Unit 1 Global Prehistory Practice Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering all 11 required works, key terminology, and historical context from Unit 1: Global Prehistory.

The term "prehistoric" refers to the period before __________ were created.

written records

The earliest known writing was invented around 3400 B.C. in Sumer near the Persian Gulf, located in modern-day __________.

Mesopotamia

The root "-lithic" in terms like Paleolithic and Neolithic derives from the word meaning __________.

stone

Small-scale, portable art objects created by prehistoric humans are categorized as __________.

art mobilier

The __________ were discovered in Namibia between 1969 and 1972 by archaeologist W.E. Wendt, who named the location after NASA's moon landing mission.

Apollo 11 Cave Stones

Prehistoric wall paintings and cave art created directly on permanent rock walls are referred to as __________ art.

parietal

The depiction of bull horns in a frontal view while their bodies are shown in profile at Lascaux is an artistic convention known as twisted perspective or __________.

composite pose

The Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine was carved from the sacrum bone of an extinct camelid found in __________, Mexico.

Tequixquiac

Sculpting techniques that involve removing or carving away material from a block of bone, stone, or wood are classified as __________ sculpture.

subtractive

The rock painting titled Running Horned Woman was discovered in an ancient rock city located in Tassili n'Ajjer, __________.

Algeria

The exterior decoration on the Beaker with ibex motifs from Susa, Iran is divided into horizontal bands called __________.

registers

A type of porous, low-fired earthenware made from natural iron-rich clay that bakes to a reddish-brown color is called __________.

terra cotta

An upright freestanding stone slab used as a marker or monument, such as the 4th millennium B.C.E. artifact from Ha'il, Saudi Arabia, is called a __________.

stele

Attributing human characteristics to something non-human, or giving human form to an object, is defined as __________.

anthropomorphism

Crafted by the Liangzhu culture in Neolithic China, the __________ is a carved jade object characterized by a square outer form with a central circular hollow tube.

Jade Cong

Because jade is too hard to cut with metal tools, Neolithic craftsmen shaped jade by scraping it with sand and water, a technique known as __________.

abrading

At Stonehenge, upright megalith posts were fitted to horizontal lintels using a __________ joint.

mortice and tenon

Adjacent stone lintels along the outer ring of Stonehenge were secured end-to-end using __________ joints.

tongue and groove

Carved from tough greywacke stone in Papua New Guinea, The Ambum Stone was originally created in the form of a __________ before later being used for rituals.

pestle

Many ceramic Tlatilco figurines feature two heads or fused facial features, representing the concept of __________.

duality

The incised earthenware fragments created by the __________ people of the Pacific Islands feature geometric patterns and stylized anthropomorphic faces.

Lapita