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Zapotec Civilization

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Zapotec funeral urn. It is estimated that it originated in Period III (300-650 AD). Although it appears in the display case and on the original catalog page as a "____" (even though it does not have wings), the online virtual room lists this figure as a "______."

a)

bat/jaguar

b)

bat/dog

c)

bat/lizard

2.

Zapotec mosaic mask that represents a Bat god, made of 25 pieces of jade, with yellow eyes made of shell. It was found in a tomb at __________.

a)

Chichen-Itza

b)

Tikal

c)

Monte Alban

3.

Painted ceramic funerary urn depicting a seated figure. Zapotec culture (phase Monte Albán III), Early and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). ________, Mexico.

a)

Yucatan

b)

Chiapas

c)

Oaxaca

4.

Building with artistic carvings with very precise angular shapes located in the archaeological zone of __________.

a)

Mitla, Oaxaca

b)

Uxmal, Yucatan

c)

Tulum, Quintana Roo

5.

Map showing the location of the ___________Civilization, developed in the Pre-Columbian Era in Mesoamerica.

a)

Toltec

b)

Zapotec

c)

Aztec

6.

_____________is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site belonging to the Zapotec culture located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.

a)

Monte Albán

b)

Palenque

c)

Calakmul

7.

The Classic Period ball court of Monte Alban (150-650 CE). The ball game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed high on each wall. Any part of the body could be used except the ____________.

a)

hands

b)

feet

c)

head

8.

“______________” is the name given to a collection of more than 300 bas-reliefs at Monte Albán which feature rubbery, limp and disfigured human figures. The name translates to “________” in reference to the playful nature of the images.

a)

Los Danzantes/The Dancers

b)

Los Guerreros/The Warriors

c)

Los Cazadores/The hunters

9.

The Zapotecs developed a calendar and a logo syllabic system of writing that used a separate glyph to represent each of the syllables of the language. This writing system is thought to be one of the first writing systems of Mesoamerica and a predecessor of those developed by the ______________ civilizations.

a)

Maya, Mixtec and Aztec

b)

Inca, Tairona and Cambeba

c)

Kimbaya, Tiwanaku and Aymara

10.

We can find in Monte Albán some monuments decorated with complex compositions that use many artistic and architectural elements, including orthostats (square stone blocks), lintels (horizontal structural elements) and _______________.

a)

slabs

b)

stelae

c)

stuccos