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WorksheetsAH1_UNIT 1_PREHISTORIC & MESOPOTAMIAN
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 31mins
Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.
The Nile and the Amazon
The Tigris and the Euphrates
The Snake and the Colorado
The Pol and the Yangtze.
Who is featured here atop the stele of laws that they enacted?
Nebuchanezzer and Gilgmesh
Sumer and Ahkadian
Hammurabi and Shamash
Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs.
What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?
Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.
Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.
Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.
Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.
All of these
Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
It was used by many later civilizations as a model
The laws are written in stone.
It treated all people the same under the law.
What is the name of the large constructions built during the Mesopotamian time period? The Hanging gardens & Tower of Babbel are thought to be one of these.
Pyramid
Ziggurat
Obelisk
Post and Lintel construction
Who held the highest levels of Mesopotamian society?
Scribes
Fishermen and Merchants
Priests and Rulers
Artists
Most city-states of Mesopotamia used ________ as their primary building material.
Concrete
Wood
Metal
Mud Brick
Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi
were more harsh for people of lower social classes.
stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.
did not cover domestic/family concerns.
did not apply to the upper class.
Mesopotamian Gods often combined the bodies of humans and animals.
True
False
What is the name of the wedge-like writing system found on much of the art in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Calligraphy
Emojis
Cylinder seals were rolled onto wet _______.
mud
clay
paint
sand
True or False: The purpose of a cylinder seal was to show ownership of property.
True
False
Cylinder seals left the imprint of an image just like a __________.
stamp
stencil
sticker
pen
Why do cylinder seals have holes in them?
they are broken
to use as a straw
to wear on a string like a necklace
to look through like a telescope
True or False: Only poor people wore cylinder seals.
True
False
The benefit of printing with cylinder seals it that it can make _____________ of the same image.
multiples
none
only one
different versions
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.
This is the Assyrian relief sculpture of
The war over the mountain people.
The king's lion hunt.
The code of laws.
the Ishtar Gate.
A carved or inscribed upright stone
mosaic
lamassus
stele
obelisk
Empires of Mesopotamia built __________________ to honor their gods.
steles
pyramids
ziggurats
obelisks
What type of sculpture is this?
stele
bas relief
high relief
petroglyphic
What is the name of this structure in this image?
Stonehenge
Salisburg Plain
Post and Lintel
Hall of Bulls
What is the definition of Prehistoric?
Before history.
Before written history.
Before stores.
Before dinosaurs.
Identify the image.
Altamira
Stonehenge
Woman of Willendorf
Acorn Maiden
What does CE stand for?
Common End
Common Era
Christian Era
Christian End
What are the steps in the proper order for Art Criticism?
Describe, Interpret, Analyze, Evaluate
Interpret, Describe, Evaluate, Analyze
Describe, Analyze, Interpret, Evaluate
Evaluate, Describe, Analyze, Interpret
Explains how the elements and principles are organized in a composition
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Evaluation
Expresses their feelings about the merit of the work and how successful it is, or is not...
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Evaluation
Talks about the meaning or message of the artwork
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Evaluation
Which step is this?
The painting is done by Edvard Munch shows a man screaming on a bridge with two silhouetted figures in the distance.
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Evaluation
An organized approach for studying a work of art.
art criticism
art formalism
art classism
art capitalism
Which of the following suggests the artist was a nomad?
She doesn't have a face.
It is small, and has no feet.
There is great detail on the head.
We know the artifact is not a portrait and more of a symbol because.
It does not have a face
it is made of limestone
it was discovered in Willendorf
Identify this image
Hall of Bulls
Bull Fight
The Great Hunt
Where is this work of art located
Cave of Altamira, Spain
Lascaux Cave, France
Cave of El Castillo, Spain
When was this work of art created?
ca. 5000 BC
ca. 10,000 BC
ca. 15,000 BC
In what country is Stonehenge located?
England
France
Spain
Australia
What is a Solstice?
Day of the dead
Equinox
longest and shortest day of the year
Stonehenge is aligned with the summer and winter solstices
true
false
Nazca lines are drawing in the...
Sea
Desert
Air
Ice
What are the Nazca lines?
Drawings of flowers and plants
Drawing of car and planes
Drawings of animal and plants
Drawings of clouds and mooms
5. The Nazca Lines might be connected with their creators belief in the importance of______
A. water.
B. wind.
C. earth.
It is a time before recorded history.
pueblo
historic
prehistoric
Who are people who study the remains of ancient people called?
scientists
doctors
archeologists
What are prehistoric rock carvings ?
stone art
petroglyphs
sand art
The world's earliest stone fortification is ______________
Jericho
Nazca
Altamira
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is located in which country?
Peru
France
Spain
England
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known piece of literature ever written in history.
True
False
Who does Gilgamesh fight and become friends with?
Utanapishtim
Humbaba
Enkidu
Anu
