allied art100 Module 7 check your understanding

Question Points

1. In Pueblo society, who made the pottery?

a. Only the shaman

b. Only the men

c. Only the women

d. Only the nobles

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2. Which method does the numumusow of the Mande-speaking people use to make their pottery?

a. Coiling

b. Wheel-thrown

c. Molds

d. Slab construction

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3. What is the Queen Mother of Benin called?

a. Numumusow

b. Iyoba

c. Oni

d. Nkisi nkondo

4. Who was the finest architectural sculptor of modern times?

a. Osei Bonsu

b. Kojo Bonsu

c. Magdalena Odundo

d. Olówè of Isè

5. Which people made the oldest known sculpture from sub-Saharan Africa?

a. Nok

b. Yoruba

c. Shona

d. Kongo

6. Which of the following best describes Mesoamerican society?

a. Sharply divided class structure

b. Egalitarian

c. Communistic

d. Democratic

7. What did the Aztecs call themselves?

a. Mesoamericans

b. Chacmool

c. Pakal

d. Mesoamericans

8. In Benin sculpture, such as that of the iyoba, what represents Olokun, the Lord of the Great Waters?

a. Portuguese soldier

b. Mudfish

c. Panther

d. Coral-beads

9. Which characteristic do the eyes of Nok sculptural figures have in common?

a. They are left blank.

b. They are painted.

c. They are D-shaped.

d. Their height is greater than their width.

10. The potters, called numumusow, among the Mande-speaking peoples are:

a. diviners.

b. sculptors.

c. blacksmiths.

d. women.

11. In Aztec art, how is Coyolxauhqui (the moon) depicted?

a. As a snake on a cactus

b. As an eagle

c. With obsidian

d. As a sacrificial victim

12. What meaning does the Finial of a spokesperson's staff from the Ashanti Kingdom have?

a. Renewal cycle of life

b. Difficulty of maintaining political power

c. Physical strength is power and control

d. How easily one can damage themselves or others with words

13. How was the pendant representing an iyoba displayed?

a. On the king's crown

b. In the doorway of a shrine

c. As the king's belt or hip ornament

d. On the neck of the king's panther

14. What are the Mayan half-reclining stone figures called?

a. Chacmool

b. Coyolxauhqui

c. Talud-tablero

d. Coatlicue

15. What is the symbol of purity on the top of the Great Friday Mosque in Jenne?

a. Ivory tusk

b. Gold leaf covered crescent moon

c. Ostrich egg

d. Abstract mask

16. The Inca city of Machu Picchu is known for being a:

a. a summer home for the ruler.

b. site of temples for religious ceremonial purposes.

c. site for great example of Inca masonry.

d. All of the choices apply.

17. Which civilization iconography typically features prisoners being sacrificed for their blood?

a. Inca

b. Maya

c. Olmec

d. Moche

18. Maria Montoya Martinez's famous pottery was decorated in which of the following ways?

a. Designs of colored glazes

b. Different metallic slips

c. Black and white designs

d. Matte black and glossy black designs

19. What are kiva?

a. Ceramic vessels with stirrup spouts

b. Monumental earthworks

c. Circular ceremonial mounds

d. ritual underground rooms

20. In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-centuries, which tradition came to an end in Old Jenné because of warfare that caused the city to decline?

a. Weaving

b. Stone architecture

c. Bronze casting

d. Ceramic sculpture