Ancient Civilizations Test Review
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• Sit for false
• The cave painters of Lascaux and Altamira used metal tools, ground up pigments from the earth, blood, and animal fat to make their paintings.
• The Venus of Willendorf is a small stone sculpture from the Paleolithic period that was probably a fertility symbol.
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• Prehistoric cave painters made images of bison and deer in hopes of controlling the spirits of these animals, making them easier to hunt.
•FALSE• They were not allowed to sign their work, as
this would immortalize the artist, not the pharoah, or whoever the artist was painting.
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• Registers were the layers, or levels on Egyptian stelae, allowing the artists to tell a story, in a sequence of images.
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• The Egyptians discovered the use of perspective to make three dimensional space in their art work.
FALSEThe Egyptians did not understand how to use perspective to createthe illusion of 3 dimensional space in a picture
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• Egyptians made images of themselves because they believed that this would immortalize them, allowing them to exist, with their possessions, in the afterlife.
• FALSE• Only the pharoahs of the
Old Kingdom were buried in pyramids.
• Since robbers invariably broke into the pyramids, pharoahs from the Middle and Late kingdoms were buried in temples carved into the cliffs along the Nile River.
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• The three periods of Greek Vase Painting were called Doric, Ionic and Corinthian
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• The three periods of Greek vase painting were
• Geometric• Stick Figure• Realism
Multiple Choice Section
Use the cards marked A, B, C and D to indicate the correct answers to the following questions.
• Statues from the archaic period of Greek sculpture wore
• A) wigs• B) furs• C) archaic smiles• D) silk
• The Second period of Greek sculpture was known as
• A) geometric• B) Doric• C) Hellenistic• D) Classical
The name of this sculpture isa) Discobolusb) Doryphorusc) The Nike of
Samothraced) The Venus de Milo
• Greek sculptures from the Hellenistic period
• A) were more dramatic than classical sculptures
• B) evoked an emotional response
• C) were full of movement
• D) all of the above
• This statue comes from which period of Greek sculpture?
• A) archaic• B) classical• C) hellenistic• D) Egyptian
• The Romans invented two things that made architectural advances possible. They were:
• A) arches and concrete• B) steel and bricks• C) post and lintel• D) eggs and toast
AqueductsA) Were hot pools in the
spas of Roman citiesB) Carried water into
Roman cities from as far as 100 km away
C) Flew south every winter
D) Were theatres in Roman cities
Everyone stand up.
• Step left if the correct answer is on this side.
• Step right if the correct answer is on this side.
Don’t get the Parthenon mixed up with the Pantheon
The Parthenon was built by the Greeks, in Athens.The Pantheon was built by the Romans, in Rome
Mosaics are
• Patterns made with small tiles and stones, often seen on the floors of Roman homes
• Tombstones decorated with the wax portraits of dead Romans
The Circus Maximus
• was performed with elephants and dancing bears
• Was a circular course for Roman chariot races