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WorksheetsZapotec Civilization
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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 "______."
bat/jaguar
bat/dog
bat/lizard
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 __________.
Chichen-Itza
Tikal
Monte Alban
Painted ceramic funerary urn depicting a seated figure. Zapotec culture (phase Monte Albán III), Early and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). ________, Mexico.
Yucatan
Chiapas
Oaxaca
Building with artistic carvings with very precise angular shapes located in the archaeological zone of __________.
Mitla, Oaxaca
Uxmal, Yucatan
Tulum, Quintana Roo
Map showing the location of the ___________Civilization, developed in the Pre-Columbian Era in Mesoamerica.
Toltec
Zapotec
Aztec
_____________is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site belonging to the Zapotec culture located in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Monte Albán
Palenque
Calakmul
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 ____________.
hands
feet
head
“______________” 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.
Los Danzantes/The Dancers
Los Guerreros/The Warriors
Los Cazadores/The hunters
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.
Maya, Mixtec and Aztec
Inca, Tairona and Cambeba
Kimbaya, Tiwanaku and Aymara
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 _______________.
slabs
stelae
stuccos
