Mesoamerica
What is the capital of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlán.
What is the period between 2600 B.C. and 1900 B.C. during which urban centers developed in the Indus Valley?
The Harappan period.
Name the three dynasties that emerged in Northern China between 2000 B.C and 500 B.C. and mark the transition to urban state societies in China.
Xia, Shang, and Zhou.
What regions did the Southern Silk Route cover?
The Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and East Asia.
What is the name of the earliest complex society in Mesoamerica, and when did it exist?
Olmec civilization, c. 1200-300 BCE.
Name the currently undeciphered linguistic system which uses pictographic and ideographic symbols, suggesting a complex administrative system?
The Harappan Script.
What do you call the bones that were used in Chinese divination rituals?
Oracle bones
Inscriptions on these bones are a major source of written evidence about the Shang Dynasty.
Where was the massive city of Angkor located, and when is it dated to?
Cambodia, A.D. 802 - A.D. 835.
Reconfigured by human action, the power of Angkor was based on intensive rice agriculture, taxation, military force, and the ritual position of the rulers.
Which pyramid in Teotihuacan holds obsidian workshops and human sacrifices, connecting themes of warfare, ritual, and centralized power?
Pyramid of the Moon.
What is the name of the Harappan sculpture that depicts a bearded man wearing a headband with a circular ornament at the center of his forehead and a similar ornament on a bracelet around his right forearm?
Priest King
Which site in the Sichuan Province is contemporary to Anyang (Yinxu) and is home to a spectacular set of artifacts that show it was the location of a large urban settlement?
Sanxingdui.
What is the region along the Silk Route where mummified human remains have been uncovered?
Tarim Basin
Spectacular preservation of textiles here provides a unique window into the local response to the trade along the silk route.
What is the name of the Teotihuacan pyramid that held remains of high-status human sacrifices?
Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent.
Excavations at what site in the Baluchistan foothills have produced information on the Neolithic and later prehistoric societies of the Indus Valley Region?
Mehrgarh.
Name the 400 hectare site from the Xia Dynasty which was occupied 1800-1600 BCE and featured high-status goods including bronze and jade (yes, actually jade!)
Erlitou.
What was found at the Noen U-Loke settlement? (Name 3)
Burial goods include: necklaces of agate, gold beads, and a range of bronze and iron ornaments. The site is protected by a series of five circular moats, and there is a range of bronze and iron weaponry. One of the skeletons, of a young man, was found with an iron arrowhead embedded in his spine.
In terms of the Maya hieroglyphs, which two things could a sign represent?
A concept or a syllable.
According to Archaeologists, what is the most impressive structure found on a Harappan site?
The Great Bath.
Archaeologists have developed many different interpretations of the structure, from sacred rituals of cleanliness to a nice place to cool off.
Around 221 B.C., Emperor Ying Zheng ordered the construction of a 7,000+ soldier terracotta army, which featured individually painted clay weapons, horses, and clothing. What do archaeologists believe was the purpose of this inanimate army?
Archaeologists believe this army was assembled to protect the emperor from the spirits of his enemies in the afterlife. This interpretation emphasizes the authority of centralized power in the Qin Dynasty and early China.
Name at least three things the man buried in Tomb 15 at Yingpan was wearing/had with him.
Red woolen robe, silk trousers, satin pillow, hemp mask, necklace, bows and arrows, a glass cup.
These objects show a mixture of techniques, materials, and motifs drawn from China, the Middle East, and Hellenistic Europe.