Question 1

How did these images represent their cultures?

Accepted Answer

Canoe prow ornament, Caroline Islands an

Question 2

Colonization of the Pacific Islands reached its zenith during which century?

Accepted Answer

A)  20th century 
B)  16th century 
C)  19th century 
D)  18th century 
A)  20th century 
B)  16th century 
C)  19th century 
D)  18th century

Question 3

What does an Asmat bisj pole represent?

Accepted Answer

An Asmat bisj pole represents the ancest

Question 4

The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (pre-European contact) were which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Melanesia 
B)  Polynesia 
C)  Micronesia 
D)  Australia 
A)  Melanesia 
B)  Polynesia 
C)  Micronesia 
D)  Australia

Question 5

The concept of Dreamings is associated with the natives of which country?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Guinea 
B)  Australia 
C)  New Ireland 
D)  Irian Jaya 
E)  Polynesia 
A)  New Guinea 
B)  Australia 
C)  New Ireland 
D)  Irian Jaya 
E)  Polynesia

Question 6

Compare and contrast the Malanggan rites with the Asmat ancestor pole rites. Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

The Malanggan rites and the Asmat ancest

Question 7

In Asmat society personal energy and spiritual power can be acquired through which of the following activities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ceremonial rituals performed in the men's house 
B)  Wearing Tatanua masks 
C)  Yam cultivation 
D)  Headhunting 
A)  Ceremonial rituals performed in the men's house 
B)  Wearing Tatanua masks 
C)  Yam cultivation 
D)  Headhunting

Question 8

How does the yam of the Abelam people reflect Abelam identity?

Accepted Answer

The yam is the primary food source for t

Question 9

Contrast the art of tattoo as a symbol designating status and rank in the Polynesian groups of the Marquesas and the Maori. Use specific examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

The art of tattoo as a symbol of status

Question 10

How does the Hawaiian war god Kuka'ilimoku reflect the political and social environment of Hawaii?

Accepted Answer

The Hawaiian war god Kuka'ilimoku reflec

Question 11

The word tattoo is of what origin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polynesian 
B)  Melanesian 
C)  Micronesian 
D)  Australian 
A)  Polynesian 
B)  Melanesian 
C)  Micronesian 
D)  Australian

Question 12

The Trobriand Islanders show great skill in carving. Which of the following illustrates that skill?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canoes 
B)  Ceremonial men's houses 
C)  Yam masks 
D)  Door lintels 
A)  Canoes 
B)  Ceremonial men's houses 
C)  Yam masks 
D)  Door lintels

Question 13

Explain the concept of the life force in Oceanic cultures and how it affects the art forms. Use examples to support your essay.

Accepted Answer

The concept of the life force in Oceanic

Question 14

How do the feather cloaks of Hawaii reflect its hierarchical society?

Accepted Answer

The cloaks were created for men of rank.

Question 15

What does this feather head god have in common with the Hawaiian full-length wooden gods?

Accepted Answer

Head of Lono . Although very different i

Question 16

Which of the following also describes the relatively unstratified Melanesian groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Power is vested in groups of elder men. 
B)  Power is vested in groups of warriors. 
C)  Power is vested in hereditary leaders. 
D)  Power is vested in hereditary persons of rank. 
A)  Power is vested in groups of elder men. 
B)  Power is vested in groups of warriors. 
C)  Power is vested in hereditary leaders. 
D)  Power is vested in hereditary persons of rank.

Question 17

Malanggan rites are mortuary festivals. Which of the following explains the purpose of these rites?

Accepted Answer

A)  To facilitate the soul's transition from the world of the living to the realm of the dead 
B)  To celebrate the birth of the chief's first son 
C)  To facilitate the construction of the men's house 
D)  To facilitate the first hunt of the season 
A)  To facilitate the soul's transition from the world of the living to the realm of the dead 
B)  To celebrate the birth of the chief's first son 
C)  To facilitate the construction of the men's house 
D)  To facilitate the first hunt of the season

Question 18

How do these works identify their respective cultures?

Accepted Answer

Ancestor figure, male, East Alligator Ri

Question 19

How did the Iatmul men's house control the society?

Accepted Answer

Women and uninitiated boys were forbidde

Question 20

What is one possible explanation for the eradication of tattooing in Polynesia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Practice lost favor when metal needles were introduced 
B)  Designs became stale 
C)  Practice lost favor when European sailors wanted tattoos 
D)  Missionary zeal worked to eradicate tattooing 
A)  Practice lost favor when metal needles were introduced 
B)  Designs became stale 
C)  Practice lost favor when European sailors wanted tattoos 
D)  Missionary zeal worked to eradicate tattooing

How did these images represent their cultures?

Colonization of the Pacific Islands reached its zenith during which century?

What does an Asmat bisj pole represent?

The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (pre-European contact) were which of the following?

The concept of Dreamings is associated with the natives of which country?

Compare and contrast the Malanggan rites with the Asmat ancestor pole rites. Use examples to support your essay.

In Asmat society personal energy and spiritual power can be acquired through which of the following activities?

How does the yam of the Abelam people reflect Abelam identity?

Contrast the art of tattoo as a symbol designating status and rank in the Polynesian groups of the Marquesas and the Maori. Use specific examples to support your essay.

How does the Hawaiian war god Kuka'ilimoku reflect the political and social environment of Hawaii?

The word tattoo is of what origin?

The Trobriand Islanders show great skill in carving. Which of the following illustrates that skill?

Explain the concept of the life force in Oceanic cultures and how it affects the art forms. Use examples to support your essay.

How do the feather cloaks of Hawaii reflect its hierarchical society?

What does this feather head god have in common with the Hawaiian full-length wooden gods?

Which of the following also describes the relatively unstratified Melanesian groups?

Malanggan rites are mortuary festivals. Which of the following explains the purpose of these rites?

How do these works identify their respective cultures?

How did the Iatmul men's house control the society?

What is one possible explanation for the eradication of tattooing in Polynesia?

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Exam 36: Oceania Before 1980

How did these images represent their cultures?

Colonization of the Pacific Islands reached its zenith during which century?

What does an Asmat bisj pole represent?

The last islands of Oceania to be colonized (pre-European contact) were which of the following?

The concept of Dreamings is associated with the natives of which country?

Compare and contrast the Malanggan rites with the Asmat ancestor pole rites. Use examples to support your essay.

In Asmat society personal energy and spiritual power can be acquired through which of the following activities?

How does the yam of the Abelam people reflect Abelam identity?

Contrast the art of tattoo as a symbol designating status and rank in the Polynesian groups of the Marquesas and the Maori. Use specific examples to support your essay.

How does the Hawaiian war god Kuka'ilimoku reflect the political and social environment of Hawaii?

The word tattoo is of what origin?

The Trobriand Islanders show great skill in carving. Which of the following illustrates that skill?

Explain the concept of the life force in Oceanic cultures and how it affects the art forms. Use examples to support your essay.

How do the feather cloaks of Hawaii reflect its hierarchical society?

What does this feather head god have in common with the Hawaiian full-length wooden gods?

Which of the following also describes the relatively unstratified Melanesian groups?

Malanggan rites are mortuary festivals. Which of the following explains the purpose of these rites?

How do these works identify their respective cultures?

How did the Iatmul men's house control the society?

What is one possible explanation for the eradication of tattooing in Polynesia?

Late Medieval Italy

Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

The Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy

Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy

High Renaissance and Mannerism in Northern Europe and Spain

The Baroque in Italy and Spain

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism: Europe and America, 1870 to 1900

The Baroque in Northern Europe

Rococo to Neoclassicism: the 18th Century in Europe and America

Romanticism, Realism, Photography: Europe and America, 1800 to 1870

Modernism in Europe and America, 1900 to 1945

Modernism and Postmodernism in Europe and America, 1945 to 1980

Contemporary Art Worldwide

South and Southeast Asia, 1200 to 1980

China and Korea, 1279 to 1980

Japan, 1336 to 1980

Native Arts of the Americas, 1300 to 1980

Africa, 1800 to 1980

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