ARTH Final (Chpts 35, 36, 37)
The Pacific Islands were discovered by the Europeans in which century?
16th century
________ are agriculturists living in the hilly regions north of the Sepik River.
Abelam
________ were former practitioners of headhunting?
Abelam
A rich tradition of akua'ba is associated with which of the following groups?
Akan
Which of the following was the dominant culture of the American Southwest preceding the Europeans?
Ancestral Puebloan
The asye usu. or bush spirits. are part of the visual vocabulary of the ________ .
Baule
Which of the following has a strong earlier artistic tradition?
Benin
The rooster on the men's house, or bai, from Belau, in the Caroline Islands symbolizes the ________ .
Blellek
Satimbe masks represent all women in the ________ society.
Dogon
The togu na is associated with the ________ .
Dogon
________ had the most highly stratified social structure in the Pacific?
Hawaii
Who brought a contingent of Spanish explorers to Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
Who proposed the division of the Pacific into major regions?
Jules Dumont d'Urville
The nkisi n'kondi are power figures found in which of the following societies?
Kongo
Mwashamboy, Bwoom, and Ngady Amwaash are masks that can be found at ________ .
Kuba festivals
________ was a Plains art form that continued to flourish during the reservation years.
Ledger painting
________ was discovered in 1911.
Machu Picchu
In the ________ group, women control the use of the masks and dance with them.
Mende
Which of the following dominates Melanesia?
New Guinea
A transformation mask would be found in which area?
Northwest Coast
________ was a gifted Yoruba sculptor from the early 20th century.
Olowe of Ise
Which of the following was the last area to be settled by humans?
Polynesia
In which society do the men spend a great deal of time creating elaborate hairstyles?
Samburu
Poro society is associated with which of the following groups?
Senufo
The "Beautiful Lady" mask is associated with which of the following?
Senufo
The ________ caused a century of anarchy in central Mexico around 1200.
abandonment of Teotihuacan
What does the yam mask of the Abelam represent?
ancestors
What does the Maori meetinghouse represent?
ancestral figures
The moai of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) most likely depict ________ .
ancient chiefs
Typical Melanesian societies are ________ .
autocratic
Micronesian cultures frequently are ruled by ________ .
chieftains
Who can use the nkisi n'kondi?
consecrated priests
The Navajo sand, or dry, paintings are used in which ritual?
curing disease
Relic containers are made by which of the following groups of peoples?
fang
The masks of Mende Sowie represent ________ .
female spirits
Haida house frontal poles display ________ .
first ancestors
Which of the following describes the most recurrent Senufo mask theme?
geometricized features
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
A linguist's staff is carried by which of the following?
important counselor
Which of the following describes the Plains peoples?
nomadic
Those peoples conquered by the Inka had to wear ________ .
only their local dress
During the early 19th century, ranking women of Tonga made ________ .
painted and woven mats
The Inka wove bands of small squares of various repeated abstract designs into their garments; it is thought these represented ________ .
political meaning
Which of the following were preeminent in the art of writing?
post classic Maya
The Inka had an efficient and swift communication system that depended on ________ .
relay runners
The subject matter of the Borgia Codex is primarily ________ .
rituals
Coatlicue had great claws on both her hands and feet that symbolized ________ .
sacrificial death
Micronesian art relates to ________ .
sea fairing
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
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
Which of the following describes the Iatmul men's house?
symbolizes protective ancestors
In Benin iconography, wisdom, good judgment, and divine guidance for the kingdom are represented by ________ .
the head of the king
How long did the conquest of the Aztec Empire take?
two years
In Mende society, what does the turtle signify?
underwater home
The acquisition of power by Marquesan chiefs was usually the result of ________ .
warfare
Mende masks are worn by ________ .
women as teachers
