Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1.The Mayansof the Yucatan peninsula and Guatemala had developed wheeled vehicles for adults.
2.In Aztec society, women dying in childbirthwere given equivalent status withwarriors.
3.Quechua was the language of the Aztecs.
4.One of the key differences between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia around 1000 CE was that the populationof the Americas was much larger than that of Afro-Eurasia.
5.From the middle of the second millennium BCE, groups that used obsidian; had sophisticated fishing technologies; kept domesticated dogs, chickens, and pigs; and used rounded pots with distinctive patterns on them known to archaeologists as Lapita pottery were known asLapita cultures.

Answer 1

1.False
Explanation: Besides the ball game, the Maya had another surprisingentertainment. For their children they created miniatureclay jaguars with their legs connected by clay tubes onwhich they attached clay disks, or wheels. In other words,they made wheeled toys without translating that idea to wheeled vehicles for adults.
2.True
Explanation: In Aztec society, women dying in childbirthwere given equivalent status withwarriors,promised to accompanythe sun on its afternoon journeybefore becoming goddesses.
3.False
Explanation: The Incas imposed their language, Runa Simi, called Quechua in Spanish, on their provinces for conducting business.
4.False
Explanation: The populationof the Americas, much contested, never reached anythinglike that of Afro-Eurasia. One recent estimate of worldwidepopulation in 1000 CE put North America’s shareof world population at 0.8 percent, with South America’sat 6 percent. The same source estimated Africa’s share at15 percent, with Eurasia’s share at 77 percent.
5.True
Explanation: From the middle of the second millennium BCE, there is evidence of extensive migrations through Southeast Asia by groups that used obsidian; had sophisticated fishing technologies; kept domesticated dogs, chickens, and pigs; and used rounded pots with distinctivepatterns on them known to archaeologists as Lapita pottery. These are the key features of the Lapita cultures.
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