Prehistoric - Meso Quiz#1

Identify the name of the sculpture.

• Venus de Milo

• Venus of Willendorf

• Venus of Laussel

• Venus of Hohle Fels

What is the name of this sculpture?

• The Thinker

• Discus Thrower

• Bul-ul

• Shigir

A large upright stone that are either alone or together with other stones.

• Dolmens

• Mehzirich

• Tomb

• Megalith

Made of two or more upright stones with a single stone lying across them.

• Dolmens

• Monolith

• Pithouse

• Stonehenge

A prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, consists of a ring of standing stones.

• Dolmens

• Megaliths

• Stonehenge

• Carnac Stones

Known as "The Land Between Rivers"

• Mesopotamia

• Babylon

• Persia

• Assyria

Which one is not an invention of Mesopotamia?

• Wheel

• Cuneiform

• Sailboat

• Papyrus

These figures are used as stand-ins or proxies for the donor who commissioned them.

• Venus sculpture

• Votive statues

• Megalithic stones

• Victory stele

The writing of the Sumerians.

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• Baybayin

• Standard of Ur

True or False? Mesopotamia is also called "The Fertile Crescent" because the soil beds along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were rich with silt, which provided the necessary nutrients to establish agricultural communities.

• True

• False

• I don't know?