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How is the architectural history of Mesoamerica divided?

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What do the motifs represent?

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_____ celebrates the important role of elite women.


A) ​Goddess, wall painting from the Tetitla apartment complex,
B) Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc​
C) ​Stele D portraying Ruler 13
D) Coyolzauhqui​

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The Toltec colossal _____ at Tula were meant to ward off hostile forces.


A) ​atlantids
B) colossal heads​
C) chacmool​
D) pyramids​

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The Woodland Adena culture of Ohio buried their elite with _____.


A) ​shields
B) funerary cloths​
C) pipes​
D) beads​

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_____ was one of the first Mayan sites excavated.


A) ​Tenochtitlán
B) La Venta​
C) Copán​
D) Chichén Itzá​

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Murals found in the prehistoric pueblos of the Southwest most often depicted which of the following?


A) ​Warriors and conquest
B) Royal court ceremonies​
C) Coming-of-age ceremonies​
D) Spirits associated with agricultural fertility​

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What advantages did the site at Cliff Palace offer the ancestral Puebloans?

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Cliff Palace, located in Mesa Verde Nati...

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Who is the main figure, and how is that figure portrayed? What symbolic elements are present?

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The rulers of these ancient civilizations asserted themselves through the monuments that they built and their images. Providing examples, identify the images that conveyed the power of the ruler.

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In ancient civilizations, rulers often a...

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What do the Rapa Nui moai possibly represent, and what was their function?

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The Rapa Nui moai, also known as Easter ...

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Which of the following has been proposed as the identity of the giant Olmec heads?


A) ​Priests of the Feathered-Serpent
B) Deities​
C) Maya overlords​
D) Tulers​

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The _____ created immense earth drawings.


A) ​Maya
B) Inka​
C) Nasca​
D) Aztecs​

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Contrast the empires of the Aztecs and the Inka. Consider the purpose and function of each. How did they use art and architecture to define themselves? Use examples to support your argument.

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The empires of the Aztecs and the Inka w...

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_____ are the colossal sculptures found Easter Island in Polynesia.


A) ​Moai
B) Kwakwaka'wakw​
C) Dreamings​
D) Katsina​

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Describe the components of the Great Temple at Tenochtitlán.

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The Great Temple at Tenochtitlán, also k...

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Describe the Oceanic concept of Malanggan.

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The Oceanic concept of Malanggan refers ...

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Who is portrayed, and what was his or her significance?

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What is the debate over the meaning of this?

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