1. We are now beginning to understand that the Maya did all of the following except:
2. The massive basalt heads found at La Venta are thought to represent
3. The calendar round in Mesoamerica did NOT
4. The study of the distribution of ancient communities on a landscape falls under the domain of
5. Which is true of Monte Albán?
6. One of the most important economic activities carried out at Teotihuacán was
7. The system of agricultural production used by the Aztecs, which involved the creation of fields in swampy
areas, is called
8. Which of the following statements best characterizes Teotihuacán?
9. The talud-tablero style of architecture is typical of the site of
10. The following is NOT associated with the Zapotecs:
12. La Venta is
13. Danzantes are
14. The Culhua Mexica, or ____, inhabited the Basin of Mexico in the last years before the Spanish conquest.
15. The Aztec practiced human sacrifice
16. Prior to the establishment of Monte Albán, the largest site in the Valley of Oaxaca with a danzante was
17. The Aztec pochteca were specialists in
18. The dietary trinity of Mesoamerica consisted of
19. Giant stone columns of warriors were found at which site:
20. San José Mogote was situated
21. Three Gulf Coast sites were
22. To date, no ball court is known from the site of
23. The principal theme of Maya inscriptions on carved stone monuments appears to have been
24. Although exchange linked most Mesoamerican cities with their hinterland, marketing has an especially
crucial role at
25. Mural art at Teotihuacán
26. The Mesoamerican group with the most and longest written inscriptions are the
27. Discuss and evaluate the different views of Aztec human sacrifice and cannibalism.
Answer will vary
28. Discuss the different residential patterns at Monte Albán and Teotihuacán and what interpretations can be
drawn from them.
29. Discuss the importance of systematic settlement pattern survey for highland Mesoamerican archaeology.
Would this methodology be useful in other regions of the world?
30. Discuss the principal themes of Classic Maya writing.
31. Discuss the past behaviors and processes that account for the cultural unit we know as ancient
Mesoamerica.
32. Select two archaeologists and discuss their contributions to Mesoamerican archaeology.
33. Describe two kinds of agricultural intensification employed by ancient Mesoamericans.
34. Discuss diachronic changes in the nature of nonresidential features and architecture in the Valley of
Oaxaca.
Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age, location, and significance.
35. Olmec horizon
36. Codices
37. Danzante
38. Laguna
39. Bernal D’az
40. Bajos
41. E group
42. Stela
43. Settlement pattern survey
44. Petty States
45. Pyramid of the Sun
46. Talud-tablero
47. Ball court
48. Chinampas
49. Long Count
50. Emblem glyph
51. Altantean column
52. Cenote
53. Chac mool
54. Templo Mayor
55. Pochteca
56. Cuicuilco
57. Mesoamerican ballgame
58. Chichimec
59. Tzompantli
60. Slash and burn
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