Question 1

What was the goal of the Spanish in approaching the New World?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish had multiple goals in approa

Question 2

__________ explorers first arrived in the Americas in 1519.

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese 
B)  African 
C)  European 
D)  Chinese 
A)  Japanese 
B)  African 
C)  European 
D)  Chinese

Question 3

_______ paintings are meant to be destroyed by nightfall on the day in which they are made.

Accepted Answer

A)  Water 
B)  Sand 
C)  Granite 
D)  Grass 
A)  Water 
B)  Sand 
C)  Granite 
D)  Grass

Question 4

Why has the divide between craft and art persisted in the art of indigenous peoples?

Accepted Answer

The divide between craft and art in the

Question 5

Woodlands art focused on personal adornment and fragile arts such as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  altars 
B)  games 
C)  quillwork 
D)  sculpture 
A)  altars 
B)  games 
C)  quillwork 
D)  sculpture

Question 6

What is sand painting?

Accepted Answer

Sand painting, also known as dry paintin

Question 7

Aztec art was definitely __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ashen 
B)  colorful 
C)  dull 
D)  minimal 
A)  ashen 
B)  colorful 
C)  dull 
D)  minimal

Question 8

How does the National Museum of the American Indian convey Native American ideals in its design?

Accepted Answer

A)  The entrance on the east side is similar to prairie tipis. 
B)  The surrounding landscape symbolizes the Native relationship to the environment. 
C)  A stained glass Sun Marker creates a dagger of light in the atrium. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  The entrance on the east side is similar to prairie tipis. 
B)  The surrounding landscape symbolizes the Native relationship to the environment. 
C)  A stained glass Sun Marker creates a dagger of light in the atrium. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 9

Some of the finest Hamatsa masks are the work of Willie __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Martinez 
B)  Smith 
C)  Seaweed 
D)  Algae 
A)  Martinez 
B)  Smith 
C)  Seaweed 
D)  Algae

Question 10

The Pueblo artist Maria Montoya Martinez is known for the distinctive _________ceramic style she developed with her husband in the early twentieth century .

Accepted Answer

A)  stoneware 
B)  whiteware 
C)  roundware 
D)  blackware 
A)  stoneware 
B)  whiteware 
C)  roundware 
D)  blackware

Question 11

Why did Northwest Coast people live in communal houses?

Accepted Answer

The Northwest Coast people, who lived in

Question 12

How did Native Americans use basketry?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans have a long and rich tr

Question 13

Decorative beadwork did not become commonplace until after __________ contact.

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese 
B)  Japanese 
C)  Russian 
D)  European 
A)  Chinese 
B)  Japanese 
C)  Russian 
D)  European

Question 14

__________ is the people-eating spirit of the north.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kwatee 
B)  Hamatsa 
C)  Wendego 
D)  Sedna 
A)  Kwatee 
B)  Hamatsa 
C)  Wendego 
D)  Sedna

Question 15

Which was considered "women's art" until the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pueblo pottery production 
B)  Chilkat Tlingit blanket weaving 
C)  Navajo sand painting 
D)  belts and strings made from wampum 
A)  Pueblo pottery production 
B)  Chilkat Tlingit blanket weaving 
C)  Navajo sand painting 
D)  belts and strings made from wampum

Question 16

What are the four sacred plants?

Accepted Answer

The four sacred plants hold significant

Question 17

Early __________ mimicked the patterns and colors of quillwork.

Accepted Answer

A)  beadwork 
B)  corbelling 
C)  gardens 
D)  tattoos 
A)  beadwork 
B)  corbelling 
C)  gardens 
D)  tattoos

Question 18

Which of the following was typically done by men in the Great Plains?

Accepted Answer

A)  basketry 
B)  painting on buffalo-hide 
C)  quillwork 
D)  all of the above 
A)  basketry 
B)  painting on buffalo-hide 
C)  quillwork 
D)  all of the above

Question 19

How are Hamatsa masks of the Northwestern Kwakwaka'wakw culture traditionally used?

Accepted Answer

A)  They hang on a dividing screen in the tribe's great house. 
B)  They sit on a "spirit altar" during ritual ceremonies. 
C)  They are worn in ritual dances. 
D)  They act as guardians outside the entrance of buildings. 
A)  They hang on a dividing screen in the tribe's great house. 
B)  They sit on a "spirit altar" during ritual ceremonies. 
C)  They are worn in ritual dances. 
D)  They act as guardians outside the entrance of buildings.

Question 20

What kinds of textiles had great prestige among the Northwest Coast people?

Accepted Answer

Among the Northwest Coast peoples, which

What was the goal of the Spanish in approaching the New World?

__________ explorers first arrived in the Americas in 1519.

_______ paintings are meant to be destroyed by nightfall on the day in which they are made.

Why has the divide between craft and art persisted in the art of indigenous peoples?

Woodlands art focused on personal adornment and fragile arts such as __________.

What is sand painting?

Aztec art was definitely __________.

How does the National Museum of the American Indian convey Native American ideals in its design?

Some of the finest Hamatsa masks are the work of Willie __________.

The Pueblo artist Maria Montoya Martinez is known for the distinctive _________ceramic style she developed with her husband in the early twentieth century .

Why did Northwest Coast people live in communal houses?

How did Native Americans use basketry?

Decorative beadwork did not become commonplace until after __________ contact.

__________ is the people-eating spirit of the north.

Which was considered "women's art" until the twentieth century?

What are the four sacred plants?

Early __________ mimicked the patterns and colors of quillwork.

Which of the following was typically done by men in the Great Plains?

How are Hamatsa masks of the Northwestern Kwakwaka'wakw culture traditionally used?

What kinds of textiles had great prestige among the Northwest Coast people?

Fourtheenth-Century Art in Europe

Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe

Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy

Sixteenth-century art in Italy

sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula

Seventeenth-Century art in Europe

art of south and southeast Asia after 1200

Chinese and Korean art after 1279

Japanese art after 1333

art of pacific cultures

art of Africa in the modern era

Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth century art in Europe and NORTH America

mid-to late nineteenth-century art in Europe and the united states

modern art in Europe and the Americas, 1900-1950

The international scene since 1950

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Exam 10: Art of the Americas after 1300

What was the goal of the Spanish in approaching the New World?

__________ explorers first arrived in the Americas in 1519.

_______ paintings are meant to be destroyed by nightfall on the day in which they are made.

Why has the divide between craft and art persisted in the art of indigenous peoples?

Woodlands art focused on personal adornment and fragile arts such as __________.

What is sand painting?

Aztec art was definitely __________.

How does the National Museum of the American Indian convey Native American ideals in its design?

Some of the finest Hamatsa masks are the work of Willie __________.

The Pueblo artist Maria Montoya Martinez is known for the distinctive _________ceramic style she developed with her husband in the early twentieth century .

Why did Northwest Coast people live in communal houses?

How did Native Americans use basketry?

Decorative beadwork did not become commonplace until after __________ contact.

__________ is the people-eating spirit of the north.

Which was considered "women's art" until the twentieth century?

What are the four sacred plants?

Early __________ mimicked the patterns and colors of quillwork.

Which of the following was typically done by men in the Great Plains?

How are Hamatsa masks of the Northwestern Kwakwaka'wakw culture traditionally used?

What kinds of textiles had great prestige among the Northwest Coast people?

Fourtheenth-Century Art in Europe

Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe

Renaissance art in fifteenth-century Italy

Sixteenth-century art in Italy

sixteenth-century art in northern Europe and the Iberian peninsula

Seventeenth-Century art in Europe

art of south and southeast Asia after 1200

Chinese and Korean art after 1279

Japanese art after 1333

art of pacific cultures

art of Africa in the modern era

Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth century art in Europe and NORTH America

mid-to late nineteenth-century art in Europe and the united states

modern art in Europe and the Americas, 1900-1950

The international scene since 1950

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