Final Quiz American Art - Art Explora Academy

What is this?

A Codex A Mayan calendar A prophecy A personal diary

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Which god, shown here, was particularly revered in Teotihuacan?

Huitzilopochtli Tlaloc Quetzalcóatl Thor

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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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Pre-hispanic societies consider that death is …

The culmination of existence. A divine punishment. The end of everything. Necessary for creating life.

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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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When did the Europeans arrived in America?

In 1429 At the end of the 15th century At the beginning of the 14th century In 1294

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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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In Western Canadian cultures, the totem is …

A taboo. A sort of ensign for the chiefs. A means of payment. An animal spirit.

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Pyramids are found in …

Most of the pre-hispanic civilisations. Only the Inca civilisation. Only the Maya civilisation. Only Egyptian civilisation.

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

La Venta. La Maya. Teotihuacán. Tenochtitlan.

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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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