APAH: Indigenous Americas, South American & Mesoamerican Art

Ancient American art focuses on all of the following ecosystems except: 

• Andean Mountains
• Narrow Desert Coast
• Amazon Rainforest
• High Grasslands 

What materials are at the top of the hierarchy pyramid in Ancient American Art?

• ceramics & wood
• metalwork & bone
• feather-work & textiles
• green stones & obsidian

The City of Cusco was created in:

• 1400-1540 CE
• 1400-1553 CE
• 1440 CE
• 1450-1540 CE

Identify the correct functional order of Qorikanacha & The Saqsa Waman. 

• Catholic Church, fortress against Spanish, Inti Temple
• Inti Temple, Catholic Church, fortress against Spanish
• fortress against Spanish, Inti Temple, Catholic Church
• Inti Temple, fortress against Spanish, Catholic Church 

Silver & Gold Maize Cobs are significant for this reason:

• made from precious gold/silver alloys
• only 1/3 still exist today
• they represent a significant imperial food
• the inspired Pizarro to push colonization

The stone Walls of Saqsa Waman at Cusco exemplify Inka architectural conventions in that they:

• incorporate standardized stone blocks assembled in a lattice-like pattern
• employ complex vaulting techniques for the creation of spacious interiors
• consist of megalithic stone blocks joined without the use of mortar
• utilize buttresses to contain the lateral thrust of the reinforcing arches

Which Mexican civilization was best known for their enormous stone head carvings?

• Omec
• Teotihuacan
• Maya
• Toltec

All of the following is evidence that the City of Cusco was a religious center for the Inkan Empire EXCEPT:

•  the city is the shape of a puma with the temple complex as its head
• the main temple, Qorikancha, honored Inti the sun god
• after fasting, worships were required to enter barefoot with loads on their backs
• imperial taxes were paid either by gifting precious materials or engaging in manual labor

Ancient American Art clearly demonstrates a hierarchy of materials. Place these items in order, from least to most significant.

• wood, green stones, obsidian
• wood, metalwork, featherworks
• ceramics, textiles, bone
• textiles, metalwork, wood

Templo Mayor demonstrates larger trends in Mesoamerican art in all of the following ways except: 

• It continues the tradition of monumental temples
• It utilized the highest valued materials such as featherwork and stone
• It was renovated multiple times throughout history
• It contains brightly colored painted relief sculptures