic placeholder in Palenque king list
D. “Lady Shark,” the Queen of Yaxchilan and influential wife of Shield Jaguar
E. “Lady Beastie,” mother of Palenque’s ruler, Pakal I
Waxaklajuun Ub”aah K”awiil (“18-Rabbit”), king of Copn:
A. had the incredible Hieroglyphic Stairway built
B. was married to a princess from Palenque
C. conquered the neighboring polity of Quirigua
D. was famously beheaded by his rivals at Quirigua
A _______ contributed to the decline of southeastern Mesoamerica after the Late
Formative.
A. flood
B. hurricane
C volcanic eruption
D. foreign invasion
MATCHING 1
1) Tzompantli
2) Ahuehuetl
3) Coatepantli
4) Uic athan
5) Balch
A. Water-tolerant cypress tree
B. Fermented beverage drunk at festivals
C. Skull racks for displaying the remains of sacrificial victims
D. Templo Mayor’s “serpent wall”
E. Mayan term that gave its name to a peninsula
Archaeologists recognize social inequality in the archaeological record by:
A. the absence of civic-ceremonial structures
B. the similarity in housing sizes
C. variation among artifacts
D. burial goods that are similar in value from one individual to another
Mesoamerica’s Middle Postclassic period dates from:
A. ad 600 to 1000
B. ad 800 to 1200
C. ad 1200 to 1430
D. ad 1481 to 1519
An external factor in Teotihuacan’s decline may have been:
A. an earthquake that destroyed most of the city’s pyramids
B. a period of worldwide climatic cooling
C. a severe drought that lasted decades
D. a huge flood that submerged low-lying apartment compounds
Archaeologists consider ______ to be evidence for Monte Albn’s expansion.
A. increased warfare
B. place glyphs
C. higher population in the center
D. a greater number of sites in the Valley of Oaxaca
Trade during the Early Formative:
A. was vigorous all across Mesoamerica
B. was confined to the Yucatn Peninsula
C. took place with the exchange only of unbreakable commodities, such as magnetite
D. can be documented for the Gulf Lowlands and Valley of Oaxaca
The apartment compounds of Teotihuacan:
A. were found only along the Street of the Dead
B. were for high-status citizens only
C. housed multiple families
D. were all destroyed when Teotihuacan came to its end
The Chupcuaro culture is best known for its:
A. drained field agriculture
B. portrayals of Huehueteotl
C. decorated pottery and figurines
D. circular temples
The Classic Period chronology (ad 250/300″900):
A. applies only to Maya centers
B. was mistakenly named by early scholars
C. can be applied to most of Mesoamerica
D. cannot be broken down into smaller time segments
For those who were permitted to consume human flesh, the most highly valued part of
the body was the:
A. heart
B. head
C. left arm
D. right thigh
The Catholic priest Diego de Landa:
A. burned a substantial number of native books
B. lived among the Aztecs after the Spanish Conquest
C. made every effort to understand Maya culture
D. survived a shipwreck off the Yucatn Peninsula and made it safely to shore
The Olmecs were first made known to us by:
A. the numerous portable art items found throughout Mesoamerica
B. discovery of one of their major sites, La Venta
C. the hundreds of colossal stone heads sculpted by them throughout the American
tropics
D. explorers in the early 1800s who recorded their major sites
Today Tula is a shadow of its former self because:
A. the Aztecs removed valuable items from the site for their own use
B. it was ransacked by its rivals
C. several earthquakes have caused irreparable damage
D. the Tula River has changed course numerous times, wiping out parts of the site
The dry season of Mesoamerica occurs from:
A. fall into late spring
B. spring into early summer
C. summer into late fall
D. fall into late winter
The site of Kaminaljuy, in Guatemala, is very close to a significant source of high
quality:
A. silver ore
B. shell
C. jade
D. salt
Archaeological investigations at _______ provide us with a picture of the average
residents of an Aztec city-state.
A. Man
B. Texcoco
C. Tenochtitlan
D. Yautepec
The Spaniards captured Tenochtitlan:
A. without a fight
B. after killing the current huetlatoani
C. in 1519
D. with the help of the Tlaxcalans