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Quiz to help students review for their upcoming unit test on #Global Prehistory
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1
Cloth made of bark is generically known as
Tapa
buk
Moko
2
To make bark cloth, a woman would harvest the inner bark of the
Oak tree
Weeping willow tree
Mulberry tree
3
The term ______________includes all of human existence prior to the emergence of writing.
paleo-scripto
prehistory
proto-Celtic
non-scribe
4
The use of animal motifs in prehistoric cave painting suggest that prehistoric societies?
Animals were somehow clearly important to prehistoric people
Animals had a very defined religious significance to people
Prehistoric people depended on a successful hunting
hunters painted these images to ensure successful hunt
5
Polynesians produced this material and used it for clothing, mats, and ceremonial purposes.
Tufa
Bamboo
Coral
Bark cloth
6
What aspect of the
Tlaticolo Figurine
relates to the concept of duality
Its two heads or faces
The understated hands and feet
Its curvy large legs
Its stylized hair
7
These stone sculptures found on Easter Island are refer to as
Tapa
Ahu' ula
Moai
8
What was the purpose of this complex?
To serve as a central home for local nobility
To serve as a trading center for Chinese merchants
To serve as a fortress for Nan Madol Kings
9
How were masks such as this most likely used
They were worn by dancers in funeral ceremonies
They were placed along the beach as totems of war as victory
They were hung on the ceilings of a man’s home
10
The simplest form of construction used to span space is
Post and Lintel
Post and Column
Lintel and arch
11
A fundamental change that took place in prehistory with man’s relationship with the environment
ability to survive the Ice Age
absence of interest in burying the dead
migration to mountain caves
exertion of more control over the land
12
How were designs traditionally made on bark cloth?
Rubbing pigment on cloth placed over a patterned surface
Freehand painting
All
Stamps made from bamboo
13
Which of the following describes the function of these masks?
They represent spirits of clan elders
They represent spirits of specific deceased people.
They represent spirits of glorified ancestors.
14
Which best describes the reaction of European missionaries to works such as this
They incorporated the iconography into Christianity
They had no opinion either way
They criticized the overt sexuality of the pieces
15
The
Apollo 11 Stone
brings to light what emerging function of Art?
Communication between villages
Decoration
Ritual life
Politics
16
The existence of ceramic art such as this meant that prehistoric people were beginning to:
Settle down
Both
Store their own food
17
These figures are called
Nukuoro
Buk
Malagan
18
The word Paleolithic means
old stone
new rock
large stone
middle stone
19
Which best describes why these Staff Gods were often wrapped in tapa cloth?
The wrapping help to contain the spiritual power of the work
The wrappings were connected to the people who made them
The wrappings were incorporated by European missionaries
The wrappings were considered blessed by local deities
20
What natural resource was used to construct the complex at Nan Madol?
Mangrove trees
Basalt from nearby cliffs
Volcanic stone (tufa)
21
What Pacific culture is this work from?
Cook Islands
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Hawaii
22
The
Camelid Sacrum
figure is made of this material:
Clay
Stone
Wood
Bone
23
Known for seafaring skills and construction of canoes, Micronesia sailors produced functional
Navigational maps
Textiles
Baskets
Woodwork
24
Which Micronesian architectural complex was abandoned before Europeans found it in the 19c.
Stonehenge
Easter Island
Nan Madol
25
The word “Neolithic” means
new stone
symbolic writing
new history
writing in stone
26
The Staff Gods are from which Pacific Culture
Papua New Guinea
Hawaii
New Zealand
Cook Islands
27
The weaving technique used to make tapa requires
Use of silk thread woven onto the background of sheep’s wool
Heating process where fabric is covered with wax
Beating soaked strips of tree bark into a flat surface
28
Malagan refers both to the festivals to honor the deceased and which of the following?
Storyboards
Objects and carvings produced for these festivals
Ceremony of initiation
29
Malagan rites are mortuary festivals. Which of the following is the purpose of these rites?
To celebrate the birth of the chief’s first son
To facilitate the first hunt of the season
To aid the soul’s transition from living world to afterlife
To facilitate the construction of the men’s house
30
How does
Running Horned Women
differ from other cave paintings such as the
Great Hall of Bulls
?
It depicts a specific, rather than a symbolic figure
It depicts numerous humans
Created with different colored pigments
It depicts animals
31
Relative to art, one of man’s important new cognitive developments was the ability to
think symbolically
write
communicates verbally
use tools
32
The arrangement
of
Stonehenge
suggest the structure was likely intended to function as:
a calendar used to track the sun moon and changing seasons
supportive structure underneath and unfinished building
sacrificial alter
33
This prehistoric stele can be described as
Anthromorphric
Zoomorphic
34
These Capes are refereed to as
Moai
Tapa
Ahu' ula
35
Ambum Stone
can be described as
Zoomorphic
Anthromorphric
36
Nan Madol is located in
Marshal Islands
Micronesia
Lapita
New Zealand
37
Figurines like this
were placed in temples and decorated
Represented local deities
all of the above
inspired future 20thc. Artist like Albert Giacometti
38
The wearer of such a cape was signally their
Sacredness and priesthood
Literacy an educational achievement
Nobility and wealth
Femininity and motherhood
39
Which Polynesian group is responsible for the major art form of backcloth making?
boys
women
grandparents
men
40
People in the Marshall Islands relied on stick charts called wapepe which
Are shells and sticks held together by coconut fibers
Show navigational routes connecting islands
All
Show a schematic diagram of ocean currents and wave patterns
41
What was the symbolism of these colossal figures from Easter Island?
They symbolized the power of European visitors
They symbolized defeated enemies
They symbolized defied ancestors
42
Very large pieces of bark cloth were commonly used in western Polynesia as
Ceremonial gifts
Domestic objects
Wall coverings
43
Masks such as this were used in rituals celebrating which of the following dualities
Femininity and Masculinity
Life and Death
War and Peace
Spirituality and Materialism
