How did the Aztecs modify their natural environment to develop a successful civilization centered on an island on Lake Texcoco?
A) They implemented a system of slavery based on captured prisoners of war and criminals.
B) They created a central plaza with towering pyramids which served as temples.
C) They constructed a system of dams and aqueducts to control lake levels and bring in fresh
water.
D) They built elaborate earthen mounds to bury their dead.
C
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A) thousands of cases overwhelmed its tiny staff. B) the ICC proved to be highly effective. C) the ICC brought offenders into federal court for lengthy proceedings. D) the ICC's authority was limited to commerce that crossed state lines.
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A) Iran B) Afghanistan C) Iraq D) Pakistan
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A) attracted new investors to the business. B) attracted new young single women from New England farms to work in the mill factories and live in the mill towns. C) exaggerated the benevolence of the mill owners and the healthy and virtuous working conditions and good life of the young single women who labored in these factories and lived in these factory towns. D) recurited child laborers as young as 10-years old to replace the single young women who proved to be recalcitrant and incompetent workers.