Question 1

Which sailing route yielded a small cache of gold and initiated the expedition of Hernán Cortés to Mexico?

Accepted Answer

A)  Along the coast of Veracruz 
B)  Along the coast of Ixtapa 
C)  Along the coast of Yucatán 
D)  Along the coast of Tampico 
A)  Along the coast of Veracruz 
B)  Along the coast of Ixtapa 
C)  Along the coast of Yucatán 
D)  Along the coast of Tampico C

Question 2

What do the pipe, painted buffalo robe, bear-claw necklace, and feather decorations represent in Karl Bodmer's portrait entitled Two Ravens ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marital status 
B)  Clan history 
C)  Military accomplishments 
D)  Places lived 
A)  Marital status 
B)  Clan history 
C)  Military accomplishments 
D)  Places lived C

Question 3

The designs of Plains peoples' shield paintings were often based on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Family history 
B)  Regional legends 
C)  Personal religious visions 
D)  Local topography 
A)  Family history 
B)  Regional legends 
C)  Personal religious visions 
D)  Local topography C

Question 4

Who were the most skilled goldsmiths in Mesoamerica?

Accepted Answer

A)  Toltecs 
B)  Maya 
C)  Mixtecs 
D)  Aztecs 
A)  Toltecs 
B)  Maya 
C)  Mixtecs 
D)  Aztecs

Question 5

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What pervasive theme of art in the Americas is embodied by this Kwakwaka'wakw mask?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nature worship 
B)  Transformation 
C)  Success hunting 
D)  Ancestor worship 
A)  Nature worship 
B)  Transformation 
C)  Success hunting 
D)  Ancestor worship

Question 6

Which ephemeral art form, known to only a few practitioners and destroyed after each ceremony, accompanies some of the most sacred rituals of the Navajo?

Accepted Answer

A)  Woven rugs 
B)  Clay masks 
C)  Feather belts 
D)  Sand paintings 
A)  Woven rugs 
B)  Clay masks 
C)  Feather belts 
D)  Sand paintings

Question 7

The totemic emblems of Haida poles display information about what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nearby land 
B)  Mythology 
C)  Calendar 
D)  Clan groups 
A)  Nearby land 
B)  Mythology 
C)  Calendar 
D)  Clan groups

Question 8

Which of the following accounts for the relatively easy Spanish conquest of the fierce Aztec?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poor military training in the later years of the Aztec empire 
B)  Spaniards found allies among the peoples the Aztecs subjugated 
C)  Far-flung and scattered nature of Aztec military centers 
D)  Lack of awareness of the threat of Spanish incursion 
A)  Poor military training in the later years of the Aztec empire 
B)  Spaniards found allies among the peoples the Aztecs subjugated 
C)  Far-flung and scattered nature of Aztec military centers 
D)  Lack of awareness of the threat of Spanish incursion

Question 9

How did the Inka convey information about social groups and social status?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gold jewelry 
B)  Body tattoos 
C)  Textile patterns 
D)  Hairstyles 
A)  Gold jewelry 
B)  Body tattoos 
C)  Textile patterns 
D)  Hairstyles

Question 10

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This colossal Aztec statue depicts which goddess?

Accepted Answer

A)  Coyolxauhqui 
B)  Coatlicue 
C)  Huitzilopochtli 
D)  Mictlantecuhtli 
A)  Coyolxauhqui 
B)  Coatlicue 
C)  Huitzilopochtli 
D)  Mictlantecuhtli

Question 11

Who are the descendants of the nomadic hunters who arrived in the Southwest from northwestern Canada sometime between 1200 and 1500?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hopi 
B)  Shawnee 
C)  Apache 
D)  Cheyenne 
A)  Hopi 
B)  Shawnee 
C)  Apache 
D)  Cheyenne

Question 12

Why is Machu Picchu of great archaeological importance?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was excavated following its discovery in the late 1800s. 
B)  Its extensive written records detailed the city's Inka history. 
C)  The site had been left undisturbed since Inka times. 
D)  The history of its conquest detailed its importance to the Inka. 
A)  It was excavated following its discovery in the late 1800s. 
B)  Its extensive written records detailed the city's Inka history. 
C)  The site had been left undisturbed since Inka times. 
D)  The history of its conquest detailed its importance to the Inka.

Question 13

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Which Native American artist is responsible for this re-creation on Queen Charlotte Island of a Haida village and its totem poles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Julian Scott 
B)  Jaune Quick-to-See Smith 
C)  Karl Bodmer 
D)  Bill Reid 
A)  Julian Scott 
B)  Jaune Quick-to-See Smith 
C)  Karl Bodmer 
D)  Bill Reid

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT an art form practiced by Native American women of North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Woodlands animal-skin decorators 
B)  Pueblos ceramic artists 
C)  Navajo weavers 
D)  Hopi weavers 
A)  Woodlands animal-skin decorators 
B)  Pueblos ceramic artists 
C)  Navajo weavers 
D)  Hopi weavers

Question 15

What is the interpretation of the murder of Coyolxauhqui by her brother Huitzilopochtli?

Accepted Answer

A)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the god of war 
B)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph over the forces of the Maya 
C)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the sun over the moon 
D)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the sole god of the Aztecs 
A)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the god of war 
B)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph over the forces of the Maya 
C)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the sun over the moon 
D)  Huitzilopochtli's triumph as the sole god of the Aztecs

Question 16

What was the physical form of the khipu , the device used by the Inka to maintain accurate accounting records?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cords with colored beads 
B)  Colored cords with knots 
C)  Leather and colored beads 
D)  Wood and stone markers 
A)  Cords with colored beads 
B)  Colored cords with knots 
C)  Leather and colored beads 
D)  Wood and stone markers

Question 17

The arts of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America are expressions not only of spiritual beliefs but also of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Economic policy 
B)  Social status 
C)  Dream interpretation 
D)  Dynastic history 
A)  Economic policy 
B)  Social status 
C)  Dream interpretation 
D)  Dynastic history

Question 18

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In what area of North America did this warrior live?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northwest Coast 
B)  Woodlands 
C)  Great Plains 
D)  Southwest 
A)  Northwest Coast 
B)  Woodlands 
C)  Great Plains 
D)  Southwest

Question 19

Tenochtitlán is laid out on a grid plan that is reminiscent of which earlier culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Olmec 
B)  Maya 
C)  Teotihuacán 
D)  Tula 
A)  Olmec 
B)  Maya 
C)  Teotihuacán 
D)  Tula

Question 20

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In Southwestern art, what is the Hopi name for spirits personifying ancestors and natural elements such as mountains and rivers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Koshare 
B)  Corn Maiden 
C)  Katsina 
D)  Mudhead 
A)  Koshare 
B)  Corn Maiden 
C)  Katsina 
D)  Mudhead

Exam 36: Native American Cultures, 1300 to 1980

Which sailing route yielded a small cache of gold and initiated the expedition of Hernán Cortés to Mexico?

What do the pipe, painted buffalo robe, bear-claw necklace, and feather decorations represent in Karl Bodmer's portrait entitled Two Ravens ?

The designs of Plains peoples' shield paintings were often based on which of the following?

Who were the most skilled goldsmiths in Mesoamerica?

​ What pervasive theme of art in the Americas is embodied by this Kwakwaka'wakw mask?

Which ephemeral art form, known to only a few practitioners and destroyed after each ceremony, accompanies some of the most sacred rituals of the Navajo?

The totemic emblems of Haida poles display information about what?

Which of the following accounts for the relatively easy Spanish conquest of the fierce Aztec?

How did the Inka convey information about social groups and social status?

​ This colossal Aztec statue depicts which goddess?

Who are the descendants of the nomadic hunters who arrived in the Southwest from northwestern Canada sometime between 1200 and 1500?

Why is Machu Picchu of great archaeological importance?

​ Which Native American artist is responsible for this re-creation on Queen Charlotte Island of a Haida village and its totem poles?

Which of the following is NOT an art form practiced by Native American women of North America?

What is the interpretation of the murder of Coyolxauhqui by her brother Huitzilopochtli?

What was the physical form of the khipu , the device used by the Inka to maintain accurate accounting records?

The arts of the Northwest Coast Indians of North America are expressions not only of spiritual beliefs but also of what?

​ In what area of North America did this warrior live?

Tenochtitlán is laid out on a grid plan that is reminiscent of which earlier culture?

​ In Southwestern art, what is the Hopi name for spirits personifying ancestors and natural elements such as mountains and rivers?

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What pervasive theme of art in the Americas is embodied by this Kwakwaka'wakw mask?

This colossal Aztec statue depicts which goddess?

Which Native American artist is responsible for this re-creation on Queen Charlotte Island of a Haida village and its totem poles?

In what area of North America did this warrior live?

In Southwestern art, what is the Hopi name for spirits personifying ancestors and natural elements such as mountains and rivers?