Final Quiz American Art - Art Explora Academy

Amongst the Paracas, the dead are buried …

In funerary fardos. Alive. In 11 layers of manto. Once they are covered with bandages.

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The Anasazis, Crees, Inuit and Sioux are … people groups.

North American. Scandinavian. South American. Mesoamerican.

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Inca civilisation emerged …

Around 1200 BC. Around 1200 AD. Before the Chavin civilisation. When the Europeans arrived

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In pre-Columbian civilisations, human sacrifice is …

Useful for satisfying barbarian appetites. Important, because it helps to preserve the cycle of life. Forbidden. Essential to regulate the population.

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What were the pyramids used for during the pre-Columbian cultures?

Look-out posts To bury members of high society Tombs, temples, homes for the gods, etc. Only for human sacrifices

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The Aztec capital, located on the site of today’s Mexico, was ………

La Venta. La Maya. Teotihuacán. Tenochtitlan.

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What does the green colour of this Maya death mask symbolise?

Hope Nature’s fertility The god of the forests Rest

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Which Inca building technique is this?

Simply piling up Cusco mortar Embedded stones Interlocking stones

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Which gold-filled Inca site was the subject of particular attention in the Spanish conquerors’ writings?

Teotihuacan's pyramid The Machu Picchu The Coricancha The Santo Domingo convent.

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In the Westerns of the 1950s, American Indians are…

Shown as the colonisers’ victims. The heroes. Represented highly realistically. Represented in a stereotypical way.

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In which pre-hispanic civilisations was human sacrifice practised?

The Paraca and Nazca cultures. Most of them. None. It was totally taboo. Only the Maya culture.

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Name the parent civilisation of the Andean region.

The Aztecs The Teotihuacán civilisation The Olmecs The Chavin people

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