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relic mounds that often have bas-relief carvings and are surrounded by railings
What are stupas?
100
The Shang dynasty was famous for casting this metal.
What is bronze?
100
The civilization that occupied the Yucatan and parts of Central America.
What is Mayan?
100
Oceanic refers to Melanesia, Micronesia, and this bunch of islands.
What is Polynesia?
200
Indian temples often have this shaped spire
What is conical?
200
The typical Chinese roof fully developed in this Chinese dynasty.
What is the Han Dynasty?
200
Culture that combined human and jaguar figures as a motif.
What is Olmec?
200
How Polynesian art is made differently from Melanesian art.
What is durable?
300
Buddhist art flourished around this period
What is Gupta?
300
Clay figures and statues were made with this process.
What is the dry-laquer process?
300
The mainstay of life for Native Americans of the Great Plains.
What is buffalo?
300
Fibers found in Micronesian art are plant fibers from these two plants.
What are banana and hibiscus?
400
Hinduism resurged into the Indus Valley civilization in this century.
What is the eighth century?
400
Japanese literature written by Lady Murasaki.
What is "The Tale of the Genji"?
400
Nasca Lines are found in this South American country.
What is Peru?
400
The reddish volcanic rock on Easter Island.
What is tufa?
500
The earliest Indian manuscripts rendered this subject.
What is Buddha?
500
Buddhism came into China in this century.
What is the first century?
500
The agricultural development that the Incans founded.
What are terraces?
500
The Asmat Irian Jaya portrayed humans as this animal.
What is praying-mantis?