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Questions
1. In Russia and Ukraine, the buildings of Upper Paleolithic settlements were built using __________.
stone dolmens
the post-and-lintel system
corbel vaults
mammoth bones
2. Compared to Paleolithic sculptures, such as the Woman from Willendorf, the Woman and Man from Cernavoda display more what?
Idealized attributes
Gestures and expressions
Painted colors
Exaggerated features
3. Why do scholars agree that cave paintings were meaningful to prehistoric peoples?
People returned to them many times generation after generation.
The archaeological record indicates that people were buried underneath the paintings.
Archaeologists found hunting equipment in the subterranean galleries of each cave.
The cave openings were sealed before the artists moved to a new location.
4. Which of the following is used at the Stonehenge?
Bluestone
Sarsen
Trilithons
All of the above
5. What type of structure is Newgrange?
Dolmen
Passage grave
Cairn
Pit burial
6. What type of sculpture is still attached to its background material?
Course
Sculpture in the round
Relief
Megalithic
7. What is a common theme of the wall paintings in the houses of Çatalhoyuk?
People planting crops
Female figures
Herds of animals
Violent and wild scenes
8. All of the following are characteristics of a Neolithic culture EXCEPT what?
Year-round settlements
Agriculture
Large scale sculpture
Domesticated herds
9. Which of the following examples of Paleolithic art is unique because it may tell a story?
Woman from Willendorf
Hall of Bulls
Bird-Headed Man with Bison
Men Taunting a Deer
10. Where are the earliest-known European Prehistoric cave paintings located?
Altamira
Chauvet
Catalhöyük
Lascaux
11. What do most carved human figures from the Paleolithic period depict?
Children
Elders
Women
Men
12. What is a statue carved free of any background or block is called?
Capstone
Linear design
Sculpture in the round
Dolmen
13. Although archeologists and art historians are unsure of the meaning of Lion-Human Statuette, it is considered an artwork because it _________.
establishes that Paleolithic artists copied what they observed in nature
represents a spiritual figure communing with the celestial world
demonstrates the technique of modeling clay into representational figures
demonstrates complex thinking and creative imagination
14. Where are Paleolithic cave paintings are found?
Rock faces exposed to daylight
Mouth of caves
Architectural walls
Deep within uninhabited caves
15. From what material were the houses in Çatalhoyuk constructed?
Wooden blocks
Mudbrick
Mammoth bones
Stone posts
16. What method of construction uses two upright materials support a horizontal element?
Vaulting
Corbeling
Course
Post-and-lintel
17. What does the term megalithic mean?
Great structure
Large stone
Old block
Building with beams
18. Female figurines from the Paleolithic period most likely exaggerated female attributes to emphasize __________.
Religious ritual
Power
Fertility
Beauty
19. What is the horizontal layer of stone used in building construction?
Course
Peristyle
Hypostyle
Corbelling
20. Which of the following sites is an example of post-and-lintel construction?
Stonehenge
Catalhoyok
Newgrange
Chauvet