Indigenous Americas Study Guide Game

Indigenous Americas Quiz 3 Study Notes

• Applied Art: A category of art that serves a practical purpose.

• Performance Art: Art forms that involve a performance, often involving ritual or spectacle.

• Moko: A traditional Maori tattoo.

• Moko Origin: The Moko originated from Māori culture in New Zealand.

• Painting of Question 4 Artist: Gottfried Lindauer

• Artist's Origin: True. The artist in question 4 is from New Zealand.

• Technique of Piece in Question 6: Additive, hand-building.

• Nan Madol Dynasty: Unknown; the question's piece lacks information about the dynasty.

• Piece Information (Question 8): The note lacks details about the piece shown, precluding providing information on title, location, material, and date.

• European Influence on Native American Artworks: Native American artworks sometimes incorporate European materials or techniques but keep certain Native American traditions.

• Machu Picchu: The statement describing Machu Picchu as containing an observatory, known as the Temple of the Sun, was true

• Circular Subterranean Rooms (Cliff Palace): These structures are called kivas.

• Chavin Civilization Timeline: 900 – 200 BCE. (This was one of several possible options provided).

• Concurrent Civilizations (1400-1521 CE): The Chavin and Inca civilizations overlapped during this timeframe.

• Archetypal Vault Design in Structure 40 (Yaxchilan): Corbeled arch/vault.

• Lady Xoc Relief (Yaxchilan): The relief showed the Lady Xoc in a hallucinogenic state, shield jaguar II coronation, mirror image inscriptions showing her altered reality, and Lady Xoc holding a bowl for bloodletting.

• Temple Mayor Discovery: The discovery of an Olmec Style mask suggests that the Aztecs had a reverence for ancient cultures, used Olmec people in rituals, prior Olmec civilization under the Aztecs, and the two cultures were enemies.

• Inca Descent: The Inca claimed descent from Inti.

• Intihuantana: The stone at Machu Picchu is where ritual sacrifices were performed, tracked the sun and determined when religious events would take place.

• Maria and Julian Martinez: Raised Pueblo utilitarian ceramic vessels into fine art for consumers and painted elaborate scenes on elk hides.

• T'oqapu Meaning: Geometric design on Incan tunics.

• Great Serpent Mound: The mound could have been a burial place, chief's palace, or fortress wall.

• Feathered Headdress: The headress was believed to have been owned by an Incan ruler.

• Destruction of Machu Picchu: The structures at Machu Picchu weren't ultimately destroyed by the Spanish.

• Apus Meaning: Feather workers.

• Maize Cob Technique: Called repousse.

• Painting of Elk Hide Tribe: Missing details and therefore unable to answer the question about the tribe and artist.

• Bandolier Bag Style: Delaware style.

• Bandolier Bag Tribe: Unknown; the details of the questions were not provided correctly.

• Transformative Mask Style (Kwakwaka'wakw): The question regarding the transformation mask's style was not answered as the details of the mask could not be acquired.

• Temple Mayor Location (specific): The exact location for the Temple Mayor in clear, specific detail was missing and could not be provided.

• Temple Mayor Sides Dedications: The two sides of the Temple Mayor, symbolic of specific mountains, would hold various deities; that information was not given in the question.

• Specific Visual Evidence: Lack of details about the artifacts makes it impossible to describe visual evidence of symbolism on the Temple.

• Image Culture/Tribe (Questions 45-48): Unknown; details about the artifacts in the images are missing.