Indigenous Americas Quiz 2022 PDF

## QUIZ #3- INDIGENOUS AMERICAS ### FORMER UNITS 1. Define "Applied Art": 2. Define "Performance Art": 3. What CULTURE (not location) did ta moko originate from? 4. Who painted this piece? - a. Thomas Walker - b. John Crombie - c. Henry Partridge - d. Gottfried Lindauer 5. The arti...

## QUIZ #3- INDIGENOUS AMERICAS ### FORMER UNITS 1. Define "Applied Art": 2. Define "Performance Art": 3. What CULTURE (not location) did ta moko originate from? 4. Who painted this piece? - a. Thomas Walker - b. John Crombie - c. Henry Partridge - d. Gottfried Lindauer 5. The artist who painted the piece in question #4 is from New Zealand. - True / False 6. What technique was used to create the piece below? - a. abrasion - b. incising - c. additive, hand building - d. burnishing 7. Which dynasty is responsible for building Nan Madol? 8. Give the name/title, location, material, and date for the piece below: ### INDIGENOUS AMERICAS 9. Native American artworks often show the influence of Europeans in that they - a. used European materials in their work - b. portrayed European historical events with their own histories - c. adapted European traditions and completely abandoned Native American imagery in their work - d. experimented with European artistic techniques such as contrapposto and chiaroscuro 10. A comb roof could be found at the site of - a. Chavín de Huántar - b. Templo Mayor - c. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings - d. Yaxchilán 11. Which of the following statements regarding Machu Picchu is FALSE? - a. it was built using ashlar masonry or dry stone technique - b. it was carefully planned using a sophisticated drainage system - c. it contained an observatory referred to as “The Temple of the Sun" - d. it was laid out in the shape of a jaguar 12. What term is used to describe the circular, subterranean rooms at Cliff Place? - a. amantecas - b. pueblos - c. kivas - d. apus 13. Miniature gold and silver figurines, like The Maize Cob, created out of hammered metal sheets were found at - a. Chavín de Huántar - b. Qorikancha - c. Mesa Verde cliff dwellings - d. Yaxchilán 14. What time period best represents the Chavin civilization? - a. 900-200 ВСЕ - b. 300-900 СЕ - c. 1400-1521 СЕ - d. 800-1500 СЕ 15. Which two civilizations existed concurrently over the period 1400-1521 CE? - a. Chavin and Inca - b. Olmec and Aztec - c. Chavin and Inca - d. Inca and Aztec 16. What type of arch/vault design was used in Structure 40 at Yaxchilan? - a. ellipse - b. barrel - c. contour - d. corbeled 17. At Chavín de Huántar site, nose ornaments - a. were used for leading sacrificed people into the underworld - b. worn to show allegiance to the Chavín religion - c. were pierced in the wearer's nose at the time of puberty - d. were worn by warriors 18. The Relief of Lady Xoc (Lintel 25, Structure 23) at Yaxchilan shows all of the following EXCEPT - a. Lady Xoc in an intense hallucinogenic state - b. Shield Jaguar II's (her husband) coronation - c. mirror image inscriptions to show her altered reality - d. Lady Xoc holding a bowl for bloodletting ritual 19. The discovery of the Olmec Style Mask found buried as an offering in the Templo Mayor suggests - a. the Aztecs had a reverence for ancient cultures that came before and a vast trade network - b. the Aztecs use Olmec people as their sacrificial victims - c. the previous Olmec civilization was buried underneath the Aztec capital - d. the Aztecs and Olmec were enemies 20. The Inca claimed to be descended from - a. Tlaloc - b. Pachacuti - c. Inti - d. Coatlicue 21. The Intihuantana Stone at Machu Picchu was believed to - a. be where ritual sacrifices were performed - b. track the sun and determine when religious events would take place - c. be the world's first observatory - d. be used for initiations 22. Maria and Julian Martinez are credited with - a. introducing the pottery wheel to the Puebloans - b. raising Pueblo utilitarian ceramic vessels into fine art for tourists and consumers - c. painting elaborate, nostalgic scenes on elk hides - d. designing intricate bandolier bags 23. The Painted Elk Hide depicts - a. nostalgic activities from the daily life of the traditional plains culture - b. the creation of the cosmos and axis mundi - c. the forced expulsion of Native Americas from their ancestral lands - d. modern hunting parties equipped with rifles 24. T'oqapu means - a. small, metal figurines - b. the "chosen women" - c. the geometric design on Incan tunics - d. the style of bag Native Americans wore 25. Which tribe is generally associated with the Great Serpent Mound? - a. Anasazi - b. Fort Ancient Culture - c. Pueblo - d. Lenape 26. What is an effigy? - a. a temple - b. a burial - c. a mask - d. an image or representation of something 27. What happened to the Qorikancha? - a. It was burned down - b. An earthquake toppled it - c. It was abandoned - d. A catholic church was built on top of it 28. What is one possible reason Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde was built? - a. for mutual support and defense - b. because of its convenient, close location to water - c. a lack of space and suitable building land elsewhere - d. forced to locate there by the "Indian Removal Act" of 1830 29. A potlatch is a - a. ceremony where hosts displayed their status by giving away gifts to those in attendance - b. type or latch the open and closes a transformation mask - c. type of ovoid design used to decorate transformation masks - d. specific type of carving tool used to carve masks 30. In addition to transforming the dancer into an ancestral entity and supernatural force, transformation masks also - a. show the hierarchy of animals - b. display family/clan crest symbols - c. reassert the chief's power - d. act as war regalia 31. The Lanzon Stone might be - a. where humans were sacrificed - b. depicting a puma - c. depicting a Chavin king - d. an axis mundi 32. The Great Serpent Mound might be - a. where humans were buried - b. the chief's palace - c. a fortress wall - d. depicting a snake with an egg in its mouth ### TRUE OR FALSE 33. The Feathered Headress shown below is believed to have been owned by the last Incan Ruler. - True / False 34. The structures at Machu Picchu were ultimately destroyed by the Spanish. - True / False 35. "Apus" mean feather workers. - True / False 36. The technique used to make The Maize Cob is called repousse. - True / False 37. Who painted the elk hide depicted below AND what tribe was he from? (2 points) ### Questions 38-42 have to do with the image shown below. 38. What is the name of the specific style used on the Bandolier bag depicted in the image? - a. ovid style - b. Delaware style - c. longline style - d. prairie style 39. Which tribe is this specific bag associated with? - a. Shoshone - b. Puebloan - c. Fort Ancient Culture - d. Lenape 40. The designs on the bag are 100% purely abstract- the patterns and designs do not reference anything specific at all. - True / False 41. Women primarily wore these bags and carried food in them. - True / False 42. Beads and ribbons were Native American inventions/innovations, and bandolier bags have always been made using them. - True / False 43. The Kwakwaka'wakw transformation mask has a very distinct style. What is the name of the specific style? In addition, describe three visual elements/qualities of the specific style. (Not what the mask is or what it is depicting, but the visual style). Answers can be brief and in bullet points. (4 points) ### TEMPLO MAYOR (8 points total) Answers can be in bullet point form, but please be clear and specific. - Where is Temple Mayor located (as specific as possible)? (1 point) - What are the two sides/halves symbolic of (what mountain) and name the specific god each side is dedicated to? (4 points) - Name/describe three specific pieces of visual evidence that support this symbolism, of both or either side (meaning what was literally on the temple that can lead to this symbolic interpretation.) (3 points) ### ATTRIBUTION Questions 45-48. For each of the following images, write what culture/tribe you believe it is from. Give TWO specific reasons for what led you to your conclusion. Answers can be in bullet form. (2 points each) 45. [Image description] 46. [Image description] 47. [Image description] 48. [Image description]