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SOUTH, CENTRAL, & WEST ASIAN ARTS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Are 30 rock-cut cave monuments that date back from the 2nd century BCE("Before the Common Era“)

a)

AJANTA CAVES OF MAHARASHTRA

b)

AGRA CAVES OF MAHARASHTRA

c)

India Rock Cave

2.

An ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.

a)

Raj Mahal

b)

Taj Mahal

c)

Sha Mahal

3.

A stitched, and often colourful felt floor-covering, usually handmade in Central Asia.

a)

Shurdak

b)

Shymdak

c)

Shyrdak

4.

Are large, elaborately embroidered wall hangings, traditionally made in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan by women to commemorate the marriage of a son or daughter.

a)

Keteni

b)

Shyrdak

c)

Tush Kyis

5.

A home spun silk that is used for the beautiful dresses worn by Turkmen Women on special occasions.

a)

Shyrdak

b)

Keteni

c)

Tush Kyis

6.

An ancient art and each tribe developed its own distinctive pattern in Turkmenistan

a)
b)
7.
a)
b)
c)
8.

Is one of the most beautiful and pleasing art forms of India.

a)

Mangoli

b)

Rangoli

c)

Pangoli

9.

It was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and one of the world's earliest major cities.

a)

Ajanta Caves

b)

Kot Deji

c)

Mojenjo Daro

10.
a)

Diyas

b)

Diwali

c)

Rangoli

11.

Hindu festival of lights.

a)

DIWALI

b)

DIYAS

c)

RANGOLI

12.

Pre-Islamic settlement that are now tourist attractions.

a)
b)
c)
13.

NAME THE ART

(a)  

14.

A form of body art and temporary skin decoration from the Indian Subcontinent usually drawn on hands or legs, in which decorative designs are created on a person's body, using a paste, created from the powdered dry leaves of the henna plant.

a)
b)
c)
15.

The 5 standard color of henna for MEHNDI ART are brown, red, black,_____________and_____________

(a)  

16.

A colorful felt floor-covering, usually handmade in Central Asia specifically by Kazakhs and Kyrgyz.

a)

Shyrdak

b)

Tush Kyis

c)

Keteni

d)

Carpet Weaving

17.

Rangoli comes from the word Rang meaning (a)  

18.

Mehndi can be created from the powdered dry leaves of the (a)   plant

19.

Deepavali or Dipavali is also called the (a)  

20.

TAJ MAHAL was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor,

(a)