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Unit 8 Quiz Questions
- What are some of the ways that the city of Teotihuacan is positioned within the surrounding landscape?
- What are some of the roles that the Ballgame played in Mesoamerican society and religion?
- What are some of the meanings of jade in pre-Columbian art?
- What are some of the ways that the garments and accessorites in Chakalte’, Relief with Enthroned Ruler show the status of the figures?
- What is carved on the bottom of the Coatlicue sculpture, and why is it there?
- How would you explain the fact that the Spanish were so impressed with the Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan, but that they also deliberately destroyed it?
- How does Mesa Verde “help us understand the difficulties of preserving a historical site”?
- How does the North American Buckskin show “two different ways of imagining the world”?
- What are some of the symbolic meanings of a feathered war bonnet?
- Why do you think that Jaune Quick-to-See Smith used stereotypical images of Native Americans in Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People)?
- What are some of the details that show that the Benin Plaque is praising the oba?
- What are some of the facts that let us know the importance of the Golden Stool (Sika dwa kofi) to the Asante Peoples?
- What are some of the ways that kente cloth is a “visual representation of the history… of West Africa”?
- What are some of the details in El Anatsui’s Untitled that refer to traditions and history?
- What are some of the theories scholars have for explaining the marks on the back of the Seated Figure (Djenné peoples)? Why do you think they are there?
- What are some of the similarities and differences between the present Great Mosque of Djenné and the previous versions of this architectural complex?
- What are some of the similarities and differences between the way the sculptor carved the woman and the man in the Dogon Couple? Which are most interesting to you, and why?
- Why do you think the woman chose the pose she did in Keïta’s Untitled [Seated Woman with Chevron Print Dress]?
- What does Olowe of Ise’s veranda post tell us about Yuruba beliefs about the role of women in society?
- What were some of the meanings of Ikenga figures for their owners?
- What are some of the differences between Shonibare’s The Swing (After Fragonard) and Fragonard’s painting? Why are these differences significant?
- What features of the Bundu/Sowei Helmet Mask show that it served as a model for young girls to follow?
- What are some of the things that scholars still don’t know for sure about Great Zimbabwe?
- What do you think was so disturbing to Christian missionaries about the Nkisi Nkondi?
