WorksheetsModule 2 (Part I) - The Birth of Art
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The cave at Chauvet-Pont d'Arc is known for _______________.
Prehistoric burial sites
Paleolithic paintings
Neolithic architecture
Mesolithic sculpture
What is the Venus of Willendorf?
A famous queen that ruled during the Paleolithic era
The name of a goddess that was worshipped in prehistoric times
The painted image of a woman found in the cave at Lascaux around 15,000 B.C.
A full-round sculpture of a female created about 25,000 years ago
The word Paleolithic refers to what?
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
Ancient images that are unclear due to fading
The period when dinosaurs existed
The most important change in culture that ushered in the Neolithic era was the development of ______________________.
Law and order
Stone tools
Agriculture
Pottery
The decline of hunting and gathering led to people living in ______________________.
Caves
Mountain fortresses
Permanent settlements
Social chaos
What did the people living in the ancient city of Jericho do with the skulls of their deceased relatives?
Displayed them above the gates of the city to frighten their enemies
Covered them with plaster and re-created the face with shells for eyes and painted faces and hair
Cut them into pieces to use as tools, jewelry and eating utensils
Ground them up and scattered them over their crops in the belief that they would be re-incarnated
One of the popular theories about Stonehenge is that it was _________________.
an area where sporting events occured
used as a shelter during bad weather
used as a solar and lunar calendar
used as a trap for animals
The type of art found in the cave at Chauvet shows a mixture of ______________ and _______________.
naturalism / abstraction
images of the present / images of the future
oil paint / acrylic paint
landscapes / seascapes
Çatal Höyük is the name of an ancient neolithic ______________.
battle ground
cemetary
city
church
The earliest known examples of figurative art are all images of ________________.
dinosaurs
women
horses
weapons
