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By around what date had human culture spread to the southern tip of South America? |
| | A) | the 3rd millennium B.C. |
| | B) | 9000 B.C. |
| | C) | 4000 B.C. |
| | D) | the 5th millennium B.C. |
| | E) | 8000 B.C. |
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Mesoamerican culture has been divided into |
| | A) | Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic |
| | B) | Early Classic, Middle Classic, and Late Classic |
| | C) | Preclassic, Middle Classic, and Postclassic |
| | D) | Early Classic, Classic, and Postclassic |
| | E) | Preclassic, Early Classic, and Classic |
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3 | |
Which did not characterize Mesoamerican religions? |
| | A) | they were polytheistic |
| | B) | they practiced human sacrifice |
| | C) | they required bloodletting |
| | D) | they played a ritual ball game |
| | E) | they buried their dead in pyramids |
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Which is not true of the Olmec Seated Jaguar found in San Lorenzo? |
| | A) | it is early Preclassic |
| | B) | it is made of basalt |
| | C) | it is composed of block-like forms |
| | D) | it has human hands and feet, but catlike posture |
| | E) | it dates to around 1200 to 900 B.C. |
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The monumental Olmec heads probably represented |
| | A) | rulers |
| | B) | gods |
| | C) | goddesses |
| | D) | decapitated enemies |
| | E) | foreigners |
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6 | |
The name Teotihuacán is |
| | A) | Inka |
| | B) | Olmec |
| | C) | Aztec |
| | D) | Chicanel |
| | E) | Mayan |
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In the talud-tablero style, |
| | A) | the talud is the framed vertical element over the tablero |
| | B) | the talud is cantilevered |
| | C) | the tablero is over the sloping talud |
| | D) | the structure is post and lintel |
| | E) | the structure is load-bearing |
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8 | |
Quetzalcoatl refers to |
| | A) | Tlaloc |
| | B) | the Feathered Serpent |
| | C) | the Aztec sky god |
| | D) | the rain god |
| | E) | the Monkey god |
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Which is not true of the Maya calendar? |
| | A) | it has a 260-day count |
| | B) | it has a cycle of 365 days per year |
| | C) | it is the same as the "long count" |
| | D) | it was developed in Late Preclassic |
| | E) | it is 52 years |
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10 | |
The Leiden Plate is |
| | A) | a dish in Holland |
| | B) | a sculpture-in-the-round |
| | C) | a depiction of the Maya calendar |
| | D) | a jade plaque |
| | E) | a Dutch jade disk |
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11 | |
The Popul Vuh is |
| | A) | a Maya god |
| | B) | a Maya epic |
| | C) | a Maya ball-game |
| | D) | a Maya ritual |
| | E) | an Aztec epic |
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Which is not a Maya god? |
| | A) | Ix Chel |
| | B) | Quiche Maya |
| | C) | Itzamna |
| | D) | Tlaloc |
| | E) | Hunabku |
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Which is a Classic Maya site? |
| | A) | Copán |
| | B) | Teotihuacán |
| | C) | San Lorenzo |
| | D) | Chichén Itzá |
| | E) | Machu Picchu |
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Which is not found in Temple I at Tikal? |
| | A) | staircase |
| | B) | corbelling |
| | C) | a roof comb |
| | D) | Au Cacao's tomb |
| | E) | a portico |
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Which is not true of the Bonampak murals? |
| | A) | they show evidence of human sacrifice |
| | B) | they are heavily restored |
| | C) | they date to the late 5th century |
| | D) | the king wears a jaguar-skin jacket |
| | E) | they are Classic Maya |
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16 | |
The Chacmool refers to |
| | A) | a Maya temple |
| | B) | a Postclassic sculpture |
| | C) | an Olmec god |
| | D) | a Classic ruler |
| | E) | a Maya god |
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17 | |
Which is not an Andean site? |
| | A) | Chavín |
| | B) | Tiwanaku |
| | C) | Tikal |
| | D) | Paracas |
| | E) | Nazca |
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18 | |
Which is true of Machu Picchu? |
| | A) | it is an Aztec monument |
| | B) | it is an Inka monument |
| | C) | it is in Chavín |
| | D) | it is made of mud-brick architecture |
| | E) | it is Maya |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education