Art 5/Anth 5 Self-Quiz for Unit I:

Introduction through Chavin

In the next few minutes you will be asked a series of questions related to Unit I of Art5/Anthro 5. It is NOT recommended you attempt this quiz before studying the Review for this unit!

 

1. Which of the following choices correctly matches the terms and definitions given below?

ETHNOCENTRISM a. tropical rainforest
STRATIGRAPHY b. cold water current off the Pacific coast of South America
THERMOLUMINESCENCE c. relative dating technique based on the layers in which archaeological data is found
HUMBOLDT d. judging another culture by one's own culture's standards
SELVA e. absolute dating technique used with ceramic materials
Ethnocentrism=a, Stratigraphy=c, Thermoluminescence=d, Humboldt=e, Selva=b
 Ethnocentrism=d, Stratigraphy=c, Thermoluminescence=e, Humboldt=b, Selva=a
 Ethnocentrism=d, Stratigraphy=e, Thermoluminescence=c, Humboldt=b, Selva=a
Ethnocentrism=c, Stratigraphy=e, Thermoluminescence=b, Humboldt=a, Selva=d

 

2. Some archaeologists believe that Monte Verde in Chile and Pedra Furada in Brazil prove early man was in the New Worlld considerably before 10,000 or 12,000 B.C.
True
 False

 

3. Central America formed a barrier that effectively blocked cultural exchanges and influences between Mesoamerica to the north and South America to the south.
True
 False

 

4. Which pair of images below comes from the area of Panama? (Please click the LEFT OBJECT of each pair to indicate your selection.)


 

5. Which of the following statements about Central American cultures is/are NOT correct :
Costa Rican "ax gods" reveal similarities with the Mesoamerican Olmec culture
 Cocle, Panama was the location of a series of rich, gold-laden burials
 Panama and Costa Rica are rich in monumental stone sculpture and relatively bereft of goldwork
 Costa Rican metates reveal shamanic cosmic symbolism in their decorations

 

6. The sculptures of San Agustin, Colombia focus on a class of divine rulers who were considered the sons of the Sun God.
True
 False

 

7. Which of the following statements about the Northern Andes area (Colombia and Ecuador) is NOT correct.
Ecuador was a cultural backwater that had little impact on later Precolumbian developments
 Colombia was the location of a culture that gave rise to the legend of El Dorado
 Valdivia was an early Ecuadorian culture that had ceremonial structures, an early use of maize, and early ceramic figurines
 some of the earliest anthropomorphic and stirrup spouted ceramics came from Ecuadorian cultures

 

8. Which of these images is a Muisca tunjo figure from Colombia?






 

9. The Andes mountains were viewed negatively by the Precolumbian peoples of Peru. They only brought earthquakes, landslides, death and destruction.
True
 False

 

10. Which of these images is from the Preceramic site of Huaca Prieta, northern Peru.





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