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AP Art History Content Area 2, Unit 5 Quiz: Mesopotamia
AP Art History Content Area 2, Unit 5 Quiz: Mesopotamia
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1
The White Temple ziggurat was created by which culture?
Akkadian
Sumerian
Assyrian
Babylonian
2
Lamassu were originally intended as ____
victory steles
grave markers
guardian figures
religious votives
3
The Sumerians invented the first writing system, known as _______
calligraphy
hieroglyphics
pictograms
cuneiform
4
Sculpture that projects from a flat background
Relief sculpture
3-D sculpture
In-the-round sculpture
Sunken relief
5
The
Stele of Hammurabi
is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as __
an example of Babylonian literature
a key to deciphering cuneiform
a historical document recording a law code
a religious artifact recording Babylonian gods
6
The
Code of Hammurabi
was created by which culture?
Sumerian
Babylonian
Akkadian
Assyrian
7
Lamassu combined features from all of the following EXCEPT ___
eagle
bull
man
horse
8
Horizontal bands that tell a story are called ____
grids
registers
strips
steles
9
The Standard of Ur was created by which culture?
Sumerian
Assyrian
Babylonian
Akkadian
10
The Standard of Ur represents what two concepts?
Heaven and hell
War and peace
Love and hate
Life and death
11
These structures functioned symbolically as bridges between the earth and the heavens.
Mosques
Temples
Pyramids
Ziggurats
12
The White Temple Ziggurat was made from what material?
Diorite
Mud brick
Limestone
Marble
13
The
Standard of Ur
was made of what material?
Lapis Lazuli
Limestone
Coral
Basalt
14
The Eshnunna votives were created by which culture?
Sumerian
Babylonian
Akkadian
Assyrian
15
This area means "land between the two rivers"
Mesoamerica
Mesoarabia
Mesosumeria
Mesopotamia
16
Lamassu were created by which culture?
Neo-Assyrian
Sumerian
Akkadian
Babylonian
17
The Eshnunna votive figures were dedicated to
the gods
the people of Mesopotamia
the emperor
priests
18
The palace of Darius and Xerxes was built as one of 4 capitals for the _____ Empire
Assyrian
Babylonian
Persian
Sumerian
19
Lamassu were originally intended to be placed ____
in the center of the city
on the palace gates of Sargon II
at the entrance of ziggurats
as a marker of Assyrian military victories
20
The
Code of Hammurabi
was made of what material?
Limestone
Basalt
Lapis Lazuli
Coral
21
Which god is sitting with Hammurabi?
Marduk
Anu
Adak
Shamash
22
The White Temple Ziggurat is dedicated to which god?
Shamash
Adak
Marduk
Anu
23
The relief of
Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute
exemplifies Persian art’s emphasis on ___
economic prosperity
religious harmony
political stability
cultural unity
24
Which of the following was NOT a convention for representing figures in Sumerian art?
Inlaid details of stone and shell
Stylized hair and faces
Wide, staring eyes
Cubical bodies
