Final Quiz American Art - Art Explora Academy

What is this?

A Codex A Mayan calendar A prophecy A personal diary

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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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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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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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For Andean civilisations, gold is …

A sacred metal. A means of payment. A symbol of fertility. So abundant that it is not precious.

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Which of these Mesoamerican civilisations is the oldest?

Olmec Maya Aztec Moche

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

North American. Scandinavian. South American. Mesoamerican.

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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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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 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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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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This colossal head is a vestige of which civilisation?

Olmec. Persia. Toltec. Teotihuacán.

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