“On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . .
As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, were consolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Aztec capital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe.
“. . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on the Mississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued.”
Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 2012
Which of the following contributed most significantly to the population trend in pre-Columbian Mexico described in the excerpt?
Migration in pursuit of fertile lands
Migration in pursuit of fertile lands
A
Trade and settlement resulting from maize cultivation
Trade and settlement resulting from maize cultivation
B
Low birth rates and high death tolls as a result of European diseases
Low birth rates and high death tolls as a result of European diseases
C
Internal conflict between groups causing political instability
Answers: 1
History, 21.06.2019 17:40
As the tide of the seven years’ war (french and indian war) turned in britain’s favor, the iroquois
Answers: 1
History, 21.06.2019 22:40
Jacksonian democracy promoted new methods of political campaigning. one such technique was mudslinging. what was its effect on the presidential candidates?
Answers: 1
History, 22.06.2019 00:30
In your local newspaper you read an editorial supporting a local building initiative that will cost the town million of dollars
Answers: 3
History, 22.06.2019 06:30
What practical concern lay behind the promotion of longitudinally planned churches in 17th-century rome? a) allowing the circulation of pilgrimsb) interior lighting of the navec) support for the heavy domed) accommodating parishioners
Answers: 1
“On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connect...
History, 03.11.2019 22:31
Health, 03.11.2019 22:31
Health, 03.11.2019 22:31
Biology, 03.11.2019 22:31
History, 03.11.2019 22:31
Social Studies, 03.11.2019 22:31
Mathematics, 03.11.2019 22:31
History, 03.11.2019 22:31
English, 03.11.2019 22:31