I don't know
I don't care
I want to go home
What did you say?
Art is my FAVORITE
100
  • A simple object or handmade tool:
Artifact
100

When did Columbus sail the ocean blue

1492

100
  • What was a major dietary staple for the Aztec and Mayan people?

Corn

100

The Aztec, Olmec, and Mayan were all on the Gulf of

Mexico

100
  • Depending on certain times of the year, a ____________________ on Mayan temples would tell them when to plant their crops.

Shadow

200
  • Simplified or exaggerated to fit a specific set of design rules:

Stylized

200

Why was Machu Picchu built on a mountainside

To keep outsiders from attacking

200
  • How did Machu Picchu buildings withstand earthquakes?

Intricate stones placed together

200
  • A sculpture carved on all sides:

In the round

200
  • What does “Pre-Columbian” mean?

Before Columbus


300

What feature did the Mochica and the Chavin pottery pieces we looked at have in common

Steam handle, made from clay, decorated with animal designs

300

Representations of people or animals (living or deceased):

Effigies 

300

What decorated the exterior and interior walls of Teotihuacan buildings?

Bright, color paintings


300

What was so controversial about the Mayan Calendar Stone?

It ended in December 2012 and people believed that would be the end of the world

300
  • What does it mean when something is symmetrical?
Same on both sides
400
  • A structure made from a single stone slab:

Monolith


400

The Incas and Moche people were facing the _______ ocean

Pacific

400

Sun-dried clay used as a building material:

Adobe

400

What did the Incas use to record stories or record numbers?

Knotted strings

400
  • An artist who specializes in specific crafts (ex. Blacksmith, basket weaver, jewelry maker.)

Artisan

500
  • What was the most advanced civilization of the pre-Columbian Classical Period?

Mayan

500
  • The Olmec people created enormous sculptures of ______________________, which can be up over 8ft. tall!

Heads

500
  • The representation of subjects and scenes from everyday life (a category of art)

Genre

500
  • The Olmec people would often play Pelota. What would happen at the end of a game and why was that important?

Sacrifice the loser to the gods

500

Do your best chicken impersonation for everyone (wings, head, noise, scratching)

*bock bock*

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