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AP World: Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ritual bloodletting was crucial to Maya rituals because | it was associated with rain and agriculture |
| Humans first traveled from Siberia to Alaska as early as | 40,000 years ago |
| The staple food in Mesoamerica was | maize |
| By 5000 B.C.E. the Mesoamericans had discovered the agricultural potential of what ultimately became the staple food of the region, which was | maize |
| Agriculture had spread through Mesoamerica by | 2000 bce |
| The first society of Mesoamerica, which founded traditions followed by all later societies, were the | Olmecs |
| The term Olmec means | rubber people |
| The first ceremonial center of the Olmecs was | San Lorenzo |
| The Olmec common people | labored regularly on behalf of the Olmec elite |
| The most characteristic artistic creation of the Olmecs were | colossal human heads sculpted from basalt |
| The Olmec ceremonial centers of San Lorenzo and La Venta were destroyed by | the Olmecs themselves |
| The ceremonial center of the Olmecs during the height of their power was | La Venta |
| The Olmecs traded extensively in all of the following items except | horses |
| All Mesoamerican societies used calenders derived ultimately from the | Olmecs |
| The first ceremonial center of the Maya was | Kaminaljuyu |
| The most important political center of the Mayan realm at its height was | Tikal |
| Which of the following devices did the ancient Maya build in order to trap silt carried by the numerous rivers passing through the Mesoamerican lowlands | terraces |
| Which of the following was not a creation of the Maya | the wheel |
| In the ninth century C.E. a loose Maya empire was constructed by the state of | Chichen Itza |
| Which of the following is not a legitimate possible cause for the collapse of the Maya | destruction of the forests |
| Which of the following mathematical concepts, essential for positional notation and the manipulation of large numbers, was invented by Mayan mathematics | zero |
| The Mayan calendar interwove a solar year of 365 days and a ceremonial calendar of _____ days | 260 |
| The Mayan mathematical system was vigesimal, which means that it was based on units of | 20 |
| The Maya believed that monumental change would occur when whenever their ceremonial and solar calendars returned to their respective starting points at the same time. This even took place every ______ solar years | 52 |
| The most flexible and sophisticated system of writing found in the ancient Americas was created by | the Maya |
| Which of the following societies developed a flexible and sophisticated system of writing | Maya |
| The Popol Vuh was | the Mayan story of creation |
| According to the Popol Vuh the gods created the first successful version of human out of | maize |
| How much written material survives from the Maya | 4 books |
| The Pyramid of the Sun was located in | Teotihuacan |
| The largest simple building in America was | the Teotihuacan Pyramid of the Sun |
| The population of Teotihuacan rose to | 200,000 |
| The spread of products and technologies between the Andean region and Mesoamerica was possible because of | cultural diffusion |
| The Chavin cult | produced deities with the features of humans and wild animals |
| One of the earliest Andean states, which left a remarkable artistic legacy through its ceramics, was | Mochica |
| Which statement correctly describes the relationship between the aboriginal peoples of Australia and New Guinea | The aboriginal peoples of Australia maintained hunting and gathering societies while in New Guinea they turned to agriculture |
| Malayan, Indonesian, Polynesia, and other Oceanic languages are derived from | Austronesian |
| Human settlements were brought to the islands of the Pacific Ocean by the | Austronesians |
| The Austronesian-speaking peoples became the first human settlers on this large island off the east | Madagascar |
| The Lapita peoples | were the earliest Austronesian migrants to establish human settlements in the Pacific Ocean |
| Austronesian peoples established what types of political societies in the lands they settled | hierarchical chiefly societies |
| Material from which Olmecs fashioned tools | Obsidian |
| Olmec ceremonial center | La Venta |
| Political center of the Maya between the fourth and ninth centuries C.E. | Tikal |
| New religion that appeared in the central Andes around 1000 B.C.E. | Chavin cult |
| Brilliant Mesoamerican society that developed writing and made advancements in math | Maya |
| Post-Olmec state famous for its orange pottery; it built on the Olmec calendar and graphic symbols | Teotihuacan |
| Teotihuacan temple and the largest building in Mesoamerica | Pyramid of the sun |
| One of the earliest Anden states, which left a remarkable artistic legacy | Mochica |
| People who brought human settlement to the islands of the Pacific Ocean | Austronesians |
| First Mesoamerican society | Olmecs |
| Mayan temple | Temple of Giant Jaguar |
| Mayan creation myth | Popol Vuh |
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