WorksheetsSlab Construction + Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Write 1-2 things you remember about slab construction in pottery
What type of slab pottery was most common in Ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece?
Tea sets- tea pots and cups
Tiles
Plates, bowls, and vessels
Statues
What happened when the Romans, whose art was greatly influenced by the Greeks, conquered new territories?
They brought tile making to Western Europe
They abolished art in surrounding territories
Which of these is NOT a type of hand building?
Pinch Pots
Coil Pots
Slab Construction
The wheel
Which clay tool is used to smooth clay?
An ear
A rib
A kidney
a heart
What is the best clay tool for cutting the edges of your slab at an angle?
a bevel tool
a wire tool
A rolling pin
a needle tool
How were slab pottery in Western Europe and Mesoamerica different?
Which of these was NOT a common form of slab pottery in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. (Before European influence)
bowls, plates, and cylinders for daily life
vessels to take to the afterlife
Tiles
vessels that depicted history, mythology, and the life of the elite
When and where was the pottery wheel invented?
Between 4000-3000BC in Mesopotamia
In 1776 in the United States
1492 in Europe
1000 BC in Japan
Where was the oldest known pinch-pot discovered?
A pinch pot was found from 18,000BC in a cave in China
Along a river in Nepal from 16,000BC
Japan, 20,000 BC
Sumeria, 5,000 BC
Since ancient times, potters have included gritty substances in their clay to add strength and prevent shrinkage. Some examples include sand and ground pottery (that has already been fired). What is this called?
(a)
