Deck 1: Prehistoric Art in Europe

Question 1

In Russia and Ukraine,Upper Paleolithic homes were made of

A)mammoth bones.
B)timber.
C)natural caves.
D)stones.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The oldest dated European cave paintings are at

A)Lascaux.
B)Altamira.
C)Chauvet.
D)Cogul Lerida.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the meaning of "Upper" Paleolithic?

A)the earliest part
B)the latest part
C)from Northern Europe
D)the highest in elevation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What formal technique was used to create a very lifelike quality in Bison from Le Tuc d'Audoubert in southern France?

A)human figures surrounding the herds
B)small footprints in the clay floor
C)engraved short parallel lines below their necks
D)low-relief carvings of thin,active animals

Question 5

What formal element is part of the original painting,Spotted Horses and Human Hands?

A)the natural environment of the horses
B)the illusion of three-dimensional space
C)the outline of human handprints
D)the natural contour of the cave wall

Question 6

What makes Lion-Human so unusual for early figurines?

A)the size
B)the medium
C)the subject
D)the technique

Question 7

As seen in the houses of Çatalhöyük,what is the focus of many Neolithic paintings?

A)people planting crops
B)herds of animals
C)exaggerated female figures
D)violent and wild scenes

Question 8

One fundamental change that marked the beginning of the Neolithic period was

A)year-round settlements.
B)use of bow and arrow.
C)weaving.
D)use of stone tools.

Question 9

The term "megalithic" means

A)small stone.
B)large stone.
C)old stone.
D)new stone.

Question 10

Even though archeologists and art historians are unsure of the meaning of Lion-Human,which of the following statements is true?

A)Early humans were excellent hunters.
B)Early humans reconstructed what they observed in nature.
C)Early humans had complex rituals involving masks.
D)Early humans were very creative and imaginative.

Question 11

Female figurines from the Paleolithic period typically stress what attribute?

A)the ability to cure
B)the ability to hunt
C)the ability to reproduce
D)the ability to worship

Question 12

Which of the following describes a structure in which each row of blocks or stones projects past the one below until they come together over a window or door?

A)a dolmen
B)a cairn
C)a lintel
D)a corbel

Question 13

How do historians know that cave paintings had special meaning?

A)People closed the cave openings after they had moved on.
B)People wiped away their tracks after entering deep caverns.
C)People painted animals that were primarily used as a food sources.
D)People returned many times generation after generation.

Question 14

Which of the following marked the emergence of the human body as the primary location of the human identity?

A)Lion-Human
B)Woman and Man
C)cave paintings in Chauvet Cave
D)Woman from Willendorf

Question 15

Other than the inclusion of a human figure,why is the painting Bird-Headed Man with Bison so unusual?

A)It portrays a tool.
B)It conveys death.
C)It relays a hunting scene.
D)It tells a story.

Question 16

Which of the following describes construction in which two upright blocks support a horizontal one?

A)post and lintel
B)corbel
C)a henge
D)a dolmen

Question 17

What was the result of successive generations continually building house upon house in the Neolithic community of Çatalhöyük?

A)large open chambers
B)great mounds of villages
C)little archeological evidence
D)small grave chambers

Question 18

Compared to Paleolithic sculpture,the Woman and Man from Cernavoda display more

A)exaggerated features.
B)attitude and expression.
C)idealization.
D)ritual significance.

Question 19

The top rock on a dolmen is called the

A)bridge.
B)henge.
C)capstone.
D)cairn.

Question 20

How were passage graves decorated?

A)realistic animal images
B)high relief sculpture
C)linear designs of rings,spirals,and diamonds
D)abstract figural forms

Question 21

Describe the Lion-Human and discuss its possible meaning(s).

Question 22

Describe the tomb interior at Newgrange,Ireland,in light of at least three architectural innovations.

Question 23

A circle formed by stones or wooden posts is called a

A)henge.
B)dolmen.
C)cairn.
D)corbel.

Question 24

Describe Stonehenge and discuss the theories that have surfaced regarding its meaning.

Question 25

How might the name of an object,such as the Woman from Willendorf,alter the way we understand it?

Question 26

An elaborate tomb chamber with a corridor leading into it is a

A)henge.
B)cairn.
C)corbel vault.d passage grave.

Question 27

Which structure was thought to have been built by Merlin,the legendary magician of King Arthur,during the Middle Ages?

A)Stonehenge
B)Newgrange
C)Durrington Walls
D)Çatalhöyük

Question 28

The Neolithic period ended with the introduction of

A)weaving.
B)metalworking.
C)cabinetry.
D)glassmaking.

Question 29

Describe at least three of the possible meanings that prehistoric painting may have had,and explain the rationale as to why each has been considered.

Question 30

What tells historians that some people that stayed at Durrington Walls had traveled from regions far away from the site?

A)oral traditions
B)historical documents
C)archeological evidence
D)anthropological evidence