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Slab Construction + Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Write 1-2 things you remember about slab construction in pottery

4 lines
2.

What type of slab pottery was most common in Ancient Egypt, Babylon, and Greece?

a)

Tea sets- tea pots and cups

b)

Tiles

c)

Plates, bowls, and vessels

d)

Statues

3.

What happened when the Romans, whose art was greatly influenced by the Greeks, conquered new territories?

a)

They brought tile making to Western Europe

b)

They abolished art in surrounding territories

4.

Which of these is NOT a type of hand building?

a)

Pinch Pots

b)

Coil Pots

c)

Slab Construction

d)

The wheel

5.

Which clay tool is used to smooth clay?

a)

An ear

b)

A rib

c)

A kidney

d)

a heart

6.

What is the best clay tool for cutting the edges of your slab at an angle?

a)

a bevel tool

b)

a wire tool

c)

A rolling pin

d)

a needle tool

7.

How were slab pottery in Western Europe and Mesoamerica different?

4 lines
8.

Which of these was NOT a common form of slab pottery in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. (Before European influence)

a)

bowls, plates, and cylinders for daily life

b)

vessels to take to the afterlife

c)

Tiles

d)

vessels that depicted history, mythology, and the life of the elite

9.

When and where was the pottery wheel invented?

a)

Between 4000-3000BC in Mesopotamia

b)

In 1776 in the United States

c)

1492 in Europe

d)

1000 BC in Japan

10.

Where was the oldest known pinch-pot discovered?

a)

A pinch pot was found from 18,000BC in a cave in China

b)

Along a river in Nepal from 16,000BC

c)

Japan, 20,000 BC

d)

Sumeria, 5,000 BC

11.

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)