Cave Art
Ancient Egypt
Greek Philosophers
Ancient Greece
Miscellaneous
100
What is cave art?
Prehistoric pictures painted on the interior of cave walls.
100
What ist he point at which the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea meet called?
Nile Delta
100
Who was Socrates?
He was the first of the 3 great Athenian philosophers.
100
Greek pottery and painting evolved into a _______ art form.
significant
100
What type of animals were often depicted in cave art?
The paintings often depicted horses, cattle, bison, & mammoths that lived during the Paleolithic time period.
200
What type of clues did cave art provide about the people who lived during that time period?
Cave paintings explain how Paleolithic people lived.
200
Why were pyramids created? (2 part response)
Pyramids were created as tombs for the pharaohs and served as an aid to connect the pharaoh to the heavens.
200
What is the Socratic Method?
a form of questioning that stimulates critical thinking and discussion
200
Greek pots were shaped according to their ________.
function
200
What is a hierarchy (in respect to ancient Egypt)?
a system in which people are grouped based on their job or occupation and ranked by importance
300
What type of techniques did cave artist use to create the paintings?
color, dotting, shading, perspective, and outlining.
300
Why do the pyramids point directly to the center of the heavens?
They point upwards to help the pharaohs communicate with the gods.
300
Plato was a student of which great philosopher?
Socrates
300
What was ancient Greek pottery often decorated with?
human figures depicting Greek gods and heroes
300
Who is the king of Ithaca?
Odysseus
400
On what continent are the caves of Lascaux, Le Chauvet, & Altamira located?
Europe
400
How was ancient Egypt's society structured?
hierarchy
400
Aristotle was a student of which great philosopher?
Plato
400
Identify 2 great literary works that came out of ancient Greece.
The Republic, The Odyssey, & The Illiad
400
Odysseus did not want to answer the call to war. So, what did he do?
He behaved in a strange manner trying to convince the messenger that he was crazy.
500
Who discovered the caves at Lascaux and Altamira?
youths (young people)
500
Identify 3 famous pharaohs.
Ramses II, Hatshepsut, Khufu, & Khafre
500
What topic did Aristotle's philosophies stress?
The sciences
500
Who is attributed to having created the original "Odyssey"?
Homer
500
Who gave the idea to build a wooden horse to trick the Trojans?
Athena
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