Native American Art in North America Answers

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What is the focus of woodlands art?

A
respecting the earth
B
necessities
C
personal adornment
D
honoring the ancestors
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What are the three techniques used in basket weaving?

A
coiling, weaving, roping
B
coiling, twilling, twisting
C
coiling, twining, plaiting
D
crimping, twining, plaiting
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What does this robe painting depict?

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A
a battle between the Native Americans and the white settlers
B
a map of the Plains Indian lands
C
a battle between Native American tribes
D
the history of the earth
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What imagery was important to the Northwest coast tribes?

A
pattern
B
animals
C
fictional
D
religious
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What is quillwork?

A
soaking porcupine and bird quills with natural dyes and working them into surface patterns on other objects
B
using a quill pen made from birds to paint ink symbols on bodies
C
a type of sewing of the women of the Sioux tribe
D
using a quill pen made from the feather of an eagle to draw tribal symbols on the walls of a teepee
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What tribe is the above piece from?

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A
Sioux
B
Kwakiutl
C
Pomo
D
Tlingit
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What is depicted above?

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A
Chilkat Blanket
B
Sioux Blanket
C
Pueblo Blanket
D
Quillwork Blanket
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What is plaiting?

A
the sewing together of a vertical warp
B
a technique which involves weaving strips over and under one another
C
sewing together a spiraling foundation of rods with some other material
D
none of the above
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What did the Northwest coast tribes believe they descended from?

A
sea animals
B
a mythic animal
C
birds
D
the earth mother
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What types of symbols were used in quillwork?

A
symbols of love and devotion
B
symbols of protection and well-being
C
symbols of pride
D
all of these

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