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Which statement is true about Native Americans who lived in the Western Hemisphere prior to the arrival of Europeans?
a. They descended from people who are believed to have arrived in North America from Asia between 15,000 and 60,000 years ago, via a land bridge across the Bering Strait.
b. They lived in large cities such as Tenochtitlan, which had a population that surpassed 1 million people.
c. The most complex Native American civilizations developed in the region that later became the United States.
d. Native Americans were heavily reliant on livestock populations.
e. Native Americans all spoke the same language.
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Washingtons army was demoralized by repeated failures early in the war, and many soldiers simply went home.
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Both North Carolina and South Carolina had Regulator movements.
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7. Compare the relative advantages of the American and the British militaries. How was George Washington able to secure a victory over the most powerful nation in the world?
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Homespun clothing became a symbol of American resistance during the American boycott on British goods.
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8. Discuss the ways in which both supporters and opponents of independence used the concepts of freedom and slavery during the American Revolution. Be sure to consider the perspectives of Thomas Paine and Samuel Seabury (both in Voices of Freedom), the slaves who fought for both sides, and others whose ideas you consider significant.
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The British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were put on trial, with most found not guilty and two convicted of manslaughter.
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9. How did the colonists justify their protests and ultimate rebellion? What sources did they call on? What philosophies were influential? How was the language of freedom and liberty used?
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To resist the Intolerable Acts, a Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia.
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The First Continental Congress raised an army and appointed George Washington as its commander.
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Benedict Arnold almost succeeded in turning over to the British the important Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain.
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense as a response to Thomas Jeffersons Declaration of Independence.
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The sales of Common Sense made Thomas Paine, who came from a poor background, wealthy.
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The vast majority of nations that have adopted declarations of independence have picked up Jeffersons language regarding natural rights.
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16 Siding with the British offered slaves far more opportunities for liberty than did siding with the pro-independence Americans.
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Blacks who fought under George Washington did so in segregated units.
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What were the political and social consequences of the Revolution that had emerged by 1783?
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6. Many students believe that the Revolutionary War was a short and relatively painless war. However, for Americans, only the Vietnam War and the modern war in Afghanistan lasted longer than the Revolutionary War. In a thoughtful essay, describe why the war was so lengthy and what costs were involved for the British and for the Americans.
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Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s. Who were the Loyal Nine? a. a group of merchants and craftsmen active in opposing the Stamp Act b. a group of British-appointed governors who opposed the Revolution c. nine Native American tribes who sided with the British d. a group of women committed to using only homespun cloth during the boycott e. the nine delegates to the first Continental Congress
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Identify the key events that marked the move toward American independence. The attack by Massachusetts colonists on the home of lieutenant governor and chief justice Thomas Hutchinson a. convinced him that the Stamp Act, which he had previously supported, was unwise. b. included a physical assault of Hutchinsons family, an act that prompted Great Britain to clamp down on colonial liberties. c. led Hutchinson to believe that effective British rule would require the loss of some liberties for the colonists. d. led Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts immediately. e. included prominent Boston residents such as Samuel and John Adams.
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Patrick Henrys call for outright resistance to taxation was initially deemed too radical to be enacted.
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4. Revolution is a dynamic process with consequences no one can anticipate. Explain the initial goals of the colonists in 1765 at the time of the Stamp Act and the evolution of their ultimate decision to declare independence in 1776.
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The Sons of Liberty enforced a boycott of British goods.
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The Seagram Building, designed by Philip Johnson and Mies van der Rohe is a perfect example of ___________ in architecture.
a) the International Style
b) the Prairie Style
c) Bauhaus style
d) postmodernism
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The _______ was made famous by the ancient Greeks (p. 159) as a model of architectural proportion.
a) canon
b) Doryphorus
c) mathematical harmony
d) golden section
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The Anasazi cliffside caves at Mesa Verde (p. 350) show the roofs of two _______, which are the underground space for ceremonial life.
a) ziggurats
b) kivas
c) sipapu
d) architraves
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When dealing with balance in a composition, an artist or designer is actually dealing with:
a) actual weight.
b) visual weight.
c) proportion.
d) the balance between form and content.
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What building method was used for the construction of the Egyptian pyramids (p. 348)?
a) load bearing
b) truss
c) post and lintel
d) skeleton and skin
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_______ is a term that describes an artists attempt to draw our eyes to one area of a composition (150).
a) Absolute symmetry
b) Bilateral symmetry
c) Emphasis
d) Proportion
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The look of our buildings and communities (p. 348) depends on two different factors and their interrelation. What are those factors?
a) tastes and materials
b) design and construction
c) topography and technology
d) architects and designers
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Repetition often implies monotony (162-164), yet it also creates a sense of:
a) rhythm.
b) scale.
c) imbalance.
d) boring disruption.
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The Romans created larger interior spaces in architecture than the Greeks (p. 354) because:
a) they were able to use stronger stone for the post-and-lintel constructions.
b) they combined the use of the arch with the use of concrete.
c) they understood the limits of tensile strength.
d) they used skeleton and steel construction.
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When each side of a composition is exactly the same (p. 143), it shows:
a) asymmetrical balance.
b) absolute symmetry.
c) perfect proportion.
d) visual weight.
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Which of these previous architectural styles does Emilio Ambaszs ACROS building most resemble?
a) Gothic cathedrals
b) Mesopotamian ziggurats
c) Frank Lloyd Wrights Prairie House
d) Egyptian pyramids
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In the Gothic period, when Notre Dame de Paris was built (p. 358), architects preferred to use:
a) pointed arches.
b) barrel vaults.
c) solid wall construction.
d) domes.
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When an artist deliberately avoids emphasis (p. 152), we say that the work is:
a) radially balanced.
b) afocal.
c) postmodern.
d) multi-lateral.
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This building, designed by Tom Wills-Wright, was recently built in ___________, which is one of the worlds present hot-spots for extravagant and monumental architecture.
a) New York City
b) London
c) Hong Kong
d) Dubai
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Leonardo da Vincis, Study of Human Proportion: The Vitruvian Man (p. 141), embodies both:
a) the earthly and heavenly worlds.
b) mind and matter.
c) the material and the transcendental.
d) All of the above.
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Louis Sullivan utilized this type of construction in the late 19th century in Chicago to build increasingly tall buildings.
a) load bearing
b) cast iron
c) steel and glass curtain
d) steel and reinforced concrete
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In her painting, Still Life with Lobster, (p. 150), Anna Vallayer-Coster establishes emphasis through:
a) the manipulation of light and color.
b) the use of scale.
c) the reliance on asymmetrical balance.
d) the strong subject matter.
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Robie House is a typical work by the architect:
a) Mies van der Rohe.
b) William Morris.
c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
d) Eero Saarinen.
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Sayre stats that the focal point in Larry Poons Orange Crush is:
a) in the exact center.
b) on the extreme left edge, top to bottom.
c) in the upper right hand corner.
d) there is no focal point.
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The Seagram Building, designed Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, is an example of the International Style, a type of architecture marked by:
a) rigid lines.
b) integration with topography.
c) austere geometric simplicity.
d) mass and volume.
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The Rose window from the Chartres Cathedral is an example of:
a) assymetrical balance.
b) bilateral symmetry.
c) radial balance.
d) absolute symmetry.
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Johnson and Burgees University of Houston, College of Architecture is said to be a postmodern building because it:
a) employs Louis Sullivans form follows function maxim.
b) follows the modernist mantra, form over function.
c) borrows from many different styles and time periods to create a kind of history of Western architecture.
d) uses post-and-lintel architecture.
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The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan beginning in 1632___________.
a) for use as a mosque
b) as a museum to house cultural objects of great value
c) as a mausoleum for his favorite wife, who died giving birth to their 14th child
d) as a pilgrimage site
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Gold has always been a popular art medium because: a) it is malleable and easy to work. b) it doesnt corrode. c) it occurs in an almost pure state. d) all of the above.
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Thomas Corams View of Mulberry House and Street displays architecture that is a good example of:
a) postmodern architecture.
b) architecture conforming to its local environment and available technology.
c) neo-Classical architecture.
d) architecture that defies its local environment and available technology.
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Hokusais The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because:
a) the print is 86 inches in height.
b) any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced.
c) everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji.
d) All of the above.
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Jan Vermeers Woman Holding a Balance is a perfect example of ____________.
a) a symmetrical composition
b) variety over unity
c) rhythm and repetition
d) an asymmetrically-balanced composition
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Chartres Cathedrals rose window best illustrates:
a) asymmetrical balance.
b) asymmetry.
c) radial balance.
d) the canonical faade.
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St. Sernin and Amiens Cathedral drew their inspiration from architecture that had been built some 1000 years prior. They are called ____________cathedrals.
a) Gothic
b) Roman
c) Romanesque
d) Byzantine
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In Enguerrand Quartons Coronation of the Virgin, the artist has organized the design of the composition to emphasize the most important part of the composition, which is the:
a) crucifix.
b) virgin.
c) crown.
d) landscape.
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Leonardo DaVincis Vitruvian Man and Frank Gehrys residence illustrate the differences between______.
a) painting and architecture
b) visual and actual texture
c) unity and variety
d) mass and scale
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It is thought that the sloping sides of the pyramids in Egypt were intended to mimic:
a) the sands of the Sahara.
b) the rays of the sun.
c) the orb of Isis.
d) the eyes of Akhenhaten.
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The Taj Mahal is a perfect example of ____________in art/architecture.
a) actual texture
b) assymetrical balance
c) symmetry
d) radial balance
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The Pont du Gard, in Nmes, France, is an excellent example of a(n) _______ method of construction.
a) load-bearing
b) skeleton-and-skin
c) balloon frame
d) arch
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Where is the focal point in the Baroque painting, Joseph the Carpenter by Georges de La Tour?
a) In the childs (Jesus) face
b) Josephs left foot
c) Josephs right hand
d) the upper-left part of the composition
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Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris, is an example of _______ architecture.
a) Gothic
b) Romanesque
c) basilica
d) post-and-lintel
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Which of these pieces best illustrates the use of variety over unity?
a) Laylah Alis Untitled
b) Louise Lawlers Pollock and Tureen
c) James Lavadours The Seven Valleys and the Five Valleys
d) August Rodins The Three Shades
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When and where was porcelain developed?
a) in 15th century Italy
b) in 20th century America
c) during the Tang Dynasty in China
d) in 12th century Japan
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Thick paint applied to a canvas, like on Robert Rymans Long, creates actual texture known as _______.
a) glazing
b) impasto
c) pattern
d) frottage
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We can trace the earliest distinction between the crafts and fine arts to:
a) the classical period in Greece and the seemingly playful rivalries between competing makers of amphoras.
b) Joseph Wedgwood, who in 1759 began manufacturing both cheap earthenware table settings and elegant hand-made luxury items.
c) Japanese anagama-fired tea bowls made in the early 17th century.
d) Egyptian pottery produced over 4000 years ago.
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The Kente cloths of the Asante and Ewe societies of Ghana provide a perfect example of which art element?
a) time and motion
b) visual texture
c) pattern
d) atmospheric perspective
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Stained glass was first developed:
a) in the 15th century by Leonardo DaVinci.
b) in the 20th century by Piet Mondrian.
c) in the 12th century, commissioned by Abbot Suger for Saint-Denis.
d) in the 19th century by Edgar Degas.
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Which is the most obvious difference between Bernini and Michelangelos David? a) Michelangelos is a much better piece of art b) Berninis David is caught in the midst of action, coiled and ready to launch his stone c) they are carved from different materials d) Michelangelos has much more action
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In what way can a large-scale work be considered a temporal art form?
a) it takes time to make it
b) the spectator moves through time and space to view it
c) it endures time
d) it is not temporal
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Another word for a wood-firing kiln, which was a traditional Japanese invention and first used in the U.S. in 1976, is __________.
a) ukiyo-e
b) anagama
c) alla prima
d) oingo boingo
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Alexander Calders mobiles, like Untitled (p. 123), move when air currents move through them, making them _____________.
a) patterned
b) abstract
c) kinetic
d) optical illusions
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Honami Koetsus Amagumo tea bowl (p. 322) was perfectly made to fit the hand and was made in the early seventeenth century at one of the Six Ancient Kilns, the traditional centers of _______ ceramics in Japan.
a) wood-fired
b) raku
c) thrown
d) anagama
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Early manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels (p. 128) were said to be ______ because they were elaborately illustrated and decorated.
a) reflective of the power of the church
b) exhibiting beautiful human figurative drawing skills
c) an early example of aerial perspective
d) illuminated
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Objects formed out of clay and then hardened by firing (p. 322) are referred to as:
a) Wedgwood.
b) export porcelain.
c) amphoras.
d) ceramics.
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A friend of Claude Monet described his great paintings of Water Lilies, Morning: Willows in the Muse de lOrangerie (pp. 132-133) as demonstrating _______ motion.
a) Brownian
b) kinetic
c) mechanized
d) religious
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Native Americans used a traditional method for producing pots (p. 323) that did not involve the potters wheel. What was it?
a) slab construction
b) subtractive modeling
c) coil building
d) cire-perdue
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Hans Namuths photos (p. 134-135) teach us that Jackson Pollock longed to be involved in:
a) the poetry of Robert Frost.
b) impressionist masterpieces.
c) the process of painting.
d) the mechanized world.
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All fiber arts evolved from one traditional process (p. 332) called:
a) weaving.
b) tapestry.
c) embroidery.
d) None of the above.
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Because of its application to crafts, folk art, and womens work, _______ is associated with the beautifying of utilitarian objects.
a) femmage
b) frottage
c) decorative pattern
d) temporal art
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Originally, when an artist worked in the crafts (p. 321), it meant that they:
a) worked in bronze.
b) created production pieces in a factory.
c) worked in clay exclusively.
d) produced functional objects.
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Some works of art are created precisely to give us the illusion or sensation of movement. This style of art is called:
a) Dada.
b) Op Art.
c) animal style.
d) decorative art.
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Artists often find that the art they make has unintentional meaning. Georgia Papageorges Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire: Namibia/Brazil is an example of this because: a) a war started in Brazil on one of their filming days. b) the color of the banners was different than what she expected. c) one of their principal days of filming was 9/11/2001 and the banners came to signify the rifts separating humanity on a global scale. d) all of the above e) none of the above