Caral with Its Large Monumental Structures and Clear Evidence of Social

question 20

Multiple Choice

Caral with its large monumental structures and clear evidence of social, political, and economic complexity at about 5,000 years ago is:

• A) unique in South America, there being no other evidence for monumental architecture or cultural complexity at this time
• B) inexplicable, likely the result of contact with Old World, trans-Pacific visitors
• C) the predictable result of a people adapting to the exceptionally rich environment of the North Chico region of Peru
• D) one of about 20 similarly complex societies developing at this time in the North Chico region of Peru

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