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WorksheetsPrehistoric Art
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do the cave art images tell us about the people that made them?
They were likely hunters.
They weren't very creative people.
They were likely farmers.
What technique did early artists use to paint cave walls?
Chewing animal fat (binder) and mixing it with crushed flowers (pigment) and blowing it onto walls
Dipping hands in seed oil (binder) and mixing it with minerals (pigment) to finger paint on walls
Chewing animal fat (binder) and mixing it with crushed up minerals (pigment) to blow onto walls
Dipping hands in seed oil (binder) and mixing it with crushed flowers (pigment) and blowing it onto walls
For what purpose did prehistoric people make art?
To connect with and have power over the animals they hunt
To tell stories of their great hunts to tribesmen
To practice art for fun
To remember the dead animals slain in the hunt
In what century was the first cave painting discovered?
14th
16th
18th
19th
