Final Exam terms

Question 1

altepetl

Answer 1

In Aztec and related cultures a water mountain

Question 2

Xibalba

Answer 2

The Mayan Underworld

Question 3

Chi Wara

Answer 3

Mythical Ancestor of Bamana people of Mali, looks like an antelope

Question 4

OBA

Answer 4

A Benin king

Question 5

Gelede

Answer 5

Yoruba ritual to honor mothers, elders, ancestors

Question 6

Zimbabwe

Answer 6

“House of Stone”, Ancient South African enclosure

Question 7

geoglyphs

Answer 7

“Earth Writing”, found near Nazca, Peru

Question 8

stela

Answer 8

Relief sculpture on a slab or block

Question 9

Potlatch

Answer 9

Pacific Northwest ceremony of giving away large quantities of valuables

Question 10

“Ghost Dance”

Answer 10

A late 19th century Plains Indian dance, participants wore painted shirts, to drive away white settlers

Question 11

Kachina

Answer 11

In Pueblo culture, a spirit or its masked representation or doll

Question 12

Bogolanfini

Answer 12

African mud cloth

Question 13

Kente

Answer 13

Cloth of Kings

Question 14

chacmool

Answer 14

A Postclassic Maya sculptural type

Question 15

Nkisi Nkondi

Answer 15

“Hunter figures”

Question 16

Nok style

Answer 16

A highly sophisticated style of clay sculpture featuring stylized heads

Question 17

pueblo

Answer 17

Spanish for “village”