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1
Which view of history states that everything happens by chance?
De-Evolutionary View
Arnold Toynbee's View
Existentialist View
Francis Fukuyama's View
2
What technique was employed by Paleolithic artists at the Great Hall of the Bulls at Lascaux to create clear lines
Using leather cut in shapes + soaked in pigment to print forms on the walls
Using fingers dipped in fat from oil lamps to create wax contour lines
Using pens made from hollow amimal bones filled with pigment
Using hands as stencils while blowing pigments to spray a surface
3
The purpose of this work by Shepard Fairey is most likely?
Power and Politics
Magic and Fertility
Religious
Fantasy and Imagination
4
What is a MEDIUM in art?
the subjects you chose
the colors you used
the type of materials you used
the size of the art you made
5
The Neolithic Revolution was marked by the beginning of
agriculture
written language
organized religion
polygamy
6
Identify the image below:
a stele
a dolmen
a menhir
an abuttment
7
Stonehenge shows the ability of prehistoric people to build elaborate structures using the ___ system of construction.
graduated arch
mud brick
wattle and daub
post and lintel
8
What is a similarity between the Tlatilco Female Figurine and the Venus of Willendorf?
made of ivory
wide hips
canine features
two heads
9
The Great Hall of Bulls, belongs to a larger cave structure in France. The city is called...
Aix-en-Provence
Lascaux
Bordeaux
Chartes
10
Which chronology is correct?
Neolithic Era - Paleolithic Era - Mesolithic Era
Mesolithic Era - Neolithic Era- Paleolithic Era
Mesolithic Era - Paleolithic Era - Neolithic Era
Paleolithic Era - Mesolithic Era - Neolithic Era
11
Vessels like Beaker with ibex motifs were found
under ancient dwelling sites
buried in cemeteries
in the Lascaux caves
under a temple in Iran
12
Which of the following is NOT true of the Tlatlico Figures
are from central Mexico
two heads symbolized the good and evil sides of all women
the figure is decorated and was once painted
were made ca. 1000 BCE
13
The purpose for this work by Marc Chagall is most likely:
Power and Politics
an expression of everyday life
Religious
Fantasy and Imagination
14
Which is
not
a theory on why the Great Hall of Bulls was created?
Creation story
Hunting magic
Story Telling
Record their world
15
The view of history which states that history is pushed along by class struggle is:
Francis Fukuyama's View
Jared Diamond's View
Arnold Toynbee's View
Dialectical Materialism
16
How does
Running Horned Women
differ from other cave paintings such as the
Great Hall of Bulls
?
Created with different colored pigments
It depicts a specific, rather than a symbolic figure
It depicts numerous humans
It depicts animals
17
The formal characteristics of the Running horned woman are...
Ritual and symbols preparation documentation
Pigment on rock, female figure, dotted area, twisted perspective.
Depiction of a Goddess on a religious ceremony
18
What is the likely purpose of this painting by Winslow Homer?
Fantasy and Imagination
Power and Politics
Depiction of Everyday Life
Magic and Fertility
19
The earliest surviving works of art are _____ of humans and animals.
wall paintings and large immobile sculptures
painted textiles and large immobile sculptures
cave paintings and portable sculptures
Megaliths
20
What does AD stand for in relation to time?
After Death
Athletic Director
Anno Domini
Another Day
21
The image below is:
a sacrum
a step pyramid
an abuttment
a menhir
22
The idea that God controls history is a ____ view of history.
existentialist
providential
cyclical
post-modern
23
Paleolithic Venus Figurines are believed to have symbolized:
political authority
forces of evil
fertility
sexual potency
24
Identify the work below:
Camelid Sacrum
Jade Cong
Ambum Stone
Menhir
25
BP means ___ in terms of studies of Prehistory.
British Petroleum
Before Present
Before Paleolithic Era
Before Poseidon
26
What is iconography in art?
the way a work of art looks
the colors used in a work of art
the materials used to create the work of art
the story/stories that the work of art brings to mind or symbolizes
27
Where was this stone slab, from the Apollo 11 cave, found?
Europe
Asia
Central America
Africa
28
The function of the Jade Cong can be associated as
Burial purposes for the Ancient Japanese
Fertility purposes for the Liangzhu
Burial purposes for the Liangzhu
Fertility purposes for the Ancient Koreans
29
The root,
lith
, means
earth
fertility
cave
stone
30
Where was the Ambum Stone discovered and what material is it made of?
Tequixquiac, Central Mexico; Bone
Ambum Valley, Papua New Guinea; Greywacke
Arabian Peninsula, Sandstone
Susa, Iran; Greywacke
31
The purpose for the creation of these structures was:
Reflection of Everyday life
Religious
Power and Politics
Fantasy and Imagination
32
Which view states that history is determined by Geography?
Arnold Toynbee's View
Francis Fukuyama's View
George Hegel's View
Jared Diamond's View
33
A teleological view of history states that history:
cyclical
is being pushed toward some ultimate goal or end
is subjective
governed by chance
34
Giving human characteristics to anything non-human is called:
anthropomorphism
humanitarianism
anthropology
robotics
35
Our culture typically views history in a ___ fashion.
subversive
linear
double-helix
wave-like
36
Dialectical Materialism is the view of:
Karl Marx
Jared Diamond
Andrew Carnegie
George Hegel
37
Which view states that all history is subjective?
Evolutionary View
Francis Fukuyama's View
Existentialist View
Post-Modern View
