Deck 2: The Ancient World

Question 1

The first stage of human culture dates to before __________ years B.C.E.

A) 50,000
B) 140,000
C) 700,000
D) 100,000
E) 1,000,000

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The cave paintings at Lascaux date from around __________ B.C.E.

A) 2500-1900
B) 4000-3400
C) 11,000-9000
D) 16,000-14,000
E) 25,000-21,000

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The __________ were first to use a potter's wheel.

A) Babylonians
B) Ionians
C) Iberians
D) Phoenicians
E) Sumerians

Answer 3

E

Question 4

__________ is the Sumerian writing system,consisting of wedge marks pressed into damp clay.

A) Hieroglyphics
B) Syllabic
C) Notation
D) Liturgy
E) Cuneiform

Question 5

__________ refers to an Egyptian burial tomb of great size and scale.

A) Kouros
B) Pantheon
C) Contrapposto
D) Pyramid
E) Mausoleum

Question 6

The __________ king was a direct link between the royal family line and the creator sun god.

A) Sumerian
B) Babylonian
C) Mesopotamian
D) Neolithic
E) Egyptian

Question 7

Hammurabi's authority and law was believed to come from the __________.

A) Persians
B) ancestors
C) gods
D) Chinese
E) Sumerians

Question 8

__________ is a word meaning "all the gods."

A) Plutos
B) Aristos
C) Kouros
D) Pantheon
E) Acropolis

Question 9

The __________ of Hammurabi was based on the notion of "an eye for an eye."

A) Great Law
B) Code
C) Treaty
D) Commandment
E) Pyramid

Question 10

__________ refers to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

A) Sumeria
B) Babylonia
C) New Land
D) Fertile Crescent
E) The Cradle

Question 11

__________ was the first civilization to emerge in the Fertile Crescent.

A) Babylonia
B) Thessaly
C) Judea
D) Mesopotamia
E) Sumer

Question 12

Domestication of animals began during the __________ period.

A) Babylonian
B) Sumerian
C) Neolithic
D) Mesopotamian
E) Paleolithic

Question 13

Among other things,writing served as a tool of __________.

A) genealogy
B) mythology
C) social control
D) artists
E) common people

Question 14

__________ refers to the second stage in human culture.

A) Stone age
B) Paleolithic
C) Urbanization
D) Sumerian
E) Neolithic

Question 15

Two of the main cities of the Babylonian empire were Nimrud and __________.

A) Sumer
B) Nineveh
C) Alexandria
D) Cairo
E) Nile

Question 16

The __________ appeared as a transportation device in Sumer around 3000 B.C.E.

A) horse
B) camel
C) elephant
D) wheel
E) rickshaw

Question 17

__________ refers to the first stage of human culture,marked by simple social organization,the discovery of fire,and basic techniques for hunting and gathering.

A) Neolithic
B) Paleolithic
C) Archaic
D) Cuneiform
E) Mesopotamian

Question 18

The capital of the ruler Hammurabi was __________.

A) Sumer
B) Baghdad
C) Babylon
D) Assyria
E) Mesopotamia

Question 19

The most important part of Egyptian architecture is __________ buildings.

A) worship
B) civic
C) mortuary
D) commercial
E) public

Question 20

Egyptians believed that life continued for the dead as long as the corpse,or some __________ of it,survived.

A) part
B) image
C) memory
D) imprint
E) story

Question 21

The Egyptian royal headdress seen in the funerary mask of Tutankhamun is called a(n)__________.

A) amarna
B) akenaton
C) nefertiti
D) nemes
E) amenhotep

Question 22

It has been suggested that the layout of the Giza pyramid complex was meant to mirror __________ belt.

Question 23

The oldest known story in the world is the epic of __________.

A) Odysseus
B) Achilles
C) Beowulf
D) Gilgamesh
E) Osiris

Question 24

Egyptian sculpture typically represents __________.

A) types
B) idealizations
C) individuals
D) gods
E) animals

Question 25

Egyptians believed the __________ embodied the sun god.

Question 26

__________ was the major art form of the Egyptians.

A) Painting
B) Sculpture
C) Weaving
D) Pottery
E) Drama

Question 27

__________ art refers to the art made for the rituals of death.

A) Memorial
B) Burial
C) Funerary
D) Tomb
E) Grave

Question 28

During the reign of __________,the stiff poses of earlier Egyptian art disappeared in favor of a more natural form of representation.

Question 29

The largest Egyptian pyramid is somewhat taller than a(n)__________-story building.

Question 30

__________ sprang up around Sumer to house the sacrifices thought necessary to ensure good harvests.

A) Pyramids
B) Tombs
C) Monuments
D) Temples
E) Theatres

Question 31

Ancient sculptors seem to have worked from __________,not live models.

Question 32

The __________ symbolizes the royal leadership of ancient Sumer,as well as masculine fertility.

Question 33

The Egyptian __________ contains magic formulas placed in tombs to serve and protect the dead in the afterlife.

A) Book of Spells
B) Book of Hours
C) Book of Papyrus
D) Book of the Dead
E) Book of Osiris

Question 34

The basic instrument in Mesopotamia and in Egypt was the __________.

A) cymbals
B) bells
C) lyre
D) flute
E) harp

Question 35

The facial features of the Great Sphinx were likely based on Pharaoh __________.

Question 36

Sumerian artists depicted actual individuals,usually __________.

Question 37

A(n)__________ is a frame for a hieroglyphic inscription formed by a rope design surrounding an oval space.

Question 38

Around __________ years ago,humankind began to develop notions of selfhood and individuality.

A) 10,000
B) 5000
C) 2000
D) 20,000
E) 50,000

Question 39

Large and expressive eyes are characteristic of __________ art.

Question 40

Most of our knowledge of Egyptian painting comes from the tombs of __________.

A) Osiris
B) Thebes
C) Cairo
D) Giza
E) Khufu

Question 41

Animals were important symbols in Sumeria.

Question 42

Egyptian musicians played the lyre.

Question 43

Egyptian sculpture is entirely idealized,never naturalistic.

Question 44

Neanderthal people seem to have had a religion.

Question 45

Paleolithic humans herded sheep.

Question 46

What is one reason lifelike sculptures of humans were rare in the ancient period?

Question 47

In Sumer,the festival of the goddess of fertility,__________,involved drunken,orgiastic dancing involving self-mutilation with knives.

Question 48

The caves at __________ have been sealed to protect them from atmospheric damage.

Question 49

When was the Egyptian Book of the Dead compiled?

Question 50

What was the attitude of the Egyptians toward the human body?

Question 51

What characteristic Sumerian idea is seen in He-goat from Ur?

Question 52

Akhenaton was apparently the first individual to introduce monotheism.

Question 53

The __________ are the oldest existing buildings in the world.

Question 54

The largest pyramid at the Giza complex is that of Khufu.

Question 55

The Pharaoh __________ believed in only one god.

Question 56

Paleolithic hunters were as fully human as we are.

Question 57

Who is the main character of the Gilgamesh epic?

Question 58

The purpose of Egyptian pyramids was to protect the pharaohs' bodies after death.

Question 59

The Code of Hammurabi is clearly the source for the Old Testament.

Question 60

Sumerian sculpture came to depict kings in __________ acts,rather than as warlords.

Question 61

Compare and contrast the art of Egypt and Sumeria.How did art function in these two ancient societies? How did the work differ from the art of earlier societies?

Question 62

Compare and contrast life in the Paleolithic and Neolithic era.What purposes might art have served in these times? How are these purposes similar to more recent art?

Question 63

Examine the Lascaux cave paintings.What purpose do you think they served? How would seeing them in candlelight be different than with modern lighting methods? Do you think the cave should remain sealed off? Also,do you think the cave belongs to all people,or to the French?