Oceana

2. Colonization of the Pacific Islands reached its zenith during which century?

19th century

23. Which date range have researchers assigned to the earliest Australian sites?

40,000 or more years

12. The Trobriand Islanders show great skill in carving. Which of the following illustrates that skill?

Canoes

14. The shell-like abstract patterns found on the men's ceremonial houses of Belau refer to which of the following?

The rooster

22. What is one possible explanation for the eradication of tattooing in Polynesia?

Missionary zeal worked to eradicate tattooing

34. Tatanua masks are part of the Malanggan mortuary ceremonies. Which of the following describes the function of tatanua masks?

They represent spirits of specific deceased people.

5. Aside from serving as instruments of communication, what other function did the Iatmul slit-gongs have?

They represented voices of the ancestral spirits.

20. Because of their social hierarchy, who historically owned art in Polynesia?

persons of noble or high religious background

37. The concept of Dreamings is associated with the natives of which country?

Australia

27. Storyboards (Belau) relate to which of the following?

Important events

26. The moai serve as silent sentinels on stone platforms, which were burial sites or were used for religious ceremonies. Based on this, which of the following would the moai depict?

Ancestral chiefs

25. Which of the following is a control mechanism used on Belau (Pelau) warning women to stay away from the ocean and the bai?

Blellek

6. In the Iatmul ceremonial men's house, the reenactment of the life and death cycle was performed in the second story of the house. Which of the following describes the reenactment?

Clan members enter and exit the second story

32. Figure carvings on a Maori meetinghouse represent which of the following?

Events

17. The ceremonial men's house of the Iatmul in Papua New Guinea is associated with which of the following?

Female ancestor

19. The Asmat have a rich visual vocabulary for symbols. They consider the female praying mantis to represent which the following meanings in their art?

Female power

11. Bisj poles serve as pledges to avenge a relative's death; many of the animal representations that decorate the poles are related to headhunting. Which of the following animals might be represented?

Flying fox

8. In Asmat society personal energy and spiritual power can be acquired through which of the following activities?

Headhunting

3. Which of the following groups would NOT allow women entry into the ceremonial men's house?

Iatmul, Papua New Guinea

24. The Maori meetinghouse is filled with ancestors who are a very potent force. Which of the following describes the conceptualization of the meetinghouse itself?

It is body of an ancestor.

38. Dynamic forms covered with intricate curvilinear designs are most typical of which of the following peoples?

Maori

36. The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (pre-European contact) were which of the following?

Marquesas Islands

15. In Oceanic societies, men derived political authority by excluding women from participating in rituals and certain object-making endeavors. Women were rarely allowed to produce images that had religious or spiritual powers or that conferred status on their users. Which of the following would account for this exclusion?

Men perceived the difference in the innate power of women.

31. Where is Arnhem Land?

Northern Australia

33. The word tattoo is of what origin?

POLYNESIAN

4. Women in Oceanic societies were active in creating which of the following?

Pottery

9. Which of the following also describes the relatively unstratified Melanesian groups?

Power is vested in groups of elder men.

16. The Dilukai figure found on the bai of Belau serves as a reminder to women to conduct themselves decorously. It also symbolizes another aspect of female power. Which of the following is that female power?

Protection

28. What is mana?

Spiritual power

29. For the Asmat headhunting was a way of maintaining a balance of which of the following?

Spiritual power

30. Malanggan rites are mortuary festivals. Which of the following explains the purpose of these rites?

To facilitate the soul's transition from the world of the living to the realm of the dead

1. How was information transmitted from one generation to the next in Pacific Island societies?

Verbally

21. Which of the following Polynesian groups is primarily responsible for the major art form of barkcloth weaving and decorating?

Women

13. Malanggan refers both to the festivals to honor the deceased and which of the following?

Yam masks

7. Abelam culture of Papua New Guinea revolves around which of the following?

Yams

35. The Hevehe cycle of the Elema from Papua New Guinea reinforces the cultural and economic relations and social structure of the community. Which of the following would be the dominant authority in the society?

elder males

10. The Asmat see the human body as a tree; the feet are the roots, and the arms are the branches. Based on this information, what would the human head symbolize?

fruit