Latin America Costumes and Culture

By Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandizing

A Culture Test - Standard 2.1/2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between practices/products and the perspectives of the culture studied. 30 Test Points

Mayans (los mayas)

  1. The Mayan civilization was in all countries except:

a. Mexicob. Boliviac. Hondurasd. Guatemala

  1. Mayan culture included all BUT:

a. 365 day calendarb. hieroglyphics writing systemc. a belief in the after life d. peasants wore sandals

  1. The Mayan religion believed that the most successful humans that their gods created were made out of:

a. woodb. bark c. cornd. potatoes

  1. The Mayan religion required parents to bind wooden boards to the front and back of their babies’ heads in order to elongate their heads so that they could resemble:

a. heads of cornb. heads of potatoesc. heads of wood

  1. Mayan women were masters at

a. cookingb. plantingc. weaving clothd. fishing

  1. Mayan women would dye their cloth with:

a. agave/maguey cactus like plantsb. bark of logwood tree

c. termite like insectsd. all of the above

  1. Mayan garments included all EXCEPT:

a. rebozosb. huipiles (tops for women)c. blusasd. fajas

Aztecs (los aztecas)

8. Which city was the capital of the Aztec empire?
a. Tenochitlanb. Tehuacánc. Tampicod. Tuxtla

  1. Which statement is not true for cocoa beans used by the Aztecs?

a. Montezuma’s favorite warm drinkb. used as currency for trading

c. worth more than goldd. peasant children’s favorite warm drink

  1. Which statement is not true for the Aztec ball game?

a. playing the game helped the crops growb. the players could throw the ball like in today’s basketball game c. the ball court was in the shape of a capitalI d. the ball was never allowed to touch the ground

  1. Where did the modern day expression “tying the knot” come from?

a. an Aztec childbirthb. Mayan rite of passagec. Aztec wedding ceremony d. Aztec burial rite

  1. The Aztec priests introduced clothing because:

a. they profited from making and selling textilesb. to show evidence of blood letting c. they thought people were showing too much skin

d. to bury the dead in clothing

  1. The Aztecs had no animals to acquire wool, so they obtained textile fibers to weave into cloth from:

a. agave/maguey plantsb. bark c. papyrusd. human hair

Incas (los incas)

  1. Which statement about the ancient Chicha drink is not true:

a. made from the bark of the logwood tree that was scraped, roasted and soaked in water b. made from corn c. Aztec women chewed the kernels and fermented them in water d. a type of ancient beer

  1. Due to the high altitude of the Andes in Peru, the physiology of the Incas was characterized by:

a. tall in statureb. more capillaries in hands and feetc. 1/3 more lung capacity than other people d. 4 pints more blood than other people

  1. The Incans did NOT use the wool from which animal for weaving cloth?

a. llamasb. sheepc. alpacasd. vicuñas

  1. Inca fashion includes:

a. women wearing multiple skirts to show wealth b. men wearing ear plugs c. never cutting woven fabric d. all of the above

  1. In Inca religion,

a. warriors were sacrificedb. children were first poisoned and then sacrificed c. believed in an after life d. all of the above

  1. The Spaniards were not familiar with the llamas and were always asking:

a. ¿Qué son?b. ¿Cómo se llaman?c. ¿Qué comen? d. ¿De dónde vienen?

Spaniards (los españoles)

  1. Which Spanish queen financed Christopher Columbus’ exploratory voyages?a. Queen Elizabeth b. Queen Isabella c. Queen Margarita
  1. How long did she reign?

a. 3 yearsb. 13 yearsc. 23 yearsd. 30 years

  1. Why did Spanish fashion for men include short pants and silk stockings?

a. to show off men’s kneesb. to show off men’s calves

c. so men wouldn’t dirty their legsd. less fabric, cheaper price

  1. Which is an example of how fashion influenced architecture?

a. ladies long skirts required stairs b. ladies’ long dresses required long ramps to enter buildings c. ladies full skirts required double doors like the French doors d. ladies long dresses required paved roads

  1. Diego Velásquez famous portrait, entitled Las Meninas, shows:

a. the artist on the left sideb. the king and queen’s reflections in the mirror c. Princess Margarita in a white dress in the center d. all of the above

  1. Montezuma, Emperor of the Aztecs, thought that the Spaniards were gods because:

a. they rode on horses and horses did not exist in the Americas

b. they gave gold gifts to the Aztecs c. they spoke a different language

  1. According to legend, Doña Marina is the Christian name of Malinche, a Totonac princess. What does legend say about her?

a. she is a traitor because she married Hernan Cortés, a conquistador

b. she had a nightmare that her children (with Cortés) destroyed the indigenous people of the America’s c. she drowned her children so that they wouldn’t do this. d. she is called “La Llorona” the “Weeping Woman”. e. all of the above

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