The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán (at modern Mexico City) was founded in 1325 on a muddy island in the lake

Complex societies and civilizations adapted to and modified their environment to meet the needs of their population.

What is a ‘chinampa’?

How did the Aztecs increase the amount of farmland as compared to the Incas?

1. Use of terracing is an example of a society’s reaction to (2- Ag'11)

(1) religious beliefs (3) geographic conditions

(2) social stratification (4) political situations

2. One way the Incas adapted their environment was by (18-Ag'11)

(1) building a network of roads through the mountains

(2) growing rice as a major agricultural product

(3) establishing an encomienda system

(4) creating floating gardens

Base your answer to question 4 on the illustration below

4 Which element of civilization is most clearly shown in this Maya artwork? (#5- Ju'10)

(1) urbanization

(2) a system of education

(3) a code of laws

(4) social classes

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5. Which concept is illustrated by these headlines? (#1 -Ju 09)

(1) colonialism (3) ethnocentrism

(2) isolationism (4) cultural diffusion

6 One similarity between the Mongols of Central Asia and the Incas of South America was that both societies (#10 - Au03)

(1) developed cash-crop farming

(2) based their wealth on the slave trade

(3) adapted to difficult physical environments

(4) practiced monotheistic religions