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True or false? The peoples of the Pacific Northwest accumulated more wealth than other hunter-gatherer societies because of the abundance of resources there.

This was one of twenty governing districts in Persia administered by royal governors who answered directly to the king.

Who were the Trung sisters?

True or false? According to the Mayan calendar, the year 2012 was supposed to be the end of the world.

As the Bantu migrated, they found that the lands were largely __, allowing them to expand farming into the region.

__ is an example of an early human settlement that used a blend of hunter-gathering and agriculture. It traded in obsidian, which was used for tools.

This was the most impressive of the temples at Tenochtitlán that had a dual stepped pyramid and stood about ninety feet tall.

True or false? The Inca Empire was divided into four administrative units.

True or false? The central text of Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita, taught that commoners, not just Brahmans, could lead exemplary moral lives by abandoning bodily desires and seeking inner peace.

The __ was issued in 313 and outlined a policy of religious toleration in which Christianity was no longer illegal.