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Prehistoric-Egyptian Art

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was mixed with red and yellow ocher to make paint?

a)

Fruit juice

b)

Blood

c)

Animal Fat

2.
What subject matter did the pre-historic people draw?
a)
Rocks
b)
Planets
c)
Weapons
d)
Animals
3.
What were the first artworks from prehistoric times?
a)
Leather goods
b)
Cave Paintings
c)
Stone Structures
d)
Rock statues
4.
What happened to the Lascaux Cave after it was found?
a)
It was looted during WWII
b)
It was vandalized by teenagers
c)
Constant visitors caused the artwork to deteriorate
d)
It was closed and believed to be a hoax
5.

What is the definition of Prehistoric?

a)

Before history.

b)

Before written history.

c)

Before stores.

d)

Before dinosaurs.

6.
What does BC stand for?
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christians
c)
Before Christ
d)
Before Civilization
7.
What does BCE stand for?
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christians Evoloved
c)
Before Christ Era
d)
Before Civilization Era
8.

What does AD stand for?

a)

After Death

b)

After Disease

c)

Ante Diem

d)

Anno Domini. Latin for: In the year of our Lord.

9.

What does CE stand for?

a)

Common End

b)

Common Era

c)

Christian Era

d)

Christian End

10.
Which is the best description of a nomadic group of people?
a)
people who live in a city or state
b)
people who live in houses and drive cars
c)
people who move from place to place in search of food
d)
people who grow crops and stay in one place permanently
11.

Identify this image

a)

Hall of Bulls

b)

Bull Fight

c)

The Great Hunt

12.
Ancient Egyptians were ruled by whom?
a)
The President
b)
A Pharaoh
c)
The Mayor
d)
Religion 
13.
Ancient Egyptian history is divided into what? 
a)
Chapters
b)
Ages
c)
Dynasties
d)
Kingdoms
14.
The function of Egyptian art was to glorify the gods (including the pharaoh) and preserve the values of the day.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The first found visual art by humans were.........
a)
Big stone columns
b)
Great Pyramids
c)
Stone Sculptors
d)
Animals painted on cave walls
16.

The Giza Complex consists of

a)

dozens of small pyramids

b)

A single pyramid in the desert

c)

A city consisting of 1 grand pyramid

d)

3 large pyramids and many out buildings

17.

The Nile River was important because

a)

It was a transportation route for traders to deliver goods

b)

It was the only source of water in the desert

c)

It would flood each year leaving rich soil

d)

It has enough fish to feed the population

18.
Why did the Egyptians pose figures with hands, head and legs to the side?
a)
 It was easier to render for the artist
b)
It was from a third person point of view
c)
 It showed the body from the 'most familiar view'
19.
Egyptian writing system using images is known as what?
a)
Cuneform
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Kichwa
d)
Swahili
20.
Which Egyptian queen is known for her 'beauty'?
a)
Nefertiti
b)
Hapshetsut
c)
Ankhesenamun
21.

Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?

a)

It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing.

b)

It gave clues about building.

c)

It was a book of the dead.

d)

It told how pharaoh's rules.

22.

2. How are people and animals often portrayed in Ancient Egyptian art?

a)

The head faces forward, but the body faces the side.

b)

The head is looking to the side, but the body faces forward.

c)

Both body and head face the side.

d)

People face forward, but animals face the side.

23.
How does the Nile River flow?
a)
starting in the south to the north 
b)
starting in the north to the south 
c)
starting in the middle to the north 
d)
starting in the middle to the south 
24.

What is a Delta?

a)

A fan shaped area of land

b)

food

c)

A multitude

d)

Money

25.

Amateur archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and his eight-year-old daughter María received great renown for their discovery of cave paintings in the Altamira caves.

a)

True, they became famous and gained much fortune for their findings.

b)

False, Marcelino was greatly ridiculed until his death 9 years later and his findings were called fake until 5 yeaars after that.