AP Art History Chapter 2

Question 1

The law is written in

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cuneiform

Question 2

What is the function of a register in Sumerian art?

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To organize the art into horizontal bands to show narrative

Question 3

The Greeks called _____ the "land between the rivers"

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Mesopotamia

Question 4

These are the....

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Sumerian votive figures

Question 5

What is the title of this work of art

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Standard of Ur

Question 6

The______ was a special room in a ziggurat where sacrifices would be offered to the gods.

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cella

Question 7

This is the ________

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Code of Hammurabi

Question 8

A ziggurat is made of

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mud brick

Question 9

Lapis lazuli is found in

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Afganistan

Question 10

What made the Persepolis of King Darius an early example of multiculturalism?

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He used a variety of workers from various locations

Question 11

The Standard of Ur was found in a _____

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tomb

Question 12

The capital of Hammurabi's empire was called ______

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Babylon

Question 13

The most impressive surviving archaeological remains of the Sumerians is the_____

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ziggurat

Question 14

The god depicted in this work of art is

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Shamash

Question 15

The Standard of Ur is made from...

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Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone

Question 16

Which is not a convention used in the votive figures?

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realistic features

Question 17

The first domestication of grains occurred in the area known as the _______

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Fertile Crescent

Question 18

The clasped hands refer to

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attentiveness

Question 19

What contributed to the small number of Sumerian architecture existing today?

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mud brick, rain, and wind

Questions 19