Features of the late Maya States in the Yucatán included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Maya culture’s final period was about 650-900.
b. There were massive attempts at agricultural expansion, involving terracing and other innovations.
c. Surprisingly, there was little if any centralization of political authority.
d. In some, the population density was greater than that of any contemporary European states.
c. Surprisingly, there was little if any centralization of political authority.
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A) the founder of the Society of Jesus. B) a German who debated religion with Luther. C) a Spanish theologian burned at the stake as a heretic by Calvinists. D) the leader of the Schmalkaldic League. E) a supported of the Calvinists.
The goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was partly to
A. allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. B. permit every individual to have full opportunity for self-realization. C. show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life. D. create a society where individuals did not have to work. E. eliminate social sexual discrimination through the practice of celibacy.
Describe Maya religious beliefs and practices. What was the purpose of their bloodletting rituals?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following helped bring the Salem witch trials to a halt?
A) renewed fears of Indian attacks B) the execution of two young children C) the public repudiation of the trials by Cotton Mather D) accusations against socially prominent individuals