Academic Decathlon Art 2

Question 1

What was the main function of Great Zimnbabwe?

Accepted Answer

royal court

Question 2

How old is the oldest rock shelter painting?

Accepted Answer

~26,000 years old

Question 3

Where was this piece found?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 4

What does the tightly packed clay represent on the Lydenburg Head?

Accepted Answer

tightly curled hairstyle

Question 5

What countries is NOT included in Eastern Africa?

Accepted Answer

Mozambique

Question 6

What shape are the eyes of the Lydenburg head?

Accepted Answer

cowrie shells

Question 7

What is the most notable characteristic of the Great Enclosure?

Accepted Answer

a still standing exterior wall, a conical tower

Question 8

What was NOT a result of the Great Bantu Migration?

Accepted Answer

mastery of bronze production

Question 9

How many heads were eventually restored?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 10

What is not an export from the East African coast?

Accepted Answer

iron

Question 11

How was the Great Enclosure's main wall constructed?

Accepted Answer

dry masonry, exfoliated granite

Question 12

What is NOT a central theme in African art?

Accepted Answer

idealized figures

Question 13

What cultural group is not considered to reside in Southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

Xhosa

Question 14

What art form would most likely survive?

Accepted Answer

metal sculptures

Question 15

Who received grain from the Conical Tower?

Accepted Answer

The poor, Visitors

Question 16

What climate is the best for preserving art?

Accepted Answer

Dry

Question 17

Which is NOT a category of African cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

people representations

Question 18

Which is NOT a main section of Great Zimbabwe?

Accepted Answer

Enclosed Cave

Question 19

What is the wattle and daub building method?

Accepted Answer

Wooden sticks woven together then covered with thick paste

Question 20

What was the zimbabwe?

Accepted Answer

judicial center, royal palace

Question 21

What is a zār ceremony?

Accepted Answer

healing ritual for women

Question 22

When did the Great Bantu Migration begin?

Accepted Answer

1000 BCE

Question 23

Where did the two major waves of the migration move?

Accepted Answer

along the eastern coast and inland along rivers, east through the forests of Congo

Question 24

What is NOT a reason musical instruments were decorated?

Accepted Answer

to honor ancestors

Question 25

How many humans are pictured at Twyfelfontein Valley?

Accepted Answer

27

Question 26

What part would the lyre play in small musical ensembles?

Accepted Answer

a lead instrument

Question 27

When were Bushman artists still creating cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

1870s

Question 28

Who built this piece?

Accepted Answer

Shona

Question 29

Which is not a decoration of the Lydenburg Heads?

Accepted Answer

criss cross design motif

Question 30

What country is NOT part of the land of ancient Nubia?

Accepted Answer

Libya

Question 31

Where is this piece from?

Accepted Answer

Namibia

Question 32

What does Shona refer to?

Accepted Answer

people who settled south of the Zambezi River

Question 33

What symbolizes Shona kings?

Accepted Answer

Birds like eagles

Question 34

What do the suspended elements on the Lyre suggest about Nubia?

Accepted Answer

Nubia was significant in Africa

Question 35

Where is this piece from?

Accepted Answer

Sudan

Question 36

How many animals are on the Stone Age Petroglyphs?

Accepted Answer

2500

Question 37

When were the Lydenburg Heads discovered?

Accepted Answer

1962

Question 38

How could the heads NOT been used?

Accepted Answer

store religious items

Question 39

how did the artist interpret animals in Namibia?

Accepted Answer

visually charming

Question 40

How many head forms were discovered in Lydenburg?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 41

What part of the lyre does NOT suggests it is anthropomorphic?

Accepted Answer

a small 'body'

Question 42

What does African art emphasize?

Accepted Answer

continuity

Question 43

Which country is not considered Southern Africa in the packet?

Accepted Answer

Malawi

Question 44

How does African art differ from Western art?

Accepted Answer

It is usually functional

Question 45

What region of Africa has the most ancient African art pieces?

Accepted Answer

South

Question 46

How many rulers united the Shona?

Accepted Answer

Zero

Question 47

Where would you find African cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

shallow shelters, open shelters

Question 48

What does heating and dousing with water do to granite?

Accepted Answer

create artificial weathering patterns

Question 49

Which section is the oldest?

Accepted Answer

Hill Ruin

Question 50

What book did Tom Phillips' write?

Accepted Answer

Africa: The Art of the Continent

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