The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century

Chapter 12: Considering the Evidence Documents Quiz

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1. Which of the following best describes the social order laid out in Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations (Document 12.1)?

A highly stratified society where social class was distinguished in part through laws about dress

A society that distinguished between just two social classes, lords and commoners.

A highly stratified society that used dress to distinguish between Aztec and conquered peoples.

A highly stratified society that valued warriors far more than religious leaders who were considered commoners.

Correct. The answer is a. Dress and jewelry were important symbols used to demarcate different social classes.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Dress and jewelry were important symbols used to demarcate different social classes.

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2. Which of the following best characterized the punishments associated with crimes in Laws, Ordinances, and Regulations (Document 12.1)?

Prison sentences were common

The most common punishment was death

Enslavement was the most common punishment

Fines were the most common punishment

Correct. The answer is b. Most crimes were punishable by death, although petty thieves were to only be sold into slavery for their first offense.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Most crimes were punishable by death, although petty thieves were to only be sold into slavery for their first offense.

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3. According to Book of the Gods and Rites (Document 12.1) in Aztec society what could a father do with a son or daughter who was 'incorrigible, disobedient, shameless, dissolute, incapable of receiving counsel or advice"?

Put the child to death

Sacrifice the child to Huitzilopochtli

Sell the child in the public marketplace

Banish the child from the empire

Correct. The answer is c. The child could be sold in the public marketplace as an example to other bad sons and daughters.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The child could be sold in the public marketplace as an example to other bad sons and daughters.

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4. According to Book of the Gods and Rites (Document 12.1) which was the least glorious manner of rising to elite status in Aztec society?

As a warrior

By being born into a powerful family

As a priest

By becoming a merchant or trader

Correct. The answer is d. While less glorious this remained a path for rising in social status.

Incorrect. The answer is d. While less glorious this remained a path for rising in social status.

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5. Which of the following was a common practice used by the Inca to secure their control over newly conquered regions?

They treated the common people well, but executed all the local elites.

They destroyed everything when they invaded a region so they could build a completely new society.

They allowed local political rulers to keep their positions as long as they were loyal.

The Inca Emperor took up personal residence in each newly conquered territory.

Correct. The answer is c. If a local leader had to be stripped of his power, it would be invested in his sons or his brothers if possible.

Incorrect. The answer is c. If a local leader had to be stripped of his power, it would be invested in his sons or his brothers if possible.

Chapter 12: Considering the Evidence Documents Quiz

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