ARTH 205 Mid Term study Guide || with Complete Solutions.
What cognitive capability and critical abilities sets us apart from our predecessors and from all of
our contemporary animal relatives correct answers Cognitive capability to create and recognize
symbols and imagery that sets modern human apart from all our predecessors and from
contemporary animal relatives.
What are the subjects of most Upper Paleolithic mobile sculptures? correct answers The subject
of more upper Paleolithic mobile sculptors are women.
As exemplified by the famous Woman from Willendorf (the "w" is pronounced as a "v"), there
are certain characteristics shared by most female figurines correct answers Exaggerated figure
Pendulous Breast
Big belly with deep navel
Wide Hips
Dimpled knees
Dimpled Buttocks.
According to your text, what may the characteristics of Women of Willendorf represent? correct
answers This may represent health and fertility which could ensure the ability to produce strong
children. Guaranteeing the survival of the clan.
The size of megalithic structures indicates what about the social structure of the peoples who
built them? correct answers People developed a new attachment to the land and with settlement
came a new kind of social like
The rituals associated with large, elaborate structures, such as Newgrange in Ireland, most likely
fostered what social response? correct answers They fostered individual and group identity and
cohesion
What are potsherds and in what way are they an important aid to archaeologists? correct answers
Serve as major key in dating sites and reconstructing human living and trading patterns.
Bronze production and use had what effect upon European peoples? correct answers
Development of daggers and swards changed the people fundamental ways
The people of the ancient Near East were polytheists (learn the term). But, each city had a
special relationship with one deity. What is the special relationship that was believed to exist
between the city and its primary deity? correct answers Every city had its own protective deity,
and the fate of the city was seen as dependent on the power of deity
What are ziggurats and what was their function? correct answers Ziggurats Function
Huge stepped structures with a temple or shine on top.
Compare this function to the purpose served by the Egyptian pyramids vs. ziggurats correct
answers As a gateway to the afterlife for Egyptian Kings and members of their royal court.
, The famous Uruk vase is a representation of what event and what is the purpose of this event.
correct answers Representation of an offering to the goddess Inna.
Figures on the vase being honored.
Priest King married to Inna.
King dies and Inna brings back to life. Marriage restores vitality to the land
What was the purpose of votive statues such as the well-known collection from the Square
Temple, Eshnunna? correct answers Purpose to be eternally praise their good or goddess.
Wanted them to constantly send prayers to the gods for you.
Study the Disk of Enheduanna.
What is the "first" with which her name is associated? correct answers Enheduanna is the earliest
recorded name of an author in human history.
What new, precedent setting status (claim) did Naram-Sin assume? correct answers God like
status of a king
Babylon and in the Ishtar Gate and Throne Room Hall one can see in its architecture dragons and
bulls that associate the power of the city . What three deities are represented. correct answers
Bulls: Adad the storm god
Lions: Ishtar
Dragons: Musa
One does not find major temple structures among the ancient Persians. Explain the reason for
this. correct answers The Persians were nomads. Did not have a central place of rule or worship.
How is the wall painting of the Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers related to the function of
the room within which it is located? correct answers The crocus gather's shaved head and looped
long ponytail are attributes of childhood, the light blue color of her scalp indicates her hair is
growing out, suggesting she is entering adolescents. The fresco was a part of elaborate painted
decoration of a room some scholars believe housed a coming of age ceremonies.
What information is provided by the written records of the Cycladic culture, 'and what is the
principle source of information about them? correct answers There is not written records of the
Cycladic culture. Their artifacts are out principle source of information about them
Who killed the Minotaur, and what practice did he thereby bring to an end? correct answers
Theseus killed the minotaur. The practice of sending a 14 young men and women to satisfy the
minotaur's need for human flesh.
What is the meaning of the term labyrinth and how did it become a term for maze? correct
answers Meaning House of double Axes. The organization of the palace complex was so
complicated the word labyrinth came to mean maze and became part of the Minotaur legend.
Characterize the technique and style of Minoan wall painting. correct answers Minoan painters
worked on a large scale covering walls. Used geometric borders, views of nature, and human
activity.
What cognitive capability and critical abilities sets us apart from our predecessors and from all of
our contemporary animal relatives correct answers Cognitive capability to create and recognize
symbols and imagery that sets modern human apart from all our predecessors and from
contemporary animal relatives.
What are the subjects of most Upper Paleolithic mobile sculptures? correct answers The subject
of more upper Paleolithic mobile sculptors are women.
As exemplified by the famous Woman from Willendorf (the "w" is pronounced as a "v"), there
are certain characteristics shared by most female figurines correct answers Exaggerated figure
Pendulous Breast
Big belly with deep navel
Wide Hips
Dimpled knees
Dimpled Buttocks.
According to your text, what may the characteristics of Women of Willendorf represent? correct
answers This may represent health and fertility which could ensure the ability to produce strong
children. Guaranteeing the survival of the clan.
The size of megalithic structures indicates what about the social structure of the peoples who
built them? correct answers People developed a new attachment to the land and with settlement
came a new kind of social like
The rituals associated with large, elaborate structures, such as Newgrange in Ireland, most likely
fostered what social response? correct answers They fostered individual and group identity and
cohesion
What are potsherds and in what way are they an important aid to archaeologists? correct answers
Serve as major key in dating sites and reconstructing human living and trading patterns.
Bronze production and use had what effect upon European peoples? correct answers
Development of daggers and swards changed the people fundamental ways
The people of the ancient Near East were polytheists (learn the term). But, each city had a
special relationship with one deity. What is the special relationship that was believed to exist
between the city and its primary deity? correct answers Every city had its own protective deity,
and the fate of the city was seen as dependent on the power of deity
What are ziggurats and what was their function? correct answers Ziggurats Function
Huge stepped structures with a temple or shine on top.
Compare this function to the purpose served by the Egyptian pyramids vs. ziggurats correct
answers As a gateway to the afterlife for Egyptian Kings and members of their royal court.
, The famous Uruk vase is a representation of what event and what is the purpose of this event.
correct answers Representation of an offering to the goddess Inna.
Figures on the vase being honored.
Priest King married to Inna.
King dies and Inna brings back to life. Marriage restores vitality to the land
What was the purpose of votive statues such as the well-known collection from the Square
Temple, Eshnunna? correct answers Purpose to be eternally praise their good or goddess.
Wanted them to constantly send prayers to the gods for you.
Study the Disk of Enheduanna.
What is the "first" with which her name is associated? correct answers Enheduanna is the earliest
recorded name of an author in human history.
What new, precedent setting status (claim) did Naram-Sin assume? correct answers God like
status of a king
Babylon and in the Ishtar Gate and Throne Room Hall one can see in its architecture dragons and
bulls that associate the power of the city . What three deities are represented. correct answers
Bulls: Adad the storm god
Lions: Ishtar
Dragons: Musa
One does not find major temple structures among the ancient Persians. Explain the reason for
this. correct answers The Persians were nomads. Did not have a central place of rule or worship.
How is the wall painting of the Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers related to the function of
the room within which it is located? correct answers The crocus gather's shaved head and looped
long ponytail are attributes of childhood, the light blue color of her scalp indicates her hair is
growing out, suggesting she is entering adolescents. The fresco was a part of elaborate painted
decoration of a room some scholars believe housed a coming of age ceremonies.
What information is provided by the written records of the Cycladic culture, 'and what is the
principle source of information about them? correct answers There is not written records of the
Cycladic culture. Their artifacts are out principle source of information about them
Who killed the Minotaur, and what practice did he thereby bring to an end? correct answers
Theseus killed the minotaur. The practice of sending a 14 young men and women to satisfy the
minotaur's need for human flesh.
What is the meaning of the term labyrinth and how did it become a term for maze? correct
answers Meaning House of double Axes. The organization of the palace complex was so
complicated the word labyrinth came to mean maze and became part of the Minotaur legend.
Characterize the technique and style of Minoan wall painting. correct answers Minoan painters
worked on a large scale covering walls. Used geometric borders, views of nature, and human
activity.
