In the middle kingdom, what kinds of burial structures were used?
a- mastabas
b- rock cut tombs
c-pyramids
What is b) rock cut tomb
100
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
What is Tigris and Euphrates
100
Where were the earliest cave paintings found?
What is Lascaux
100
Which culture was earliest Sumerian, Assyrian, Persian?
What is Sumerian
100
Which man made formation of rocks is located in Salisbury Plain, and thought to correspond to the solstices and equinoxes?
What is Stonehenge
200
Who is credited with designing the first pyramid?
a) Akhenaton
b) Imhotep
c) Hatshepsut
What is b) Imhotep
200
The first city that was fortified with walls, towers, and a ditch surrounding the city was :
a) Stonehenge
b) Jericho
c) Hammurabi
What is b) Jericho
200
What is the Venus of Willendorf?
What is a small handheld sculpture from Austria, from Paleolithic times, that depicts a large, pregnant woman.
200
What is hierarchical convention?
What is the most important person is depicted in a larger scale and looks more individualized than the less important/powerful people
200
the _____________ river provided Egypt with the resources to grow crops and become a thriving society.
a- Tigris
b- Euphrates
c-Nile
What is c- Nile
300
Who is credited with discovering the tomb of King Tut in 1922?
What is Howard Carter
300
Tall stepped structures that were built of mudbrick, much like the structure at Ur, were called:
a) mastabas
b) rock cut tombs
c) ziggurats
What is c) ziggurats
300
The first architecture appeared in which era?
What is Neolithic
300
Which female ruled in ancient Egypt with the same power and authority as a pharaoh?
a) Nefertiti
b) Hepshepsut
c) Akhenaton
What is b) Hepshepsut
300
Sumerian devotional statues were often depicted with large ____________
a- heads
b-eyes
c- hands
What is b-eyes
400
The sphinx had the body of a lion and the head of the pharaoh _________________
a) Imhotep
b) Chefren
c)Nefertiti
What is b) Chefren
400
_____________________ are horizontal bands within an artwork.
a) rows
b)registers
c)columns
What is b) registers
400
Name one thing that was used as a pigment in Neolithic times.
What is Iron oxide, charcoal, hemotite
400
The ________________ defeated the Assyrian empire in 500 BC.
a) Akkadians
b)Persians
c)Sumerians
What is c) Persians
400
What is the definition of cromlech?
a) horizontal elements in post and lintel construction
b)curved stones
c) stones over 50 tons
What is b) curved stones
500
What kingdom was King Akhenaton part of, and what influence did he have over the art of the time?
What is New kingdom, and he favored more realistic art
500
What is the stele of Hammurabi? What is inscribed on its surface?
What is It is a tall monument with a rounded top, made of black limestone. It depicts Hammurabi receiving the law from a winged god. The majority of the monument is inscribed with Hammurabi's code or law
500
Why did the first architectural structures emerge in the Neolithic Era?
a- better building tools
b- more of a agricultural/shepherd society dominated
c- there were fewer caves available in that time
What is b- more of an agricultural/shepherd society dominated
500
The Great pyramids at Giza were built during the __________kingdom
a) old
b)middle
c)new
What is a) old
500
What was depicted in tomb paintings?
What is the typical activities of the person buried there, a narrative depicting food gathering (such as fishing or hunting), etc