art
When did the Communists take control of China?
1949
The shogunate of the Muromachi period was ________ .
A military government
________ are agriculturists living in the hilly regions north of the Sepik River.
Abelam
Which of the following was the dominant culture of the American Southwest preceding the Europeans?
Ancestral Puebloan
What does the Maori meetinghouse represent?
Ancestral figures
During the Yuan dynasty, ________ was a popular subject for painting.
Bamboo
The Navajo sand, or dry, paintings are used in which ritual?
curing disease
The ________ caused a century of anarchy in central Mexico around 1200.
destruction of tula
Typical Melanesian societies are ________ .
fairly democratic
Daimyo were ________ in the Japanese shogunate.
feudal lords
The female praying mantis is a reference to ________ .
headhunting
The Temple of Huitzilopochtli at Tenochtitlán commemorates the god's victory over ________ .
his sister and four hundred brothers
Which of the following is symbolic of the headhunter and appears on bisj poles?
hornbill
What kind of necklace does Coatlicue wear?
human hands and hearts
The Pacific Islands were discovered by the Europeans in which century?
16th century
The Qing Dynasty ended in ________ .
1912
Haida house frontal poles display ________ .
Clan emblems
How did one enter a teahouse?
Crawling on hands and knees
During the Edo period, Westerners were expelled, however, ________ were exempt.
Dutch
How have scholars referred to the period of the late 15th century through the late 16th century in Japan?
Era of Warring States
The Mongols, led by ________ , invaded China in 1210 and destroyed the Jin dynasty's capital at Beijing.
Genghis Khan
________ had the most highly stratified social structure in the Pacific?
Hawaii
Who brought a contingent of Spanish explorers to Mexico?
Hernan cortes
Carnations and Garden Rock is an example of Ming painting that was imported from ________ .
Japan
Which of the following events ended the last Korean dynasty?
Japanese annexation
The last Korean dynasty was ________ .
Joseon
Who proposed the division of the Pacific into major regions?
Jules Dumont d-Urville
This style featured precisely applied ink in bold patterns.
Kano School
Which of the following was considered the most prestigious subject matter for painting in Ming China?
Landscape
________ was a Plains art form that continued to flourish during the reservation years.
Ledger painting
Northern Chan Buddhists believed that only after ________ could one achieve enlightenment.
Long Training
________ was discovered in 1911.
Machu Piccu
An early European visitor to the court of Kublai Khan was ________ .
Marco Polo
In Zen Buddhism enlightenment is achieved through ________ .
Meditation
Which dynasty drove the last Mongol emperor from Beijing?
Ming
________ are scenic arrangements of natural and artificial elements intended to produce irregularities.
Ming pleasure gardens
The screen Chinese Lions by Kano Eitoku became an important symbol for ________ .
Momoyama
During which period did Zen, or Chan, Buddhism flourish?
Muromachi
Which of the following dominates Melanesia?
New Guinea
A transformation mask would be found in which area?
Northwest coast
Tatami accommodate which of the following Japanese customs?
Not wearing shoes indoors
For lacquer ware, imperial patronage went to the ________ .
Orchard Factory
Zen Buddhism emphasized ________ .
Personal responsibility
Which of the following was the last area to be settled by humans?
Polynesia
During the Yuan period, the Chinese mastered ________ .
Porcelain
Which of the following were preeminent in the art of writing?
Postclassic Maya
The Manchus of Manchuria invaded China in the 17th century and established which of the following?
Qing Dynasty
This school did not have continuity of lineage and training. It is characterized by vivid color and extensive use of gold and silver as well as decorative patterning.
Rinpa School
he subject matter of the Borgia Codex is primarily ________ .
Rituals
Zen Buddhism appealed particularly to ________ .
Samurai
One of the most renowned tea masters of the Momoyama period was ________ .
Sen no Rikyu
Who was a practitioner of the splashed-ink (haboku) style?
Sesshu Toyo
The bodies of conquered enemies were sacrificed in the Great Temple at Tenochtitlán and then hurled down the stairs to land on the ________ .
Stone of Coyolxauhqui
A nishiki-e, or brocade picture, is sumptuous, brilliant, and printed on the best quality paper using costly inks. An artist who played a key role in developing this style was ________ .
Suzuki Harunobu
Who designed the stadiums for the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo?
Tange Kenzo
The Rinpa School traced its roots to ________ .
Tawarata Sotatsu
Who promoted the ideal of beauty that was inspired by the tea ceremony and could be achieved in functional objects made of natural materials by anonymous craftspeople?
Yanagi Soetsu
The Chinese principle of active masculine energy is ________ .
Yang
The Pine Forest by Hasegawa Tohaku, which evokes a calm, meditative mood, is suggestive of which discipline.
Zen
The phoenix is an allegorical symbol for ________ .
an empress
The moai of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) most likely depict ________ .
ancestral chiefs
________ were former practitioners of headhunting?
asmat
During the early 19th century, ranking women of Tonga made ________ .
barkcloth
Micronesian cultures frequently are ruled by ________ .
chieftains
Which of the following describes the Plains peoples?
nomadic
Those peoples conquered by the Inka had to wear ________ .
only their local dress
The Inka wove bands of small squares of various repeated abstract designs into their garments; it is thought these represented ________ .
political meaning
What does the yam mask of the Abelam represent?
power and prestige
The Inka had an efficient and swift communication system that depended on ________ .
relay runners
The rooster on the men's house, or bai, from Belau, in the Caroline Islands symbolizes the ________ .
rising sun
Coatlicue had great claws on both her hands and feet that symbolized ________ .
sacrificial death
Which of the following describes the literati?
scholar-artists
Micronesian art relates to ________ .
seafaring
Which of the following describes Australian Aboriginal art?
small and portable
In addition to a high cross, Cortés proposed to place a ________ in the Temple of Huitzilopochtli?
statue of the virgin
Which of the following describes the Iatmul men's house?
symbolizes protective ancestors
The Ming designed Beijing as which of the following?
three nested wall cities
How long did the conquest of the Aztec Empire take?
two years
The imperial palace compound was named the Forbidden City because it was ________ .
very restricted
The acquisition of power by Marquesan chiefs was usually the result of ________ .
warfare