This was the first urban culture to emerge in the Americas, at around 1000 BCE.
The Olmecs.
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The Aztec's chief god required a daily diet of these.
Human hearts.
100
In Aztec society, this indicated rank and status.
Clothing.
100
Although they did have a system of writing, very few Mayan and Aztec books remain, because of this.
Destruction by the Spaniards.
200
In the eighth century CE, the fall of the Teotihuacan and Mayan cultures was caused by this type of crisis, which resulted in decreased agricultural production throughout central Mexico.
An environmental crisis.
200
The Toltec high priest claimed to be the mortal form of this Toltec god.
The feathered serpent/Quetzalcoatl. (Either answer accepted).
200
While most Aztecs practiced monogamy, only Nobles were permitted this.
Polygamy.
200
How much land did the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan cover?
Five to six square miles.
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Neil Young wrote a song about this Spanish conquistador who was instrumental in the destruction of Aztec culture.
Hernando Cortez.
300
In the Teotihuacan culture, fertility of the Earth and sea were represented by these two creatures, respectively.
The jaguar and the serpent.
300
Aztec boys of noble birth grew a tuft of long hair on the backs of their heads which could be cut only when they had done this.
Captured their first warrior in battle.
300
This culture dominated for only 200 years, and introduced metallurgy, bows for hunting, and a militaristic, oppressive way of life that included human sacrifice to placate the gods.
What is the Toltec culture?
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The Mexicas, later known as the Aztecs, first settled early in this century, on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
14th Century (or, the 1300s).
400
Olmec gods had dual natures, that were both this and this.
Male and female.
400
From the ages of 12 to 15, all Aztec children attended this musical school, attached to the temple, and with a curriculum of singing, dancing, and music.
House of Song.
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The first humans in the Americas entered into Alaska from Siberia in about 14000 BCE on this land bridge
Beringia.
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After the fall of Teotihuacan in the eighth century CE, and a hundred years later, the Mayans, this group organized a new culture in the city of Tula. They dominated for only two hundred years but had a lasting influence.
The Toltecs.
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Along with nobles, this class of people enjoyed special, elite status in Aztec culture.
Priests.
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The Aztecs used glyphs written on the bark of this kind of tree.
Fig trees.
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This urban Mesoamerican culture, arising in about 1000 BCE, carved huge heads out of boulders made of basalt.