CHAPTER 9—NATIVE ARTS OF THE AMERICAS after 1300 MULTIPLE CHOICE

Plains peoples' shield paintings were often based on which of the following?

personal religious visions

The arts of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America are expressions not only of spiritual beliefs but also of

social status

Which of the following would account for the success of the Inka to control their empire?

superb system of roads

37. The ancient art of creating quilled, beaded, and painted clothing has evolved into elaborate costumes today for which of the following ceremonies?

Competitive dances called powwows

Haida house frontal poles displaying totemic emblems express which of the following ideas?

Family history

9. Many of the Spaniards who first saw Tenochtitlán likened it to which of the following European cities?

Venice

In the myth of Coyolxauhqui, sister of Huitzilopochtli, her brother murders her. What is the significance of her murder?

Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the sun over the moon

Who were the supreme masters of shaping and fitting stones for architecture in South America?

Inca

A prime example of dry-joining masonry (masonry without mortar) is found in which of the following?

Inca temple of the sun at Cuzco

The Northwest Coast Indians had a rich and reliable environment. They developed a large and varied repertory of symbols and objects. Which of the following also developed as a result of this environment?

A class of professional artists

When can humans join the Katsina world?

After death

Which of the following stops provided a small but impressive cache of gold and initiated the expedition of Hernán Cortés to Mexico?

Along the coast of Yucatán

Which of the following are the descendants of the nomadic hunters who arrived in the Southwest from northwestern Canada sometime between 1200 and 1500?

Apache

Who called themselves Mexica?

Aztecs

What totemic emblems do Haida poles display?

Clan groups

Which of the following masks would be used during the Kwakwaka'wakw winter ceremonial season?

Transformation mask

Navajo sand paintings, or dry paintings, are used in sacred ceremonies and destroyed at the ceremony's conclusion. Prototypes are passed from artist to artist and must be strictly followed because mistakes can render the ceremony ineffective. Based on this information, which of the following would describe sand, or dry, painting?

It has a highly stylized style.

The placement of the relief of Coyolxauhqui was critical not only to Aztec religious observances but also to the political persona of the empire. Which of the following was the location of the relief?

It was placed at the bottom of Great Temple's stairs.

Before European contact the most dominant culture in the American Southwest was the Anasazi. Their descendants painted murals on their interior pueblo walls associated with agriculture. Which of the following would be an important element in this visual lexicon?

Lightning

Which of the following Postclassic groups was considered preeminent in the art of writing?

Maya

Who were the most skilled goldsmiths in Mesoamerica?

Mixtecs

Which of the groups was least prominent during the Postclassical period?

Olmecs

Which of the following animals represented Inka royal power in art?

Puma

The feathered serpent is one guise for which Mesoamerican deity?

Quetzalcóatl

The Yupik Eskimo have a rich ceremonial tradition based on which of the following animals?

Seals

The Inka were a relatively small highland group in the year 1000, but by the 1400s they ruled an empire that extended for more than 3,000 miles. Which of the following would account for this rise to power?

Skillful organizational and administrative control

The Aztecs were deemed fierce in war and cruel in peace. They practiced human sacrifice on a greater scale than any previous groups. The Spaniards quickly conquered them. Which of the following would account for this relatively easy conquest?

Spaniards found allies among the peoples the Aztecs subjugated

Tenochtitlán is laid out on a grid plan that is reminiscent of which earlier culture?

Teotihuacán

Which of the following cities had become a pilgrimage site for the Aztecs?

Teotihuacán

The Inka imposed not only political and economic controls over the conquered populations but also artistic control as well. Which of the following was an example of their artistic control?

The conquered had to wear local dress at all times

Coatlicue is the mother of the gods according to Aztec mythology. She is at once savage and awful, and all her attributes symbolize sacrificial death. Which of the following would be one of those attributes?

The excised human hearts she wears as a necklace

The depiction of Quetzalcoatl and Mictlantecuhtli seen in the Borgia Codex illustrates which of the following themes?

The inevitable relationship of life and death

The Northwest Coast Indians used masks for which of the following types of ceremonies?

healing rituals

Which of the following groups uses the unique combination of male designer and female weaver?

inuit

Why is Machu Picchu of great archaeological importance?

it was undisturbed since Inca time.

When confined to the reservations, Plains Indians took to recording their past exploits and history. They also recorded their reactions to their new surroundings often far from their places of birth. Which of the following would they use for this purpose of record-keeping?

ledgers

Who designs Chilkat blankets?

men

What do the pipe, painted buffalo robe, bear-claw necklace, and feather decorations represent in Karl Bodmer's portrait entitled Two Ravens?

military accomplishments

19. The Navajo learned how to weave in the 17th century. They transformed their blankets into rugs to meet the tourist demands that the railroads brought to the Southwest in the late 1800s. They mastered a wide variety of designs and used their own sand painting designs as well. Which of the following would allow the incorporation of sand painting design into the weaving design?

the sand painting designs were altered, which allowed their use

The relief of Coyolxauhqui discovered in 1979 had been hidden from the Spaniards as a result of which of the following?

was placed in the outermost shell of the Great Temple, which concealed the relief.