AP Art History – Chapter 1: The Birth of Art – Flashcards
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Where did humankind seem to originate?
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Africa
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The Apollo 11 Cave is located in
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Nambia
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The human with feline head discovered in Hohlenstein-Satdel, Germany is carved from
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mammoth ivory
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The Venus of Willendorf is thought to be a
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fertility figure
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Altamira Cave is located in
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Spain
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Some scholars think the negative handprints are
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signatures
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The Lascaux caves are located in
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France
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The world's earliest datable paintings can be found in
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Chavet
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The 1880 Lisbon Congress on Prehistoric Archaeology dismissed as forgeries the cave paintings of
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Altameric
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The --- --- is one of the earliest relief sculptures known.
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Lanssel woman
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What was the environmental condition of Northern Europe around 9000 B.C.
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melting ice
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The transitional period known as the ___ occured when Europe became climatically, geographically and biologically much as it is today.
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mesolithic era
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Intensified food gathering and the taming of the dog occurred during the ___ period
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mesolithic
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Agriculture and stock raising became humankind's chief source of food during the ___ period
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Neolithic
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Which of the following marked the beginning of monumental sculpture
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Aim Ghazal
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A peculiar feature of Catal Hoyuk was its
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lack of streets
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Hacilar and Catal Hoyuk are located on the
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Amatalim Platera
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Bucrania are
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bovine skulls
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Most archaeologists consider Stonehenge to be an accurate
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astronomical observation
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Huge stones arranged in a circle are known as a
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hinge
