Deck 1: Art in the Stone Age

Question 1

The painting rhinoceros,wounded man,and disemboweled bison is unique in Paleolithic art regarding the presence of ____.

A) a bison
B) a male figure
C) a bucrania
D) an altar with bear skulls

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The convention of representing animals' horns in twisted perspective in cave paintings or allowing the viewer to see the head in profile and the horns from the front is termed ____.

A) optical
B) fanciful
C) descriptive
D) true

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The emphasis on the anatomy of the nude woman figurine (Venus of Willendorf)suggests early man's interest in ____.

A) gold and jewels
B) health and fertility
C) athletic competitions
D) the domestication of animals

Answer 3

B

Question 4

One of the suggested purposes for Paleolithic cave paintings is thought to have been ____.

A) decoration for the cave
B) insurance for the survival of the herd
C) the creation myth of the tribal chief
D) a record of the previous season's kills

Question 5

What necessitated the inhabitants of Neolithic Jericho to construct fortification walls?

A) Use as an offensive base for invasion
B) Protection from marauding nomads
C) Protection from natural disasters
D) Promotion of a powerful merchant class

Question 6

____ is one of the primary characteristics of Neolithic society.

A) Using bronze tools
B) Domestication of animals and plants
C) Building houses from megaliths
D) Cave dwelling

Question 7

The use of ____ along with its large scale suggests the sculpture human with feline (lion?)head was important to its creator.

A) wood
B) mammoth ivory
C) stone
D) pebbles

Question 8

The figures in the deer hunt wail painting from Çatal Höyük are rendered in _____,which describes what a human body is,as opposed to its appearance from a specific viewpoint.

A) the profile view
B) a frontal view
C) the composite view
D) a three-quarter pose

Question 9

Monuments from the Neolithic period in western Europe,such as Stonehenge,are characterized by ____.

A) megalithic architecture
B) buildings without streets
C) fortifications
D) multistoried buildings

Question 10

____ was used almost exclusively for the representation of animals in Paleolithic art.

A) Composite creature
B) Foreshortening
C) The profile view
D) Linear perspective

Question 11

Whatever their purpose,one of the most outstanding differences between Neolithic figures,such as the human figure from Ain Ghazal and Paleolithic statues,is ____.

A) its large scale and sophisticated technique
B) the representation of animals
C) its placement in fortification walls
D) its careful differentiation of gender

Question 12

What is bitumen?

A) An engraved plaque
B) A tarlike substance
C) A type of clay
D) A handle for a knife

Question 13

The remains of what appear to be the oldest stone temples have been discovered in ____.

A) Babylon
B) Thebes
C) Sumer
D) Göbekli Tepe

Question 14

What is a ground line?

A) It is the baseline in which figures appear to stand.
B) It is a measured line on the wall surface.
C) It is an engraved line on the wall surface.
D) It is a baseline in which figures appear to move around.

Question 15

The human with feline (lion?)head sculpture was found in ____.

A) France
B) Belgium
C) Germany
D) Spain

Question 16

One of the most famous Paleolithic cave paintings,the Hall of the Bulls,was discovered in ____.

A) the Lascaux caves
B) Altamira
C) England
D) Jericho

Question 17

____ is the location of the most spectacular cave paintings that have been discovered.

A) Italy
B) England
C) Germany
D) France

Question 18

The regular appearance of ____ distinguishes paintings produced in the Neolithic period from those in the Paleolithic period.

A) bison
B) human figures
C) animals
D) landscape elements such as trees and flowers

Question 19

Çatal Höyük has a most remarkable mural,a landscape.Which statement best defines the term landscape?

A) It is a picture of a natural setting in its own right with narrative content.
B) It is a picture of a natural setting in its own right without any narrative content.
C) It is a picture that must have trees and narrative content.
D) It is a picture that must have trees and no narrative content.

Question 20

Figures sculpted in the round can be defined as ____.

A) freestanding
B) engraved
C) high relief
D) bas relief

Question 21

Animal facing left

A) France
B) Spain
C) England
D) Africa

Question 22

____ is the simplest and oldest method of spanning a passageway.

A) Post and lintel
B) Corbel vaulting
C) Wattle and daub
D) Mortise and tenon

Question 23

In the Neolithic period,agriculture and raising stock became humankind's major food sources.Which area transitioned to these activities first?

A) Western Europe
B) France
C) Great Britain
D) Anatolia and Mesopotamia

Question 24

Spotted horses and negative handprints

A) Paleolithic
B) Mesolithic
C) Proto-Neolithic
D) Neolithic

Question 25

A henge,or ____,was a type of megalithic monument found almost exclusively in Britain.

A) huge stones arranged in a diamond
B) passage grave
C) fortification wall inset with towers
D) an arrangement of megalithic stones in a circle

Question 26

Bison licking its flank

A) Marble
B) Reindeer horn
C) Terracotta
D) Bitumen

Question 27

What is a megalith?

A) It is a great blue stone.
B) It is volcanic rock quarried in Great Britain.
C) It is a massive rock-cut stone.
D) It is rock quarried in Jericho.