Quiz 1 – Space Test Questions – Flashcards
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Chauvet Cave is located in __________.
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Southern France
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The word "Neolithic" means __________.
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New Stone
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Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of __________.
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens
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Representational images began appearing in Australia, Africa, and Europe beginning approximately __________ years ago.
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40,000
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Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered __________.
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Ocher
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The Lion-Human sculpture from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany is made of __________.
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Mammoth Ivory
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The Woman from Brassempouy captures the true essence of a head, also called the __________ __________.
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Memory Image
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The earliest known prehistoric cave painting site was discovered in 1994 and is called __________.
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Chauvet
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Small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period were once called __________figures, which implied a religious association, although this has not yet been proven.
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Venus
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Walls of woven branches that were covered with mud or clay, or ______ and______ was a common building technique used in central Europe during the Neolithic period.
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Wattle; Daub
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The simplest form of construction used to span space is __________-and-__________.
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Post; Lintel
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The word megalithic means __________.
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Large Stone
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Stonehenge was created in __________ phases of construction and activity, starting in 3000 BCE during the Neolithic Period and stretching over a millennium and a half into the Bronze Age.
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Eight
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Stonehenge was built in __________-and-__________ construction.
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Post; Lintel
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The lintels of Stonehenge are secured by __________-and-__________ joints.
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Mortise; Tenon
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Bronze is an alloy of __________ and __________.
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Tin; Copper
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The term ______________includes all of human existence prior to the emergence of writing.
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Prehistory
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Prehistory includes all of human existence prior to the development of ___________.
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Written Records
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Modern humans first appeared in ____________.
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Africa
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Handprints at the cave at Pech-Merle were probably created using what technique?
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Spraying paint onto the cave wall.
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The Greeks called __________ the "land between the rivers."
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Mesopotamia
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The Sumerians invented the first system of writing called ______________.
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Cuneiform
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Ziggurats functioned symbolically as _______________.
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Bridges between earth and the heavens
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The most complete version found of the Epic of Gilgamesh was written in __________.
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Akkadian
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The most impressive surviving archeological remains of the Sumerians is the __________.
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Ziggurat
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Sumerians used the hard, rock __________ for identifying documents and establishing property ownership.
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Cylinder Seals
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The image of Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, is well-known to students of Near Eastern art because of the twenty surviving ____________________that he commissioned.
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Votive statues
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Mesopotamian sculptors told stories clearly and economically by organizing visual narratives in horizontal bands called________________.
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registers
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The notched walls built as part of military defenses are called __________.
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crenellations
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Ziggurats in the ancient Near East were dedicated to _____________.
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Gods
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In the many votive statues commissioned by Gudea, he is represented as ____________________.
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A strong and peaceful ruler
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Known for his persecution of Jews, as recorded in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar II was responsible for transforming ______________into one of the most splendid cities of its day.
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Babylon
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The Neo-Babylonians used turquoise, blue, and gold __________to form the symbolic images covering the Ishtar Gate.
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Glazed Bricks
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In the Stele of Naram-Sin (Fig. 2-1), what artistic device is used to signal Naram-Sin's importance and reinforce his divine right to rule?
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Hieratic Scale
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From the ninth to seventh century BCE, the __________ culture controlled most of Mesopotamia.
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Assyrian
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The Stele of Hammurabi is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as __________.
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An historical document recording a written code of law
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Sumerian votive figures were dedicated to the __________.
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Gods
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Temples at the top of ziggurats did NOT include ____________
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Votive statues of worshippers
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The narrative relief panels lining the courtyard at Sargon's palace complex functioned primarily to __________.
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Intimidate visitors to the king
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The Mesopotamian's desire to represent ______________forced sculptors to use symbols and condense stories to their most essential elements.
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Complex visual narrative
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King Tutankhamen's mummified body was enclosed in three nested coffins with the innermost made of __________.
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Gold
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Egyptian history is divided into __________.
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Dynasties
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The Egyptian life spirit or life force is called the __________.
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Ka
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A (An) __________ is literally a "city of the dead."
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Necropolis
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__________ is the first architect known in history by name.
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Imhotep
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Egypt's most famous pyramids are the ones at __________.
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Giza
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The Great Sphinx is thought to be a portrait of __________.
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Khafre
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The Great Hall at Karnak has massive __________capitals on the columns supporting the raised, center part of the roof.
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Papyrus
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The female pharaoh __________ left the great legacy of Egyptian monuments.
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Hatshepsut
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King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in the_________.
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Valley of the Kings
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Which object commemorates the unification of Egypt and signals the beginning of the dynastic period?
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The Palette of Narmer
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According to legend, the early Egyptian kings were gods who ruled on earth. The conventions governing ancient Egyptian art changed _____________ over its three-thousand year history.
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Very Little
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Scholars determined the name of the figures depicted on the Palette of Narmer from ___________.
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Hieroglyphics
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An Egyptian convention used for representing the human figure was to show eyes and torsos ___________.
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Frontally
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Canopic jars were special containers in tombs were used to hold __________.
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Bodily Organs
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Standing figures in Egyptian art are typically shown __________.
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In Stride
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Egyptian sculptors relied on ____________to guide them in proportioning the human figures when carving reliefs
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A squared Grid
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Beni Hasan on the east bank of the Nile is the site of many ______________.
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Rock Cut Tombs
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The hypostyle hall at Karnak was filled with ____________decorated with painted pictorial reliefs and inscriptions.
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Columns
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Sculptures portraying Hatshepsut as a __________reflect the power of tradition and artistic convention in Egypt.
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Male King
