1 While in an airplane flying over the midwestern United States, your friend Amare looks out the window and sees what appear to be hills of earth formed in the shape of animals. Amare cannot believe his eyes. He asks you about these amazing, gigantic pieces of artwork. What would you teach Amare about to help him understand what he is observing out the window?
A effigy mounds
2 While in an airplane flying over Peru in South America, your friend Pam looks out the window and sees what appear to be stones and trees designed in the shape of animals. What should you tell Pam about to help her understand what she is observing out the window?
A nazca lines
3 For an art project, your friend Carla has been assigned the task of building a small model of an effigy mund. She has some ideas about which shapes she wants to use for her design, but she wants your advice to make sure her shapes are authentic. Which one of her proposed shapes would NOT be authentic to what typically was used for an effigy mound?
A tigers
4 Carlos is attempting to create a small model of a Nazca Line. Which one of these shapes should Carlos use in an effort to make his model as authentic as possible?
A panther
5 Compare effigy mounds and Nazca Lines. What is one thing that both of these artforms have in common?
A both can be seen from sky…
6 compare effigy mounds and nazca lines…what is different
A The Nazca Lines were created by removing the top layer of reddish pebbles to show a whiter ground beneath
7 Many of the Nazca Lines remain as they were created even though they were built sometime around 400 to 650 CE Why are these artforms able to remain intact after all of this time?
A The desert where these artforms were located doesn't receive a lot of wind or rain, which helps to preserve them
8 Your friend Darius is working on a class project on effigy mounds. He asks you to listen to his main facts about effigy mounds to see if they are all correct before he presents. Which one of his facts is NOT correct?
A The mound builders suddenly stopped creating them due to a sudden volcano eruption
9 Your friend Dana is listening to a podcast about the Nazca Lines. Which fact is she
MOST likely to hear?
A They were created by removing the reddish pebble layer to show whiter ground beneath.
10 Your friend Oscar is working on a class project on the Cueva de las Manos (Cave of the Hands). He asks, you to listen to his main facts about the Cueva de las Manos to see if they are all correct before he presents. Which one of his facts is NOT correct?
A Other paintings in the cave include bears, cats, and wavy lines.
11 As curator of a museum, you have been given the job of sorting works for an upcoming exhibit. You have recently received one of the 17 colossal heads, which were sculpted from large basalt rocks before 900 BCE. In which section of the exhibit would you MOST likely place this piece?
A Olmec art
12 While volunteering at a local museum, you are helping the curator organize works for an upcoming exhibit. The museum has have recently obtained a series of carved figurines made of terracotta. Some have a cleft head, slanted eyes, and a downturned mouth…
A Olmec art
13 While visiting a museum for a class trip, you observe stone sculptures and carvings made between 200 and 900 CE….Which section of the exhibit are you MOST likely in at the moment?
A Mayan Art
14 Your friend tells you about his recent trip to the museum and describes paintings that use a bright blue paint pigment that has not faded over time…In which exhibit will you MOST likely find these paintings?
A Mayan Art
15 While playing a computer game that requires you to sort various artifacts…Which "room" in the game should you MOST likely place these pieces?
A Mayan art