1. how did the rulers of the mayans, aztecs and incas maintain such great power over their people?
2. what geographic and environmental factors made farming difficult for the mayans, incas, and aztecs?

3. what was the purpose of human sacrifice for the aztecs?

4. what were some of the general religious practices of each american civilization?

1.  A common religion was one of the biggest reasons. Followed by "Divine Right" part of religion where rulers ruled by the divine right given to them by their chief God, as a direct descendant of the God. And third control of the trade route.

2. At one location near Mexico City, an entire field of vegetable bulbs were unearthed beneath a solidified lava flow.

3. These sentences refer to the ritual of human sacrificed practiced by the Aztec priests. The Aztec believed that they owed everything to the gods who created themselves as well as the world around them. The would perform sacrifices in order for a good crop yield or good weather among other things.

4. Some of the general religious practices of each American civilization included, festivals which most commonly occurred during important agricultural periods. Common practices were, worship and thanks given to the Great Spirit for protection and survival. Many also believed that every object was spirit, or "wakan." Religious practices were later influenced by Christianity

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.