VIAR 120 Final Exam Question and
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1. In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in
__________.
a. gravesites
b. temples
c. ziggurats
d. pyramids - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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. - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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) - correct answer the
earthenware beaker with ibexes
14. The Neolithic period developed in __________.
a. Mesopotamia
b. France
c. Egypt
d. Iraq - correct 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 - correct answer Stonehenge
16. Which of the following was found at Stonehenge?
a. burial sites
b. wall paintings
answers verified to pass 2025
1. In the Paleolithic period, sprinkled powders and beads were found in
__________.
a. gravesites
b. temples
c. ziggurats
d. pyramids - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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. - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct 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) - correct answer the
earthenware beaker with ibexes
14. The Neolithic period developed in __________.
a. Mesopotamia
b. France
c. Egypt
d. Iraq - correct 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 - correct answer Stonehenge
16. Which of the following was found at Stonehenge?
a. burial sites
b. wall paintings
