The Aztec pochteca were specialists in:
A. religious rituals.
B. human sacrifice.
C. chinampa agriculture.
D. long-distance trading.
Answer: D
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According to Marx, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat are
A. the product of gender differentiation in Europe's tribal past. B. the owners of the means of production in core and periphery nations, respectively. C. distinct and opposed classes in the capitalist economy. D. exogamous social groups. E. moiety groups that dominated Western capitalism.
The art items we most associate with the Diné have their origins in __________
a. prehistoric times b. around the Contact period (with the Spanish) c. the 1870's d. the 1900's