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?
Sculptures from this culture in Central Nigeria often include elongated heads of human figures.
What is the Nok culture?
This is a type of Indian dance-drama.
What is Kathakali?
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?
Benjamin Franklin’s proposal of the Albany Plan was influenced by this Native American organization.
What is the League of Five Nations (later Six), also called the Iroquois League?
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 refers to a round, circular room used by Pueblo Native Americans for rituals.
What is a Kiva?
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?
These were used to identify family, clan, and lineage of various Native American tribes and usually represented natural phenomena, mythological creatures and ancestors.
What is a crest?
Linguist staff finials in Akan culture represent this.
What are proverbs?
In Asante culture, these figures, often gold and in the shape of animals, represent proverbs and serve illustrative or decorative rather than practical purposes.
What are sword ornaments?
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?
In Asante culture, these objects compress the threads of the weft or cross threads while weaving strips of brightly-colored cloth.
What are Kente weaving swords, or tabon?
These sculptures, meant to convey a regal, serene look, are generic likenesses of individuals, with identifying traits including hairstyles or scarification.
What are Akan ceramic funerary heads or memorial portraits?