CHAPTER ONE
PREHISTORIC ART
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Multiple Choice
1. Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of
A. Homo sapiens.
B. Neanderthals.
C. Homo sapiens sapiens.
D. Homo erectus.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.c Relate Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age artists and art to their
cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Topic: The Stone Age
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
2. Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered
A. ash.
B. bones.
C. clay.
D. ocher.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.a Identify the visual hallmarks of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art for formal, technical, and expressive qualities.
Topic: Shelter or Architecture?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
3. How long ago did figurines of people and animals appear?
A. 50,000 years
B. 30,000 years
C. 25,000 years
D. 10,000 years
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.c Relate Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age artists and art to their
cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Topic: Artifacts or Works of Art?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,4. The Woman from Brassempouy (Fig. 1-9) captures the essence of a head, also called the
A. memory image.
B. abstracted mind.
C. soul image.
D. mind image.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.d Apply the vocabulary and concepts used to discuss Prehistoric art,
artists, and art history.
Topic: Artifacts or Works of Art?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
5. What were small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period once called?
A. Mother Goddess
B. Venus
C. Eve
D. shamans
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.b Interpret the meaning of works of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art based on their themes, subjects, and symbols.
Topic: Artifacts or Works of Art?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
6. Most Neolithic architecture in Germany and central Europe consisted of wood posts
supporting a central beam or
A. ridgepole.
B. thatch.
C. megalith.
D. capstone.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.d Apply the vocabulary and concepts used to discuss Prehistoric art,
artists, and art history.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,7. Rows of trapezoidal buildings made of wooden posts, branches, mud, and clay characterize the
architectural remains at
A. Skara Brae.
B. Çatalhöyük.
C. Lepenski Vir.
D. Newgrange.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.a Identify the visual hallmarks of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art for formal, technical, and expressive qualities.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
8. Continually rebuilt and replastered, early houses at Çatalhöyük may have functioned as
A. grain storerooms.
B. temples.
C. observatories.
D. historical markers.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.e Interpret Prehistoric art using appropriate art historical methods, such as
observation, comparison, and inductive reasoning.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
9. Scholars see the transport of bluestones to Stonehenge from more than 150 miles away as a
sign of
A. associations with Celtic druids.
B. evidence of engineering technology.
C. connections to ancestral homelands.
D. ritual significance of materials.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.e Interpret Prehistoric art using appropriate art historical methods, such as
observation, comparison, and inductive reasoning.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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, 10. How were the beams of Stonehenge secured?
A. mortise-and-tenon joints
B. corbeled vault and capstone
C. post-and-lintel construction
D. mammoth tusks and hides
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.a Identify the visual hallmarks of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art for formal, technical, and expressive qualities.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
11. Bronze is an alloy of copper and
A. tin.
B. gold.
C. terra cotta.
D. silver.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.d Apply the vocabulary and concepts used to discuss Prehistoric art,
artists, and art history.
Topic: The Bronze Age
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
12. The potter’s wheel developed in approximately 4000 BCE in
A. China.
B. Egypt.
C. Japan.
D. Near East.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.c Relate Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age artists and art to their
cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Topic: Ceramics
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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PREHISTORIC ART
1
Multiple Choice
1. Archaeologists link the emergence of image making to the arrival of
A. Homo sapiens.
B. Neanderthals.
C. Homo sapiens sapiens.
D. Homo erectus.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.c Relate Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age artists and art to their
cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Topic: The Stone Age
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
2. Prehistoric people often coated their floors with powdered
A. ash.
B. bones.
C. clay.
D. ocher.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.a Identify the visual hallmarks of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art for formal, technical, and expressive qualities.
Topic: Shelter or Architecture?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
3. How long ago did figurines of people and animals appear?
A. 50,000 years
B. 30,000 years
C. 25,000 years
D. 10,000 years
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.c Relate Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age artists and art to their
cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Topic: Artifacts or Works of Art?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,4. The Woman from Brassempouy (Fig. 1-9) captures the essence of a head, also called the
A. memory image.
B. abstracted mind.
C. soul image.
D. mind image.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.d Apply the vocabulary and concepts used to discuss Prehistoric art,
artists, and art history.
Topic: Artifacts or Works of Art?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
5. What were small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period once called?
A. Mother Goddess
B. Venus
C. Eve
D. shamans
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.b Interpret the meaning of works of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art based on their themes, subjects, and symbols.
Topic: Artifacts or Works of Art?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
6. Most Neolithic architecture in Germany and central Europe consisted of wood posts
supporting a central beam or
A. ridgepole.
B. thatch.
C. megalith.
D. capstone.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.d Apply the vocabulary and concepts used to discuss Prehistoric art,
artists, and art history.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,7. Rows of trapezoidal buildings made of wooden posts, branches, mud, and clay characterize the
architectural remains at
A. Skara Brae.
B. Çatalhöyük.
C. Lepenski Vir.
D. Newgrange.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.a Identify the visual hallmarks of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art for formal, technical, and expressive qualities.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
8. Continually rebuilt and replastered, early houses at Çatalhöyük may have functioned as
A. grain storerooms.
B. temples.
C. observatories.
D. historical markers.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.e Interpret Prehistoric art using appropriate art historical methods, such as
observation, comparison, and inductive reasoning.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
9. Scholars see the transport of bluestones to Stonehenge from more than 150 miles away as a
sign of
A. associations with Celtic druids.
B. evidence of engineering technology.
C. connections to ancestral homelands.
D. ritual significance of materials.
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.e Interpret Prehistoric art using appropriate art historical methods, such as
observation, comparison, and inductive reasoning.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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, 10. How were the beams of Stonehenge secured?
A. mortise-and-tenon joints
B. corbeled vault and capstone
C. post-and-lintel construction
D. mammoth tusks and hides
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.a Identify the visual hallmarks of Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age
art for formal, technical, and expressive qualities.
Topic: Architecture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
11. Bronze is an alloy of copper and
A. tin.
B. gold.
C. terra cotta.
D. silver.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.d Apply the vocabulary and concepts used to discuss Prehistoric art,
artists, and art history.
Topic: The Bronze Age
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
12. The potter’s wheel developed in approximately 4000 BCE in
A. China.
B. Egypt.
C. Japan.
D. Near East.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.c Relate Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age artists and art to their
cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Topic: Ceramics
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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