VIAR 120 Final Exam questions and
verified answers 2024
1. In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in __________.
a. gravesites
b. temples
c. ziggurats
d. pyramids - (answer)gravesites
2. According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are __________.
a. monumental ziggurats
b. cave paintings of animals
c. pieces of engraved ochre
d. pottery with abstract designs - (answer)pieces of engrave ochre
3. Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of __________.
a. Neolithic art
b. Paleolithic art
c. Mesopotamian art
d. Ancient Egyptian art - (answer)Paleolithic art
4. Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts __________.
a. a female ruler
b. the figure of a shaman
c. a hunter-gatherer
d. the Great Mother Goddess - (answer)the Great Mother Goddess
5. Which of the following characteristics are shared by the Hohle Fels Figure and the Woman of
Willendorf?
,a. naturalistic details
b. hierarchic scale
c. exaggerated female body parts
d. abstract petroglyphs - (answer)exaggerated female body parts
6. What distinguishes the imagery in the Chauvet Cave from that of the Great Gallery in Horseshoe
Canyon?
a. The images are pictographs.
b. The figures are naturalistic.
c. The figures are in hierarchic scale.
d. The artist included hieroglyphs. - (answer)the figures are naturalistic
7. Petroglyphs are made by __________.
a. painting on a rock wall or mud building
b. scratching an image onto a stone surface
c. carving a form into tusk or bone
d. modeling designs on clay vessels - (answer)scratching an image onto a stone surface
8. Archaeologists speculate that the human figures painted in the Great Gallery of Horseshoe canyon
portray __________.
a. shamanic rituals
b. deities
c. royal figures
d. hunting events - (answer)shamanic rituals
9. Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic art?
a. Stonehenge
b. the wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun
c. the Warka vase
d. the Hohle Fels Figure - (answer)the Hohle Fels Figure
,10. In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the __________.
a. needs of hunting and gathering
b. agricultural revolution
c. development of burial practices
d. increase in ritual offerings at temples - (answer)agricultural revolution
11. The Neolithic period is also known as the __________.
a. New Stone Age
b. Bronze Age
c. Old Stone Age
d. Nomadic Age - (answer)New Stone Age
12. The burial urn from Kansu Province, China, demonstrates the style of Neolithic art because of its
__________.
a. hierarchic scale
b. naturalistic forms
c. abstract decorations
d. use of carved stone - (answer)abstract decorations
13. Which of the following is an example of Neolithic art?
a. the head of an Akkadian ruler
b. the earthenware beaker with ibexes
c. the Woman of Willendorf
d. the group statue of King Mycerinus (Menkaura) - (answer)the earthenware beaker with ibexes
14. The Neolithic period developed in __________.
a. Mesopotamia
b. France
c. Egypt
d. Iraq - (answer)Iraq
, 15. Which of the following structures features a ring of posts and lintels?
a. the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
b. the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
c. Stonehenge
d. the Great Pyramids - (answer)Stonehenge
16. Which of the following was found at Stonehenge?
a. burial sites
b. wall paintings
c. carved figures
d. bronze weapons - (answer)burial sites
17. Scholars believe that Stonehenge may have been an important funerary site because __________.
a. pictographs depict shamanic rituals and hunting scenes
b. wall paintings are prevalent at several burial sites
c. the site aligns with the northernmost midwinter moonrise
d. the stones symbolize the mountain that links heaven and Earth - (answer)the site aligns with the
northernmost midwinter moonrise
18. At Stonehenge, the "heel stone" aligns with __________.
a. an intersecting road
b. the midsummer sunrise
c. a series of burial mounds
d. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - (answer)the midsummer sunrise
19. Mesopotamia was located in __________.
a. Egypt
b. Iraq
c. France
d. England - (answer)Iraq
verified answers 2024
1. In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in __________.
a. gravesites
b. temples
c. ziggurats
d. pyramids - (answer)gravesites
2. According to archaeologists, the first known examples of artistic creativity are __________.
a. monumental ziggurats
b. cave paintings of animals
c. pieces of engraved ochre
d. pottery with abstract designs - (answer)pieces of engrave ochre
3. Stone tools and cave paintings are characteristic of __________.
a. Neolithic art
b. Paleolithic art
c. Mesopotamian art
d. Ancient Egyptian art - (answer)Paleolithic art
4. Some scholars believe that the Woman of Willendorf depicts __________.
a. a female ruler
b. the figure of a shaman
c. a hunter-gatherer
d. the Great Mother Goddess - (answer)the Great Mother Goddess
5. Which of the following characteristics are shared by the Hohle Fels Figure and the Woman of
Willendorf?
,a. naturalistic details
b. hierarchic scale
c. exaggerated female body parts
d. abstract petroglyphs - (answer)exaggerated female body parts
6. What distinguishes the imagery in the Chauvet Cave from that of the Great Gallery in Horseshoe
Canyon?
a. The images are pictographs.
b. The figures are naturalistic.
c. The figures are in hierarchic scale.
d. The artist included hieroglyphs. - (answer)the figures are naturalistic
7. Petroglyphs are made by __________.
a. painting on a rock wall or mud building
b. scratching an image onto a stone surface
c. carving a form into tusk or bone
d. modeling designs on clay vessels - (answer)scratching an image onto a stone surface
8. Archaeologists speculate that the human figures painted in the Great Gallery of Horseshoe canyon
portray __________.
a. shamanic rituals
b. deities
c. royal figures
d. hunting events - (answer)shamanic rituals
9. Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic art?
a. Stonehenge
b. the wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun
c. the Warka vase
d. the Hohle Fels Figure - (answer)the Hohle Fels Figure
,10. In the Neolithic period, the production of clay storage pots was the direct result of the __________.
a. needs of hunting and gathering
b. agricultural revolution
c. development of burial practices
d. increase in ritual offerings at temples - (answer)agricultural revolution
11. The Neolithic period is also known as the __________.
a. New Stone Age
b. Bronze Age
c. Old Stone Age
d. Nomadic Age - (answer)New Stone Age
12. The burial urn from Kansu Province, China, demonstrates the style of Neolithic art because of its
__________.
a. hierarchic scale
b. naturalistic forms
c. abstract decorations
d. use of carved stone - (answer)abstract decorations
13. Which of the following is an example of Neolithic art?
a. the head of an Akkadian ruler
b. the earthenware beaker with ibexes
c. the Woman of Willendorf
d. the group statue of King Mycerinus (Menkaura) - (answer)the earthenware beaker with ibexes
14. The Neolithic period developed in __________.
a. Mesopotamia
b. France
c. Egypt
d. Iraq - (answer)Iraq
, 15. Which of the following structures features a ring of posts and lintels?
a. the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu
b. the Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
c. Stonehenge
d. the Great Pyramids - (answer)Stonehenge
16. Which of the following was found at Stonehenge?
a. burial sites
b. wall paintings
c. carved figures
d. bronze weapons - (answer)burial sites
17. Scholars believe that Stonehenge may have been an important funerary site because __________.
a. pictographs depict shamanic rituals and hunting scenes
b. wall paintings are prevalent at several burial sites
c. the site aligns with the northernmost midwinter moonrise
d. the stones symbolize the mountain that links heaven and Earth - (answer)the site aligns with the
northernmost midwinter moonrise
18. At Stonehenge, the "heel stone" aligns with __________.
a. an intersecting road
b. the midsummer sunrise
c. a series of burial mounds
d. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - (answer)the midsummer sunrise
19. Mesopotamia was located in __________.
a. Egypt
b. Iraq
c. France
d. England - (answer)Iraq
