Prehistoric and Ancient Egyptian Art History Quiz

Question 1

Stonehenge is an early example of what?

Accepted Answer

Post-and-lintel construction

Question 2

What did Ziggurats symbolize in Prehistoric times?

Accepted Answer

The connection between earthly worshipers and their gods

Question 3

The Ancient Egyptians called the soul:

Accepted Answer

Ka

Question 4

The Pharaoh was quite powerful during the Middle Kingdom.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

What was on the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 6

What group settled in Mesopotamia sometime before 4500 B.C.?

Accepted Answer

The Sumerians

Question 7

What rule had to be followed by every ancient Egyptian artist?

Accepted Answer

Body parts were shown from the most familiar point of view

Question 8

The creators of the Bent Pyramid started with a 54 degree angle and then adjusted the angle to:

Accepted Answer

43 degrees

Question 9

When did the Old Kingdom begin?

Accepted Answer

3100 B.C.

Question 10

Which of the following is describing the Great Pyramid?

Accepted Answer

It is the oldest and largest of the 3 pyramids in Giza

Question 11

What are megaliths?

Accepted Answer

Large monuments created from huge stone slabs

Question 12

How did pharaohs rule?

Accepted Answer

In an authoritarian manner

Question 13

The Altamira Cave paintings can be found where?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 14

The prehistoric hunters & their families are ancestors of most Egyptian peoples.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

The walls of cliff tombs featured figures and animals arranged on what type of line?

Accepted Answer

Horizontal

Question 16

At one point, Egyptian artists were hired to carve the pharaoh's portrait out of hard stone.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

What was the first phase in the construction of Stonehenge?

Accepted Answer

The creation of a circular ditch and bank

Question 18

What are hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

A n early form of picture writing

Question 19

Cuneiform writing involves writing with what?

Accepted Answer

Wedge-shaped characters

Question 20

What period is otherwise known as "The Old Stone Age"?

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic

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