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Masks and masking played important roles in some Indian cultures. The Kwakiutl mask called Crooked Beak |
| | A) | is a symbol for victory in war and games. |
| | B) | is one of the guardians of the stars. |
| | C) | appears in monthly dance rituals curing the sick. |
| | D) | brings abundance in the coming harvest. |
| | E) | is one of four monstrous beings who eat human flesh. |
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One similarity between the feather cloaks of Hawaii and the meetinghouses of the Maori people of New Zealand is that |
| | A) | both embody ideas about the order of society and the protective powers of the gods. |
| | B) | both represent human control over natural forces. |
| | C) | both deny the existence of an afterlife. |
| | D) | both commemorate important war victories. |
| | E) | both are used exclusively by women. |
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In the tumbaga pendant depicting a ruler, birds unfold like wings on either side of his head, representing |
| | A) | the belief that rulers could fly. |
| | B) | this ruler's identification with caged birds. |
| | C) | spirit alter egos that give access to the other world. |
| | D) | conflicts in the Tairona culture that eventually led to its ruin. |
| | E) | religious ecstasy achieved though the use of hallucinogen |
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The Aborigines of Australia |
| | A) | arrived by sea as early as 50,000 years ago from Southeast Asia. |
| | B) | crossed a land bridge from New Zealand 3,000 years ago. |
| | C) | no longer exist. |
| | D) | have returned to Malaysia and Indonesia. |
| | E) | developed large urban centers. |
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One Mesoamerican culture is often called the "mother culture," because it seemed to have institutionalized the features that mark later civilizations in the region. Which culture does this term refer to? |
| | A) | the Inca |
| | B) | the Olmec |
| | C) | the Maya |
| | D) | the Aztec |
| | E) | the Moche |
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The Tairona ornament made of tumbaga was fashioned using the technique of |
| | A) | stone carving. |
| | B) | lost-wax casting. |
| | C) | wood carving. |
| | D) | clay coiling. |
| | E) | basket weaving. |
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In the Tolai spirit society known as duk duk, the duk duk are |
| | A) | animal spirits that cause mischief. |
| | B) | female spirits who have lost children. |
| | C) | evil spirits that hinder progress to the afterlife. |
| | D) | male spirits who punish lawbreakers. |
| | E) | apathetic spirits of forces in nature. |
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Although no one know for certain how long people have lives in the Americas, the earliest known evidence points to human habitations from about |
| | A) | 1,000 years ago |
| | B) | 11,000 years ago |
| | C) | 110,000 years ago |
| | D) | 1,000 centuries ago |
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The monumental sculptures of Easter Island |
| | A) | are explained in detail in stone tablets inset in the base of each figure. |
| | B) | were carved from the trunks of giant trees brought to the island on barges. |
| | C) | depict the animal gods of an ancient cosmology. |
| | D) | were carved from volcanic stone in the island's mountains. |
| | E) | were arranged in circles facing inward, perhaps representing a gathering of rulers |
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Many Mimbres ceramics recovered from graves have been shattered or pierced. This may represent |
| | A) | a low level of craftsmanship. |
| | B) | the breaking of the vessel of the human body in death. |
| | C) | the works of art that were rejected by the artist. |
| | D) | the strength or ferocity of the deceased. |
| | E) | the less-than-honorable circumstances of the death. |
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The ability to decipher Mayan writing has shifted our understanding of Mayan art. Whereas scholars previously believed Mayan art's purpose was to ________, they now believe it to have been ___________. |
| | A) | depict historic images / purely concerned with beauty. |
| | B) | display dream imagery and monsters / focused upon the everyday life of ordinary people. |
| | C) | present stories of the gods / almost entirely concerned with history. |
| | D) | celebrate the glories of rulers of the past / a symbolic representation of a complex legal system. |
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Where are the Tolai people from? |
| | A) | Melanesia |
| | B) | Australia |
| | C) | the Easter Islands |
| | D) | South America |
| | E) | North America |
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The Yucatán Peninsula was home to the civilization of the Maya. All but one of the following have been acknowledged as accomplishments of the Mayan culture: |
| | A) | an advanced writing system |
| | B) | astronomy |
| | C) | oil painting |
| | D) | biology |
| | E) | the mathematical concept of zero |
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The use of gold in the Americas was |
| | A) | first developed in Peru. |
| | B) | confined to Central America and Mesoamerica. |
| | C) | introduced by the Spanish conquistadors. |
| | D) | mainly in the form of coins. |
| | E) | nonexistent until modern times. |
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A kiva is a large, underground ceremonial chamber of the ___________ people. |
| | A) | Anasazi |
| | B) | Moche |
| | C) | Crow |
| | D) | Tairona |
| | E) | Maori |
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The term pre-Columbian is currently less accepted to describe cultures in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus because |
| | A) | recent historical discoveries indicate that Columbus was never in the "new world." |
| | B) | some of the cultures referred to by this term continued after Columbus's arrival. |
| | C) | the cultures did not think of themselves as coming "before" anything. |
| | D) | the actual time of the arrival of Columbus is disputed. |
| | E) | other descendants of the cultures prefer to be identified by the names of other conquerors. |
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Where did the Lakota live? |
| | A) | Melanesia |
| | B) | Australia |
| | C) | the Easter Islands |
| | D) | South America |
| | E) | North America |
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One god in the Aztec pantheon was Quetzalcoatl, who played an important role in the survival of this culture by |
| | A) | building the city of Teotihuacán. |
| | B) | communicating to leaders through animal spirits. |
| | C) | facilitating the domestication of animals. |
| | D) | bringing rain and water through windstorms. |
| | E) | protecting the Aztec people from other, less friendly gods. |
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Several cultures are known collectively as the "mound builders." The most famous of the mounds still visible is |
| | A) | Spiral Jetty. |
| | B) | the Serpent Mound. |
| | C) | the Crouching Dog Mound. |
| | D) | the Pyramid of the Sun. |
| | E) | the Mound of Venus. |
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The Moche of South America left a substantial record of art that includes |
| | A) | rice-paper scrolls depicting court scenes. |
| | B) | hundreds of huge stone sculptures commonly depicting fierce owls. |
| | C) | intricately painted ornamental eggs. |
| | D) | a small temple with a completely gold-lined interior chamber. |
| | E) | tens of thousands of ceramic objects, often depicting kneeling warriors. |
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