The formation of separate ethnic groups from common ancestors is known as

Many of Cahokia’s mounds served as platforms for buildings and ________ was an index of prestige.

The Andean region did not develop the tradition of ________________ seen in Mesoamerica.

After Easter Island’s ecology was devastated by the clearing of the island’s forests, the remaining people subsisted mainly on

Indian religions and cultural traditions were carried to Southeast Asia by

Which religion exercised a powerful centralizing pull and created a common brotherhood of faith across national, ethnic, and cultural boundaries?

Empress Wu’s Zhou dynasty ended

The collapse of Tiwanaku around 1000 seems to have been caused by

In Mesoamerican myths, Tollan is

According to the accounts of Spanish conquerors, Mayan