Question 1

Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of

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

Question 2

Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered

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

Question 3

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

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

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

Why is the Lascaux scene Bird-Headed Man with Bison (Fig. 1-12) unique, and what might it represent?

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The painting is different styl

Question 6

What conclusion can archeologists make about the ancient site of Çatalhöyük?

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A)  It was temporarily used as a burial ground. 
B)  It had religious and domestic functions. 
C)  The people focused on military defenses. 
D)  The settlement was built over an older Paleolithic site. 
A)  It was temporarily used as a burial ground. 
B)  It had religious and domestic functions. 
C)  The people focused on military defenses. 
D)  The settlement was built over an older Paleolithic site.

Question 7

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

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They used animal fat, which le

Question 8

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

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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 9

Most Neolithic architecture in Germany and central Europe consisted of wood posts supporting a central beam or

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A)  ridgepole. 
B)  thatch. 
C)  megalith. 
D)  capstone. 
A)  ridgepole. 
B)  thatch. 
C)  megalith. 
D)  capstone.

Question 10

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

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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

Scholars dismissed the sympathetic magic interpretation of cave paintings because

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A)  animal and human representations are abstract. 
B)  animals were frequently shown alongside human figures. 
C)  animals used for food were not portrayed. 
D)  animals are painted on cave ceilings. 
A)  animal and human representations are abstract. 
B)  animals were frequently shown alongside human figures. 
C)  animals used for food were not portrayed. 
D)  animals are painted on cave ceilings.

Question 12

How were the beams of Stonehenge secured?

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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 13

What formal artistic devices did the artists of the Chauvet Cave in southeastern France use to convey images of horses, mammoths, aurochs, and other animals?

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1. Implied motion can be seen in many re

Question 14

The painting of Men Taunting a Deer(?) (Fig. 1-17) at Çatalhöyük may represent

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A)  a belief in sympathetic magic. 
B)  an earlier cave painting. 
C)  the hope for more animals. 
D)  a dangerous ritual or game of baiting. 
A)  a belief in sympathetic magic. 
B)  an earlier cave painting. 
C)  the hope for more animals. 
D)  a dangerous ritual or game of baiting.

Question 15

What are the particular challenges and rewards of studying prehistoric art?

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Historical records are not available, bu

Question 16

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

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A)  Bison, Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Fig. 1-14) 
B)  Woman from Willendorf, Austria (Fig. 1-7) 
C)  Lion-Human, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany (Fig. 1-6) 
D)  Figures of a Woman and a Man, Cernavoda, Romania (Fig. 1-27) 
A)  Bison, Le Tuc d'Audoubert (Fig. 1-14) 
B)  Woman from Willendorf, Austria (Fig. 1-7) 
C)  Lion-Human, Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany (Fig. 1-6) 
D)  Figures of a Woman and a Man, Cernavoda, Romania (Fig. 1-27)

Question 17

Briefly discuss the artistic decorations found in the structures of Çatalhöyük.

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Painted on the walls of some houses are

Question 18

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.

Question 19

What is the significance of the form and the manner in which Woman from Dolní Vĕstonice (Fig. 1-8) was created?

Accepted Answer

1. The figure represents a female withou

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

1. Representations of humans in painting

Exam 1: Prehistoric Art

Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of

Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered

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

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

Why is the Lascaux scene Bird-Headed Man with Bison (Fig. 1-12) unique, and what might it represent?

What conclusion can archeologists make about the ancient site of Çatalhöyük?

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

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

Most Neolithic architecture in Germany and central Europe consisted of wood posts supporting a central beam or

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

Scholars dismissed the sympathetic magic interpretation of cave paintings because

How were the beams of Stonehenge secured?

What formal artistic devices did the artists of the Chauvet Cave in southeastern France use to convey images of horses, mammoths, aurochs, and other animals?

The painting of Men Taunting a Deer(?) (Fig. 1-17) at Çatalhöyük may represent

What are the particular challenges and rewards of studying prehistoric art?

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

Briefly discuss the artistic decorations found in the structures of Çatalhöyük.

Bronze is an alloy of copper and

What is the significance of the form and the manner in which Woman from Dolní Vĕstonice (Fig. 1-8) was created?

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

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