How was the Maya government different from the Aztec and Inca governments?

The Maya were organized into independent city-states, each with its own ruler, rather than united under one emperor. The Aztec and Inca each built centralized empires ruled by an emperor. So the key difference is that the Maya were not united under a single emperor; choice A is wrong because the Maya were organized into city-states.

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