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Civilizations in North and South America — Unit test

Question 7 • FL-2109310-World History Sem 1 - Flex

Read this passage, which was written by a Spanish explorer in the 1500s.This great city of [Tenochtitlán] is situated in this salt lake . . . . There are four . . . entrances to the city, all of which are formed by artificial [walkways] . . . . The city is as large as Seville or Cordova; its streets . . . are very wide and straight . . . . All the streets at intervals have openings, through which the water flows . . . and at these openings, some of which are very wide, there are also very wide bridges, composed of large pieces of timber, of great strength and well put together; on many of these bridges ten horses can go abreast.This quotation describes

Answer
A
an Aztec city.
B
an Inca city.
C
a Maya city.
D
a Zapotec city.

Explanation

The passage names Tenochtitlán, the capital city of the Aztec Empire. Its location in a lake and its artificial walkways and bridges also match the city’s setting on Lake Texcoco. Therefore, the passage describes an Aztec city.

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