PreColumbian Art History

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Which pre-Columbian civilization is known for having carved gigantic stone heads?

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Olmecs

Front

Which Mesoamerica civilization was conquered by the Spanish? Options: Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca

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Aztec

Front

Which of the following areas were not part of the PreColumbian area: South America, Central America, Mexico?

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North America

Front

An overlapping arrangement of stones with each layer projecting a bit beyond the row beneath it

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Corbeling

Front

Who lived in the the wattle and daub huts?

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Common people

Front

PreColumbian architecture was made of ________.

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Adobe

Front

The metal that represents the "sun"

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Gold

Front

What metal represents the "moon"?

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Silver

Front

A pit or furnace in which clay is fired into ceramics

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Kiln

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A clay and water combined with chemical oxides for color used as "paint" on the surfaces of clay work

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Slip