Question 1

How did the artists of Lascaux fuel the lamps that they used to see within the deep recesses of the cave?

Accepted Answer

They used animal fat,which lef

Question 2

How were the beams of Stonehenge secured?

Accepted Answer

A)  mortise-and-tenon joints 
B)  corbeled vault and capstone 
C)  post-and-lintel construction 
D)  mammoth tusks and hides 
A)  mortise-and-tenon joints 
B)  corbeled vault and capstone 
C)  post-and-lintel construction 
D)  mammoth tusks and hides

Question 3

How are the structures of megalithic architecture similar in form and function? Give examples and compare and contrast those examples.

Accepted Answer

1.Newgrange and Stonehenge are two examp

Question 4

What method of dating cave paintings and excavated objects uses organic material?

Accepted Answer

A)  radiometric dating 
B)  electron spin resonance 
C)  potassium-argon dating 
D)  uranium-thorium dating 
A)  radiometric dating 
B)  electron spin resonance 
C)  potassium-argon dating 
D)  uranium-thorium dating

Question 5

Which of the following was created in the most realistic style?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bison, Le Tuc d'Audoubert 
B)  Woman from Willendorf, Austria 
C)  Lion-Human, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany 
D)  Figures of a Woman and a Man, Cernavoda, Romania 
A)  Bison, Le Tuc d'Audoubert 
B)  Woman from Willendorf, Austria 
C)  Lion-Human, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany 
D)  Figures of a Woman and a Man, Cernavoda, Romania

Question 6

An anthropologist who studied the Altamira Cave does not believe that the animals that are depicted are dead but rather are

Accepted Answer

A)  gods. 
B)  dust-wallowing. 
C)  surrogates for man. 
D)  disabled. 
A)  gods. 
B)  dust-wallowing. 
C)  surrogates for man. 
D)  disabled.

Question 7

Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered

Accepted Answer

A)  ash. 
B)  bones. 
C)  clay. 
D)  ocher. 
A)  ash. 
B)  bones. 
C)  clay. 
D)  ocher.

Question 8

How would you compare the artistic representations of the Paleolithic period to the Neolithic period?

Accepted Answer

1.Representations of humans in painting

Question 9

Rather than being a product of invaders,the destruction of houses at some sites in the Neolithic period was part of

Accepted Answer

A)  the selection of a new leader. 
B)  a rival family's attempt to gain property. 
C)  a ritual killing of the house. 
D)  ritual celebrating a birth. 
A)  the selection of a new leader. 
B)  a rival family's attempt to gain property. 
C)  a ritual killing of the house. 
D)  ritual celebrating a birth.

Question 10

Handprints at the cave at Pech-Merle were probably created using what technique?

Accepted Answer

A)  incising lines with a sharp stick 
B)  spraying paint onto the cave wall 
C)  painting the image with a brush 
D)  drawing with an ocher crayon 
A)  incising lines with a sharp stick 
B)  spraying paint onto the cave wall 
C)  painting the image with a brush 
D)  drawing with an ocher crayon

Question 11

The Human Figures from 'Ain Ghazal give the impression of living individuals who

Accepted Answer

A)  can communicate with the gods. 
B)  are unable to express themselves. 
C)  can communicate with the dead. 
D)  are leaders of their site. 
A)  can communicate with the gods. 
B)  are unable to express themselves. 
C)  can communicate with the dead. 
D)  are leaders of their site.

Question 12

Continually rebuilt and replastered,early houses at Çatalhöyük may have functioned as

Accepted Answer

A)  grain storerooms. 
B)  temples. 
C)  observatories. 
D)  historical markers. 
A)  grain storerooms. 
B)  temples. 
C)  observatories. 
D)  historical markers.

Question 13

What conclusion can be made about both the Lion-Human and Woman from Willendorf ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Artists expressed imaginative themes. 
B)  Celestial observations influence art. 
C)  Killing a lion would incur a curse. 
D)  Humans and animals were part of separate groups. 
A)  Artists expressed imaginative themes. 
B)  Celestial observations influence art. 
C)  Killing a lion would incur a curse. 
D)  Humans and animals were part of separate groups.

Question 14

How long ago did figurines of people and animals appear?

Accepted Answer

A)  50,000 years 
B)  30,000 years 
C)  25,000 years 
D)  10,000 years 
A)  50,000 years 
B)  30,000 years 
C)  25,000 years 
D)  10,000 years

Question 15

Rows of trapezoidal buildings made of wooden posts,branches,mud,and clay characterize the architectural remains at

Accepted Answer

A)  Skara Brae. 
B)  Çatalhöyük. 
C)  Lepenski Vir. 
D)  Newgrange. 
A)  Skara Brae. 
B)  Çatalhöyük. 
C)  Lepenski Vir. 
D)  Newgrange.

Question 16

What were small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period once called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mother Goddess 
B)  Venus 
C)  Eve 
D)  shamans 
A)  Mother Goddess 
B)  Venus 
C)  Eve 
D)  shamans

Question 17

Why is the Lion-Human sculpture remarkable for the Paleolithic period?

Accepted Answer

It is very large and complex.I

Question 18

Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of

Accepted Answer

A)  Homo sapiens. 
B)  Neanderthals. 
C)  Homo sapiens sapiens. 
D)  Homo erectus. 
A)  Homo sapiens. 
B)  Neanderthals. 
C)  Homo sapiens sapiens. 
D)  Homo erectus.

Question 19

Bronze is an alloy of copper and

Accepted Answer

A)  tin. 
B)  gold. 
C)  terra cotta. 
D)  silver. 
A)  tin. 
B)  gold. 
C)  terra cotta. 
D)  silver.

Exam 1: Prehistoric Art

How did the artists of Lascaux fuel the lamps that they used to see within the deep recesses of the cave?

How were the beams of Stonehenge secured?

How are the structures of megalithic architecture similar in form and function? Give examples and compare and contrast those examples.

What method of dating cave paintings and excavated objects uses organic material?

Which of the following was created in the most realistic style?

An anthropologist who studied the Altamira Cave does not believe that the animals that are depicted are dead but rather are

Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered

How would you compare the artistic representations of the Paleolithic period to the Neolithic period?

Rather than being a product of invaders,the destruction of houses at some sites in the Neolithic period was part of

Handprints at the cave at Pech-Merle were probably created using what technique?

The Human Figures from 'Ain Ghazal give the impression of living individuals who

Continually rebuilt and replastered,early houses at Çatalhöyük may have functioned as

What conclusion can be made about both the Lion-Human and Woman from Willendorf ?

How long ago did figurines of people and animals appear?

Rows of trapezoidal buildings made of wooden posts,branches,mud,and clay characterize the architectural remains at

What were small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period once called?

Why is the Lion-Human sculpture remarkable for the Paleolithic period?

Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of

Bronze is an alloy of copper and

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