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"This great city of Temixtitlan [Mexico] is situated in this salt lake, and from the main land to the denser parts of it, by whichever route one chooses to enter, the distance is two leagues. There are four avenues or entrances to the city, all of which are formed by artificial causeways, two spears' length in width. The city is as large as Seville or Cordova … This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling. There is one square twice as large as that of the city of Salamanca, surrounded by porticoes, where are daily assembled more than sixty thousand souls, engaged in buying and selling; and where are found all kinds of merchandise that the world affords."
The passage supports which conclusion about the native peoples of the Americas before European exploration?
a.they had large and complex civilizations
b.they had a need for European technology
c.they would benefit from expanded trading partnerships
d. they had great wealth derived from abundant mineral resources

Answer 1

The passage supports the following conclusion about the native peoples of the Americas before European exploration:

(a. ) They had large and complex civilizations

The passage suggests that the city is designed with man made causeways that have been measured out. Also there are complex, human-built areas designated for daily life activities for large communities of sixty thousand people or more.

Answer 2

The given passage concludes that the native Americans had a more large and complex civilization before the Europeans came.

The  passage says that great city of Temixtitlan has four large avenues to the main city that are formed by  two artificial causeways.

The Temixtitlan city had public squares where traders could sell and buy things.

One of such square is twice in size of the city of Salamanca where more than 60,000 merchants comes for trading with all kinds of goods and merchandise daily.

Thus from these, we can conclude that the native people of America had great and complex civilization before the exploration of the Europeans.

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