Civilization’s writing system
Which civilization’s writing system used logograms and syllabograms?
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Maya
Olmec
Inka
Nazca
Flag question: Question 2Question 22 pts
What is the proper name for the Aztec Calendar (or Sun) Stone?
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the Cuauhxicalli Eagle Bowl
the Coatlicue
the Nazca Array
the Jalisco
Flag question: Question 3Question 32 pts
Which is the Aztec goddess of fertility (portrayed in a statue shown in Ch. 16)?
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Coatlicue
Chan Muwan
Popol
Huitzilopochtli
Flag question: Question 4Question 42 pts
What is a shaman?
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a mask worn during a Kwakiutl ritual
a wooden figure thought to be imbued with supernatural powers
a person who can communicate with good and evil spirits
the uppermost figure on a totem pole
Flag question: Question 5Question 52 pts
A codex is a:
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a weapon used by European colonizers.
document that provides a guide to decoding messages.
a bundle of manuscript pages stitched together.
a form of paper used by Mesoamericans.
Flag question: Question 6Question 62 pts
Who was Nezahualcoyotl?
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the Mayan god of rain, lightning, and thunder
the first Olmec ruler
an Aztec king who wrote poetry
the last leader of the Maya people
Flag question: Question 7Question 72 pts
Which of the following statements about the pyramid at Chichén Itzá is NOT true?
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It has 9 levels, presumably related to the Mayan conception of the Underworld, which has 9 layers.
The four sides of the pyramid face the four points of the compass.
It predates the construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids.
The number of steps on all sides of the structure adds up to 365.
Flag question: Question 8Question 82 pts
Which of the following were European explorers seeking when they traveled to the Western hemisphere?
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the city of Atlantis
the Holy Grail
corn
gold
Flag question: Question 9Question 92 pts
What term refers to a person of mixed European and Native American descent?
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gringo
casta
shaman
mestizo
Flag question: Question 10Question 102 pts
Who painted the mural The History of Mexico in the National Palace in Mexico City?
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
Frida Kahlo
Diego Rivera
Pablo Picasso
Flag question: Question 11Question 112 pts
What was the name of the section of Beijing containing the residence of the emperor?
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the Ancient City
the Imperial City
the Forbidden City
the Gate of Heavenly Peace
Flag question: Question 12Question 122 pts
What innovations from Arabic architecture were introduced by Muslim architects into Mughal architecture?
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the arch and the viaduct
the minaret and the pointed arch
the ribbed vault and flying buttresses
the slide rule and the leveler
Flag question: Question 13Question 132 pts
How did the subject matter of Mughal painting differ from earlier Hindu and Buddhist art?
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It included aphorisms written in Kufic.
It depicted predominantly secular subjects.
It depicted familial portraits.
It depicted religious subjects only.
Flag question: Question 14Question 142 pts
The 20th-century Chinese artist Wu Hufan uses the style and scroll format of the traditional landscape to depict what scene or event?
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Mao’s ascension to power as leader of the Communist party
the first McDonald’s restaurant in China
the detonation of China’s first atomic bomb
the productivity of Chinese workers
Flag question: Question 15Question 152 pts
What novel by Wu Cheng’en (ca. 1510-1580) has a main character named Tripitaka?
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The Plum in the Golden Vase
The Tale of Genji
Monkey
Dragon
Flag question: Question 16Question 162 pts
Who was the best-known leader of Indian nationalism (from ca. 1915 to 1948)?
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Lord Mountbatten
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Manmohan Singh
Flag question: Question 17Question 172 pts
During the Ming period, by what name was the Chinese short story known?
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bamboo words
huaben
ci
mopheh
Flag question: Question 18Question 182 pts
What is a Japanese Noh play?
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a combination of drama with ritual and slapstick
a drama in which actors wear wooden masks
a dramatic enactment of Buddha’s life
a form of interactive improvisational theater
Flag question: Question 19Question 192 pts
Who was the first leader of the Chinese Communist Party?
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Wang Mang
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Lao-tzu
Flag question: Question 20Question 202 pts
Who was the greatest poet (1644-1694) of the Edo period?
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Basho
Kurosawa
Shen Zhou
Murasaki
Flag question: Question 21Question 212 pts
What is the term for the racial segregation policy that was instituted in South Africa in 1948?
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apartheid
ephemera
Negritude
colonialism
Flag question: Question 22Question 222 pts
Why was Mofolo’s Chaka not published until 1925?
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It was censored by the government.
It could not be translated.
The missionary press refused to publish it.
It was considered too sexually explicit.
Flag question: Question 23Question 232 pts
What is meant by “animism”?
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the belief that Allah is the supreme animator of life
the belief that rituals and songs give meaning to traditional African legends
the belief that animals contain the souls of the dead
the belief that the world is governed by the workings of nature
Flag question: Question 24Question 242 pts
The Shona people reside in which present-day African nation?
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Ghana
Zimbabwe
Somalia
Tanzania
Flag question: Question 25Question 252 pts
During the 7th century, what new religion was introduced into Saharan Africa?
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Islam
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
Flag question: Question 26Question 262 pts
What type of African art was used to transform or to conceal identities?
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instruments which mimicked animal sounds
painted skins
mats of woven fiber
highly stylized masks
Flag question: Question 27Question 272 pts
What West African kingdom began to grow in power as the kingdom of Ghana declined?
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Zimbabwe
Benin
Ethiopia
Kuba
Flag question: Question 28Question 282 pts
Which 20th-century Senegalese writer created the movement called Negritude?
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Qamaan Bulhan
Saiyad Abdallah
Chinua Achebe
Leopold Senghor
Flag question: Question 29Question 292 pts
What is generally considered to be both the first novel (1906) by an African and the first written in an African language?
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Things Fall Apart
No Longer at Ease
Traveler of the East
Chaka
Flag question: Question 30Question 302 pts
What is the central theme of Chinua Achebe’s writing?
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the history of ancient African civilizations
the decline of East African trading cities
the conflict between Western culture and traditional African society
the development of transnational black spiritualism
Flag question: Question 31Question 312 pts
Which English poet faced numerous challenges, such as his poor health and his Catholic faith in a Protestant country?
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John Keats
William Blake
Alexander Pope
Theodore Dryden
Flag question: Question 32Question 322 pts
Which painter’s works best represent the official art style of the French Revolution?
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Watteau
Gainsborough
Hals
David
Flag question: Question 33Question 332 pts
Who was the most important Neo-Classical sculptor from Italy?
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Giovanni Tiepolo
Antonio Canova
Jacques-Louis David
Balthazar Neumann
Flag question: Question 34Question 342 pts
Which English painter of the Rococo period was best known for his portraits and landscapes?
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Hogarth
Gainsborough
Watteau
David
Flag question: Question 35Question 352 pts
Who were “Enlightened Despots”?
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learned vagabonds
monarchs wary of appearing to have absolute power
poor citizens sent to public schools
philosophers who espoused hedonism
Flag question: Question 36Question 362 pts
Who was a major composer who wrote music in the style galant?
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Couperin
Scarlatti
Frederick
Beethoven
Flag question: Question 37Question 372 pts
Which English artist is best known for his satirical paintings of the English middle class?
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Gainsborough
Reynolds
Constable
Hogarth
Flag question: Question 38Question 382 pts
Who was the first great French Rococo painter (d. 1721)?
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Boucher
Fragonard
Watteau
Hogarth
Flag question: Question 39Question 392 pts
What appears to have been the purpose of Fragonard’s paintings?
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to foster French Nationalism
to critique the Bourgeoisie
to entertain the eye
to bolster the French monarchy
Flag question: Question 40Question 402 pts
Who was probably the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776)?
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Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Pope
Benjamin Franklin
John Stuart Mill
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