Mesopotamian Art

What is the name of the wedge-like writing system found on much of the art in Mesopotamia?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Calligraphy

• Emojis

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• The Nile and the Amazon

• The Tigris and the Euphrates

• The Nile and the Colorado.

• The Pol and the Yangtze.

What is this?

• The Stele of Hammurabi
• The Stele of Naram-Sin
• The Standard of Ur
• The Ishtar Gate

Mesopotamia is located in present-day

• Egypt

• Africa

• India

• Iraq

This work of art is made of little pieces that make a larger image. What do we call this?

• relief
• mosaic
• painting
• calligraphy

Which of the following was known as the “land between two rivers”?

• Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• Babylon

• Assyria

The Standard of Ur is a good example of hierarchy of scale. Hierarchy of scale means that...

• The larger the figure, the more important they are

• The higher up a figure is, the more important they are

• The brighter a figure is, the more important

"Ca." means all of the following EXCEPT

• circa
• about

• approximately

• exactly

Lapis lazuli is a semi-precious _____ stone

• Violet

• Gold

• Blue

• Green

In art, a register means a _____ layer

• Vertical

• Hieroglyphic

• Diagonal

• Horizontal