I'm working on a history assignment, and I am having a really hard time finding the answers to some of them. The book I am using is "The Earth and it's Peoples" AP Addition. The front cover has a middle-eastern looking woman with a sitar or instrument of that type. Here are the questions I need help with:
(NOTE: Any misspellings are either unintentional, or are my teacher's fault)
Work on the fields & care for the herds of the Andean aristocracy & rulers was...
A) performed by captured slaves
B) performed by the aristocracy themselves
C) provided by a special religious community
D) provided under the mit'a system
What factor caused the Mochica civilization to be so weakened that it could be overrun by the Huari culture in the ninth century?
A) A succession of natural disasters
B) The Incas had been attacking the Mochica for some time, weakening their defenses
C) The Maya had cut off trade relations, and so the economy was in ruins
D) The Huari did not overrun the Mochica; rather, the Mochica destroyed the Huari
The Inca civilization was originally based on...
A) control of religious institutions
B) military dominance
C) reciprocal gift giving & the redistribution of textiles
D) the control of jade, like the Olmec civilization
The Inca conquest of large populations in environmentally distinct regions permitted economic growth, but
A) the population decreased
B) it increased warfare with Mesoamerica
C) it caused eventual economic decline
D) it reduced equality among people
In Aztec society
A) women had no place & no power
B) women were considered superior to men
C) there were no clear gender distinctions
D) women were held in high esteem
Aztec merchants
A) mostly traded in basic foods & agricultural products
B) were rarely wealthy
C) enjoyed the protection of the military
D) were denied the privileges of the high nobility
The ___ built a civilization in the region that today includes Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, & southern Mexico
A) Mochica
B) Inca
C) Aztec
D) Maya
Any help is appreciated. I just can't really find any of it. I've looked and looked, and I haven't found anything. Thanks so much, and please don't give me false answers.
(NOTE: Any misspellings are either unintentional, or are my teacher's fault)
Work on the fields & care for the herds of the Andean aristocracy & rulers was...
A) performed by captured slaves
B) performed by the aristocracy themselves
C) provided by a special religious community
D) provided under the mit'a system
What factor caused the Mochica civilization to be so weakened that it could be overrun by the Huari culture in the ninth century?
A) A succession of natural disasters
B) The Incas had been attacking the Mochica for some time, weakening their defenses
C) The Maya had cut off trade relations, and so the economy was in ruins
D) The Huari did not overrun the Mochica; rather, the Mochica destroyed the Huari
The Inca civilization was originally based on...
A) control of religious institutions
B) military dominance
C) reciprocal gift giving & the redistribution of textiles
D) the control of jade, like the Olmec civilization
The Inca conquest of large populations in environmentally distinct regions permitted economic growth, but
A) the population decreased
B) it increased warfare with Mesoamerica
C) it caused eventual economic decline
D) it reduced equality among people
In Aztec society
A) women had no place & no power
B) women were considered superior to men
C) there were no clear gender distinctions
D) women were held in high esteem
Aztec merchants
A) mostly traded in basic foods & agricultural products
B) were rarely wealthy
C) enjoyed the protection of the military
D) were denied the privileges of the high nobility
The ___ built a civilization in the region that today includes Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, & southern Mexico
A) Mochica
B) Inca
C) Aztec
D) Maya
Any help is appreciated. I just can't really find any of it. I've looked and looked, and I haven't found anything. Thanks so much, and please don't give me false answers.