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20 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 20
- curled serpent on top of ridge
- looks like a snake eating an egg
- takes up the entire ridge
- linear mounds
- aligned with the sun and moon
- head faces the sunset on the summer solstice
- curves of the body represent different midpoints and maximums of the moon cycle
Great Mosque of Djenne
Teotihuacan - Temple of Feathered Serpent
Serpent Mound - Hopewell or Mississippian Culture
The Circle and the Octagon - Hopewell Culture
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Definition 2 of 20
Temple of the Sun
- ritual path leading to the southwest
- hits a river
- evidence suggests that this avenue went 60 miles long connecting the site at Chilicothe
- two sacred areas connected by a path
- Chilicothe faces the south (southernmost extension)
- follow the path to each one
- connected West Africa with North Africa primarily exchanging gold from West Africa
for salt from the North
- salt is very valuable in places you don't have it
- used as a medium of exchange in Africa
- mausoleum and mosque complex
- originally consisting of two conical towers over the mihrab and in the central courtyard
over the tomb
- courtyard
- covered space for prayer
- minaret
- 60 feet and consisted of 7 pyramidal terraces
- multi tiered structure
- Askia is buried under the minaret
- toron sticking out
- repeating indigenous shrine like form
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- dedicated to the sun god
- very refined masonry compared to the functional buildings having rough masonry
- 2 windows on curved surface
- connected to the bedrock
- inside temple is a stone bedrock platform (like an altar)
- windows (one is aligned to summer solstice and other aligned to winter solstice and
other celestial events)
- altar is stepped (offerings believed to be placed)
https://quizlet.com/test/survey-final-exam-1102944725 3/23
Name: Score:
20 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 20
- curled serpent on top of ridge
- looks like a snake eating an egg
- takes up the entire ridge
- linear mounds
- aligned with the sun and moon
- head faces the sunset on the summer solstice
- curves of the body represent different midpoints and maximums of the moon cycle
Great Mosque of Djenne
Teotihuacan - Temple of Feathered Serpent
Serpent Mound - Hopewell or Mississippian Culture
The Circle and the Octagon - Hopewell Culture
https://quizlet.com/test/survey-final-exam-1102944725 1/23
,9/8/26, 1:23 PM Survey Final Exam | Quizlet
Definition 2 of 20
Temple of the Sun
- ritual path leading to the southwest
- hits a river
- evidence suggests that this avenue went 60 miles long connecting the site at Chilicothe
- two sacred areas connected by a path
- Chilicothe faces the south (southernmost extension)
- follow the path to each one
- connected West Africa with North Africa primarily exchanging gold from West Africa
for salt from the North
- salt is very valuable in places you don't have it
- used as a medium of exchange in Africa
- mausoleum and mosque complex
- originally consisting of two conical towers over the mihrab and in the central courtyard
over the tomb
- courtyard
- covered space for prayer
- minaret
- 60 feet and consisted of 7 pyramidal terraces
- multi tiered structure
- Askia is buried under the minaret
- toron sticking out
- repeating indigenous shrine like form
https://quizlet.com/test/survey-final-exam-1102944725 2/23
, 9/8/26, 1:23 PM Survey Final Exam | Quizlet
- dedicated to the sun god
- very refined masonry compared to the functional buildings having rough masonry
- 2 windows on curved surface
- connected to the bedrock
- inside temple is a stone bedrock platform (like an altar)
- windows (one is aligned to summer solstice and other aligned to winter solstice and
other celestial events)
- altar is stepped (offerings believed to be placed)
https://quizlet.com/test/survey-final-exam-1102944725 3/23
