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APAH Unit 2: Mesopotamian Art
APAH Unit 2: Mesopotamian Art
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Why was the Audience Hall of Darius and Xerses created?
To show their heroism
Because they demanded the people of Persia to construct it
As a demonstration of the power of Darius
To show how much the Persian people loved them
2
The Code of Hammurabi is associated with
Assyrian culture
Babylonian culture
Sumerian culture
Persian culture
3
The Standard of Ur was created by which culture?
Babylonian
Assyrian
Akkadian
Sumerian
4
Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes is made with
Marble
Greywacke
Mud bricks
Limestone
5
The Lamassu at the Palace of Sargon II were meant to be viewed frontally and in profile because
They were found in the naos of the Palace of Sargon II
The Assyrians wanted them to act as guardians of the Palace
They had 5 legs, 2 visible frontally & 4 visible in profile
They were free standing, monolithic stone statues
6
Ziggurat at Ur
a noblemans home (20th century BCE)
family castle in tutankhamun's kingdom (17th century BCE)
Neo-Sumerian ziggurat (Approximately 21st century BCE)
Ancient church in the Egyptian empire (21st century BCE)
7
Which of the following was NOT a convention for representing figures in Sumerian art?
Inlaid details of stone and shell
Cubical bodies
Stylized hair and faces
Wide, staring eyes
8
In the Code of Hammurabi who is handing Hammurabi a rod and ring of rope?
God Jupiter
God Shamash
God Zeus
God Re
9
Entrance to the White Temple was granted to
Only gods
Priests and government leaders
Only votive figures
Only priests
10
The open-eyed stares of the Sumerian votive statues are thought to represent _______.
vigilance against demons
eternal wakefulness and duty
portraits of specific people
the priestly class
11
The Standard of Ur represents what two concepts?
Love and hate
Heaven and hell
Life and death
War and peace
12
Which of the following Mesopotamian art was destroyed by Isis?
White Temple and its Ziggurat
The Lamassu
Votive Figures
The Code of Hammurabi
13
Identify this
Great Pyramid
Ziggurat
Mastaba
Step pyramid
14
The blue stone (Lapis Lazuli) on the Standard of Ur shows us that city-states engaged in what?
mining
jewelry making
trade
agriculture
15
The Mesopotamian word for “temple” means:
“civic center”
“holy place”
“waiting room”
“star room”
16
What material was used to create the Lamassu?
Basalt
Limestone
Gypsum
Marble
17
The Code of Hammurabi is made from
Basalt
Black limestone
Limestone
Greywacke
18
Lamassu were created by which culture?
Babylonian
Neo-Assyrian
Sumerian
Akkadian
19
These figures were found...
in plebian houses
at the gates of the citadel
buried in a temple
in graves of dignitaries
20
The White Temple in Uruk was dedicated to the god...
Athena Nike
Zeus
Hermes
Sky God, Anu
21
What is another name for this audience hall?
Apadana
Auxillary Center
Auditorium
Amarna
22
How many legs are on a Lamassu
5
3
6
4
23
The White Temple, Uruk is oriented to the ____.
Orion constellation
Cardinal points of the compass
North
Persian Gulf
24
Lamassu were originally intended as ____
guardian figures
religious votives
victory steles
grave markers
25
The Standard of Ur, Code of Hammurabi, and Audience Hall all use ________ to demonstrate power of superiors
Heirarchal scale
Gods
Gold
Chairs
26
Mesopotamian culture centered on these rivers
Volga and White
Nile and Sudan
Tigris and Euphrates
Danube and Rhine
27
The Winged Lamassu guarded the gates of:
Royal cemetery at Ur
Ishtar
Palace of Persepolis
Citadel of Sargon II
28
What does the Lamassu depict?
A winged, chicken-headed human
A winged, bull-headed human
Chicken-headed human
A winged, human-headed bull
29
Votive figures are
found at graves and shrines
candles
used as paperweights
little stone dolls
30
The Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes is from which culture?
Egyptian
Persian
Assyrian
Sumerian
31
The
Stele of Hammurabi
is significant as both a work of ancient Mesopotamian art and as __
a key to deciphering cuneiform
a historical document recording a law code
an example of Babylonian literature
a religious artifact recording Babylonian gods
32
The Standard of Ur could be
a sign of wealth
a weapon
an instrument
a jelwelry box
33
Statues of votive figures were found in present day
Jordan
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
34
The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes represented the treasures brought from
23 provinces (saytraps)
Egyptians
Sumerian city-states
conquering Greek city-states
35
The White Temple and it's ziggurat has all of the following design elements EXCEPT
tapered sides for the purpose of washing off rain water
originally painted to relieve oppressiveness of mud color
meant to physically and symbolically represent a mountain
small interior chamber that held the tomb of the King
36
The most famous guardian figure from Assyrian art is...
Lamassu
Shamash the sun god
Sargon
Ishtar
