All of the Following Statements Are True of the Aztecs

question 18

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements are true of the Aztecs except that

• A)they took over an existing civilization in the Valley of Mexico.
• B)their capital was a large and beautiful city with a highly developed trade network.
• C)they waged almost constant war and practiced human sacrifice on a massive scale.
• D)they lived in peace with their neighbors.
• E)they did not believe that mankind had a specific and preordained destiny.

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Definitions:

Price Ratio

The ratio of the prices of two goods or services, often used in the context of trade or barter.

Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how responsive the quantity demanded is to a change in price, indicating how a product's demand will fluctuate with pricing changes.

Marginal Rate

Often refers to the incremental increase in cost or benefit associated with a one-unit change in an economic activity.

Substitution

The economic principle where consumers replace more expensive items with less costly alternatives, or when firms swap higher-priced inputs with cheaper resources.