CHAPTER ONE
ART of the PREHISTORIC WORLD
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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: 1.1 Identify the cultural and historical contexts that led to the first artistic
impulses of the Stone Age.
Topic: The Stone Age
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
2. Researchers divide the Paleolithic period into three ages and can divide art into those periods
based on
A. proof of what was used in spiritual ceremonies.
B. written documentation.
C. the use of color.
D. their location found in excavation.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify the cultural and historical contexts that led to the first artistic
impulses of the Stone Age.
Topic: Chapter Introduction
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: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
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,Skill Level: Remember the Facts
4. The Woman from Brassempouy (Fig. 1-8) 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: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
5. What were small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period once called?
A. Idols
B. Venus
C. Eve
D. Shamans
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
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: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,7. Archeological evidence suggests that which of the following places was the last to be
inhabited by humans?
A. Africa
B. Europe
C. The Americas
D. Asia
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify the cultural and historical contexts that led to the first artistic
impulses of the Stone Age.
Topic: The Stone Age
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
8. Continually rebuilt and replastered, early houses at Çatalhöyük may have
A. served as grain storerooms.
B. been used as temples.
C. been observatories for a brief period.
D. lasted over centuries.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
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: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
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: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
11. Perhaps the most critical cognitive ability that separates Homo sapiens sapiens from
Neanderthals is the ability to
A. think symbolically.
B. develop hunting tools.
C. create alliances.
D. form social relationships.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
12. The potter’s wheel developed in approximately 4000 BCE in
A. China.
B. Egypt.
C. Japan.
D. Near East.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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ART of the PREHISTORIC WORLD
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: 1.1 Identify the cultural and historical contexts that led to the first artistic
impulses of the Stone Age.
Topic: The Stone Age
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
2. Researchers divide the Paleolithic period into three ages and can divide art into those periods
based on
A. proof of what was used in spiritual ceremonies.
B. written documentation.
C. the use of color.
D. their location found in excavation.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify the cultural and historical contexts that led to the first artistic
impulses of the Stone Age.
Topic: Chapter Introduction
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: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
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,Skill Level: Remember the Facts
4. The Woman from Brassempouy (Fig. 1-8) 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: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
5. What were small-scale female sculptures from the Upper Paleolithic period once called?
A. Idols
B. Venus
C. Eve
D. Shamans
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
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: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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,7. Archeological evidence suggests that which of the following places was the last to be
inhabited by humans?
A. Africa
B. Europe
C. The Americas
D. Asia
Answer: C
Learning Objective: 1.1 Identify the cultural and historical contexts that led to the first artistic
impulses of the Stone Age.
Topic: The Stone Age
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
8. Continually rebuilt and replastered, early houses at Çatalhöyük may have
A. served as grain storerooms.
B. been used as temples.
C. been observatories for a brief period.
D. lasted over centuries.
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
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: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
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: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
11. Perhaps the most critical cognitive ability that separates Homo sapiens sapiens from
Neanderthals is the ability to
A. think symbolically.
B. develop hunting tools.
C. create alliances.
D. form social relationships.
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.2 Explore the significance of the shelters and representational images from
the Paleolithic period.
Topic: The Paleolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
12. The potter’s wheel developed in approximately 4000 BCE in
A. China.
B. Egypt.
C. Japan.
D. Near East.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.3 Relate the development of prehistoric art and architecture to the social
and cultural changes of the Neolithic period.
Topic: The Neolithic Period
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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