Which of the Following Statements About Pre-Columbian Civilizations Is True

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about pre-Columbian civilizations is true?

• A) Most of these civilizations were based on broad networks of trade.
• B) Only the Incas and Maya built sophisticated and complex cities and urban societies.
• C) Economies based on agriculture allowed extended settlement in one area and the development of a broad trade network.
• D) Most of these societies had been decimated by internal wars even before Europeans arrived.
• E) Several of their great cities probably reached populations of about one quarter of a million residents each.

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