AP art americas
Art from South America studied in this chapter is known as
Andean
The Aztecs established a powerful empire around________ years after Teotihuacan, along with its Temple of the Feathered Serpent, had been abandoned.
800
Embroidery can only be used to create basic outlines on textiles. It would not be used, for example, to make intricate details or animal figures.
False
The arts of the Paracas and the Chavín bear no relation to each other in terms of either style or content.
False
Wo-Haw was a member of the ________ people.
Kiowa
Chavín art commonly features animals with spiritual connections.
True
The Moche earspool from Sipán was found in
a royal tomb
The Raimondi Stela is
a stone monument
Cliff dwellings, like those built by the Anasazi in Mesa Verde, were constructed using which materials available in the area?
adobe, timber, and stone
The Mandan robe painted with a depiction of a battle with the Sioux in 1797 (3.98) functioned only as a piece of clothing to keep the owner warm.
false
The enormous relief carving of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauqui, found beneath the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, shows a mythical event and has nothing to do with the sacrificial ritual that occurred at the temple
false
The only people ever sacrificed by the Aztecs were prisoners captured during war.
false
The writing system developed by the Maya is known as ________.
hieroglyphs
The collection of individual patterns on the Inca ruler's tunic ________.
indicates the conquest of all possible ethnicities
The enormous relief carving of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauqui found beneath the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, shows her ________.
with her arms and legs severed from her body*
The medium of the Eagle Transformation Mask is
wood, feathers, and rope
Some of the oldest human-made objects found in the Americas are
Clovis points
In 1940 Matthew and Marion Stirling found ________ at the site of ________.
Olmec colossal heads . . . La Venta
The Pyramid of the Sun is found at ________.
Teotihuacan
The Kwakiutl late-nineteenth-century Eagle Transformation Mask (3.100) was opened and closed during performances to ________.
all of the previous answers
The Mesoamerican ballgame was played for the purpose of ________.
all of the previous answers
We know about cultures from the ancient Americas through
all of the previous answers
This creature seems to have possessed special significance in Machu Picchu, and is depicted throughout the site.
condor
Contour rivalry refers to
designs in which lines describe more than one thing at the same time
The ________ in Wo-haw's self-portrait show the presence of European settlers on the Plains Indians of North America.
domesticated bull and cultivated fields
Details of the ballgame shown on the Maya cylindrical vessel include ________.
equipment and protective gear
A mural at the Maya city of Bonampak depicts its ruler Chaan Muan punishing his captives by deciding to imprison them for life.
false
Olmec heads were easily found at La Venta because they were still on prominent display, exactly as the Olmec had left them.
false
Gold was important to the Moche culture because
it was associated with the sun's energy and power
Which of these materials was not used to make the Andean llama figurine?
lapis lazuli
The Inca made figurines of ________ because they wanted to celebrate the role these creatures played in textile manufacture.
llamas
The depiction of a battle with the Sioux in 1797 painted on a Mandan robe was created using
mineral pigments
In the Andes, textiles were considered ________ gold and silver.
more valuable than
Ceremonies including ________ took place at the top of Aztec pyramids.
sacrifices where victims' hearts were extracted
________ were symbolically important to textile manufacture and served as an inspiration for an Inca creation myth.
spiders
The Pyramid of the Sun is a ________.
stepped pyramid
The colossal sculpture of the Aztec mother goddess Coatlicue is made of ________.
stone
The designs on the colossal sculpture of the Aztec mother goddess Coatlicue are ________.
symmetrical
Machu Picchu was built for
the Inca ruler Pachacuti
Paracas textiles have been preserved because
the climate in Peru is very dry
Mesoamerican art was made in ________.
the region of modern-day Mexico and Central America
Many examples of indigenous art from the southwest U.S. come from the four-corners area, the place where
the states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico meet
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________were portable dwellings made by Plains Indians.
tipis
Anasazi cliff dwellings were built to take advantage of sun and shade in order to provide temperature control in different seasons.
true
Aztec civilization came after the Olmec, Teotihuacano, and Maya societies.
true