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The pre-Columbian American peoples in the Pacific NorthwestA. did not have permanent settlements.B. developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Mayas and Aztecs.C. fished salmon as their principal occupation.D. were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.E. were known as the Inuit.
Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked byA. the shared use of a series of forts.B. common linguistic roots.C. economic compacts.D. intertribal religious festivals.E. the Iroquois Confederacy
The agricultural practices of pre-Columbian tribes in the Northeast were characterized byA. extensive irrigation systems.B. the development of metal-tipped plows.C. a sacred respect for trees that kept people from cutting them down.D. a rapid exploitation of the land.E. an emphasis on tobacco cultivation.
Which requirement did both the Incan and Aztec empires demand as loyalty from conquered peoples?
• Built wide roads paved with stones• Built bridges made of rope to cross gorges• Built buildings of stone carefully cut to fit perfectly together• Made sloping land more suitable for farming using terraces• Used irrigation and fertilizers to improve farmingThe characteristics listed above BEST fit which group?
One cultural similarity shared by the Aztec and Incan civilization was that both —
Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
Which phrase best identifies one similarity between this civilization and that of the Aztecs?Olmec Civilization• existed between about 1200 BC and 400 BC• created complex water and drainage systems
to put forward for consideration or judgment
In colonial cities, pamphlets were circulated against the Sugar Act that gave rise to the expression: ___________________
The _________ drew a north-south line along the Appalachian Mountains.
In early October, King George III issued the _______ of 1763.
the act or process of freeing enslaved persons
Many of the Revolution's leaders feared _______________—the power of a church, backed by the government, to make people worship in a certain way.
a situation in which inherent factors, actions, or propositions are inconsistent or contrary to one another
Most _______ lived in Georgia, the Carolinas, and New York.
constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change