ASB 222 - Buried Cities and Lost Tribes - Chapter 13 + 14 TEST Questions
with Correct Answers
Question 1:
the inca entity in south america was:
Answer:
an empire encompassing hundreds of thousands
Question 2:
of people and nearly one million square kilometers of territory the inca state expanded
through:
Answer:
military conquest
Question 3:
Charles Hastings and Michael Mosely have suggested that the symbols they found on some of
the adobe bricks in the Pyramid of the Sun represent:
Answer:
a record of the brick
Question 4:
contributions of local groups who helped build the pyramid The Inca system of record keeping
was:
Answer:
not a writing system at all but one based on
Question 5:
The Inca practice of capacocha, whose details were recorded by the Spanish, involved:
Answer:
knotted strings
- child sacrifice
, Question 6:
Among the later mound builders of North America, Cahokia was:
Answer:
by far the largest but
Question 7:
What characteristics did Cahokia possess that warrant its inclusion in the ranks of
Answer:
not the only impressive, densely settled, mound-building community
Question 8:
complex chiefdom and early state societies?
Answer:
monumental works, elite burialsThe purpose for most of the larger mounds—like Monks
Mound—built at places like
Question 9:
complex chiefdom and early state societies?
Answer:
monumental works, elite burials
Question 10:
The purpose for most of the larger mounds—like Monks Mound—built at places like Cahokia
was:
Answer:
to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits
Question 11:
The Mogollon homeland is best described as a:
Answer:
mountainous region
with Correct Answers
Question 1:
the inca entity in south america was:
Answer:
an empire encompassing hundreds of thousands
Question 2:
of people and nearly one million square kilometers of territory the inca state expanded
through:
Answer:
military conquest
Question 3:
Charles Hastings and Michael Mosely have suggested that the symbols they found on some of
the adobe bricks in the Pyramid of the Sun represent:
Answer:
a record of the brick
Question 4:
contributions of local groups who helped build the pyramid The Inca system of record keeping
was:
Answer:
not a writing system at all but one based on
Question 5:
The Inca practice of capacocha, whose details were recorded by the Spanish, involved:
Answer:
knotted strings
- child sacrifice
, Question 6:
Among the later mound builders of North America, Cahokia was:
Answer:
by far the largest but
Question 7:
What characteristics did Cahokia possess that warrant its inclusion in the ranks of
Answer:
not the only impressive, densely settled, mound-building community
Question 8:
complex chiefdom and early state societies?
Answer:
monumental works, elite burialsThe purpose for most of the larger mounds—like Monks
Mound—built at places like
Question 9:
complex chiefdom and early state societies?
Answer:
monumental works, elite burials
Question 10:
The purpose for most of the larger mounds—like Monks Mound—built at places like Cahokia
was:
Answer:
to serve as platforms for temples built at their summits
Question 11:
The Mogollon homeland is best described as a:
Answer:
mountainous region