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Prehistoric Art

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three periods of prehistoric human development?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

c)

Cavelithic

d)

Mesolithic

e)

Neanderlithic

2.

What does prehistoric art tell us about prehistoric people?

a)

their social systems

b)

their spiritual beliefs

c)

what happened long ago

d)

all of the answers

e)

none of the answers

3.

Which materials did prehistoric people use to create pigments?

a)
clay
b)
charcoal
c)

wood

d)

chalk

e)

leaves

4.

Which tools did prehistoric people use to paint the cave walls?

a)

chewed sticks

b)

bottles of spray paint

c)

hollowed out bones

d)

sponges

5.

What did prehistoric people paint on the walls of the Lascaux caves in France?

a)

human figures

b)

skyscrapers

c)

animals once native to the region

d)

landscapes

e)

abstract signs

6.

Which materials did prehistoric people use to create sculptures?

a)

plastic

b)

ivory

c)

stone

d)

concrete

e)

bone

7.

The exaggerated female form in prehistoric sculptures may have represented a desire to become _____.

a)

hungry

b)

happy

c)

pregnant

d)

popular

8.

A possible purpose of the Neolithic Plastered Skull was to _____ the dead.

a)

annoy

b)

remember

c)

haunt

d)

make fun of

9.

A group of stones consisting of a large horizontal stone resting on top of two vertical stones is called a _____.

a)

cromlech

b)

lintel

c)

solstice

d)

trilithon

10.

________ can be described as a cromlech, a structure made of large, upright stones arranged in a circular pattern.

a)

Stonehaven

b)

Stone Circle

c)

Stonehenge

d)

Ring of Stone