History of art Chapter 1 & 2

The term paleothic literally means sone age or old age? 

Old age (old stone age) 

What material was used by upper paleolithic humans to carve the famous lion-human figurine found in the hohlenstein-stadel cave?  mammoth ivory or baked clay 

mammoth ivory

3. The venus of wilendorf was made from limestone. What color was this figurine originally painted?  

red ochre or charcoal black  

red ochre

5. The word neolithic means new stone or new age? 

New Stone 

Chauvet cave is located in spain or france? 

france

6. What makes the sculpture woman from brasssempouy sculpture unique?  

Stimulus image - trigger a specific sensory or  

Memory image - essential shape information for the viewer to recognize them 

Memory image - essential shape information for the viewer to recognize them 

7. The Stonehenge represent typical corbel construction or post and lintel construction? 

post and lintel construction 

8. What unique feature characterizes the architecture and urban layout of this prehistoric town Catalhoyuk?  

Every house had a large stone porch built using the post and lintel system or  

The houses were built closely together with no streets, entrance through openings in the roofs and ladders 

 The houses were built closely together with no streets, entrance through openings in the roofs and ladders 

9. To which prehistoric era does horse and sun chariot belong?  

Bronze age or neolithic 

Bronze age

10. The term figurine means small sculpture or human size sculpture? 

Small sculpture  

1. The cities and city–states that developed in southern Mesopotamia between 3500 and 23400 BCE are collectively known as 

Assyria 

Sumer  

Sumer  

2. Which of the following architectural structures represents the most prominent and visually impressive surviving archaeological legacy of the Sumerian civilization? 

The Ziggurat 

The Obelisk  

The Ziggurat 

3. What did Mesopotamian scribes primarily use to execute "Cuneiform" script? 

A blunt reed stylus pressed into soft, unbaked clay tablets 

Iron styluses used to scratch text into treated animal skins  

A blunt reed stylus pressed into soft, unbaked clay tablets 

4. Sumerian votive figures were dedicated to the  

gods.  

priests  

gods.  

5. What does the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin primarily celebrate? 

A military victory 

A religious festival  

A military victory 

6. How is the narrative organized on the surface of the Uruk Vase to show the hierarchy of the Mesopotamian world? 

Through a series of deeply carved geometric spirals 

In three distinct horizontal bands or tiers called registers

In three distinct horizontal bands or tiers called registers

7. The ruler of Lagash was  

Sargon. 

Gudea.  

Gudea.  

8. Which ancient society is historically recognized as the most powerful and politically dominant culture to emerge from ancient Anatolia? 

Persian 

Hittite  

Hittite  

9. Which of the following best describes the historical significance of the text inscribed on the Stele of Hammurabi? 

It is the first known written law code preserved in a complete form 

It is the first known epic poem ever written  

It is the first known written law code preserved in a complete form

10. Which Neo-Babylonian ruler commissioned monumental Ishtar gate as part of a larger campaign to beautify his imperial capital? 

Nabopolassar 

Nebuchadnezzar II 

Nebuchadnezzar II