North America
This is the term used for Native Americans who used elements of their languages to help the U.S. in World War II.
Who were Code Talkers?
This is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
What is Machu Pichu?
These are used to both conceal and transform.
What are Masks?
This city came to be a major Islamic center of learning and art after the 7th century C.E.
What is Djenne?
This is the name of Africa’s tallest and most famous mountain.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This was a religious, social, ceremonial, and economic ritual among tribes in the Pacific Northwest.
What is a Potlach?
This method was used by Aztecs to enhance the agricultural potential and crop yield of their land.
What is Chinampas?
This term encompasses the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
What is Culture?
These terracotta sculptures were respected enough to be interred with care.
What are the seven Lydenberg heads?
This is a particular object used in Asante weaving.
What is a Kente weaving sword/tabon?
This animal is often considered a trickster figure frequently associated with creation stories.
What is a Raven?
Olmec carvings and artworks are known for this specific stylization.
What are large carved heads?
This European style was influenced by African art.
What is Cubism?
These objects play an important part in Asante culture and are associated with the soul of their nation.
What are stools?
Asante women carry these in the hopes that the objects would help them conceive children.
What are fertility dolls?
All tribes in the Pacific Northwest traditionally believe in this.
What is Animism?
This activity, which we watched videos of, began in Meso-America and is being revived today.
What is the Meso-American ballgame?
An African storyteller is called this.
What is a griot?
Linguist staff finials in Akan culture represent this.
What are proverbs?
This is a ritual object representing an antelope used in the Bambara/Bamana tribe and worn as masks in agricultural rituals.
What is a Chiwara?
These were used for ceremonial, sacred, and trade purposes by some Native American groups.
What were Wampum?
Located at Chaco Canyon, this was effectively the first apartment complex in the U.S. with over 1,000 inhabitants.
What is Pueblo Bonito?
These are large designs prominently found in Peru made in earth by overturning stones to expose the lighter dirt beneath largely by the Nasca culture.
What are geoglyphs?
This building is considered one of the greatest examples of adobe and mud brick architecture.
What is the Mosque of Djenne?
This is the oldest known surviving illustrated papyrus roll.
What is the Ramesseum Dramatic Papyrus?