The Map of Political Units in 1491 Shows

question 14

Multiple Choice

The map of political units in 1491 shows

• A)basically the contemporary map of modern states.
• B)basically a series of city-states.
• C)a combination of empires, city-states, pre-dating the modern system.
• D)groupings of dictatorships where boundaries were usually walls.

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