Huitzilopochtli was the
A) Aztec sun god to whom sacrificial victims were offered.
B) last of the Incas, defeated by the Spaniards under Pizarro.
C) capital of the Aztec Empire.
D) religious center of the Mayan civilization.
E) Aztec ruler who made contact with the Spanish.
A
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Olympe de Gouges advocated the overthrow of monarchy and the creation of a democracy in which women could vote and serve
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following statements about African Americans’ political power in the late 1960s and 1970s is LEAST accurate?
a. The presence of black Americans in local political offices increased substantially. b. The majority of black Americans rejected mainstream politics and embraced black power ideologies. c. Attempts to create a large and effective independent black political organization proved unable to overcome divisions among black Americans. d. Although its membership fluctuated, the Congressional Black Caucus emerged as and remained a strong and aggressive body.
Given the premise that slavery could and should be protected, southern secession was a rational action proceeding from the rational conviction that slavery would no longer be safe within the Union.
a. true b. false
The Egyptian writing system known as hieroglyphics was
a. a wedged shaped writing system. b. a form of picture writing in which figures such as crocodiles, sails, eyes, and so forth represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words. c. the world's first writing system. d. the only writing system of the earliest civilized societies. e. borrowed by the Sumerians.