Question 1

What feature is at the center of Stonehenge?

Accepted Answer

A)   the altar stone
B)   the Aubrey Holes
C)   the Heel Stone
D)   the Lion PanelE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

What type of monolith consists of unhewn or slightly shaped single stones, usually standing upright?

Accepted Answer

A)   dolmen
B)   cromlech
C)   menhir
D)   trilithonE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 3

Where is the Chauvet Cave located?

Accepted Answer

A)   northeastern Germany
B)   southeastern Germany
C)   northwestern France
D)   southeastern FranceE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

The megaliths of Neolithic Western Europe likely served as all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   sites of religious rituals.
B)   royal residences.
C)   astronomical observatories.
D)   burial places.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

The Chauvet Cave paintings depict all of the following animals EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)   lions.
B)   kangaroos.
C)   mammoths.
D)   rhinoceroses.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following colors was NOT one of the pigments frequently used for the Lascaux cave paintings?

Accepted Answer

A)   brown
B)   red
C)   yellow
D)   blueE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Tools and paintings discovered at what site suggest that humans may have lived in Australia for more than a hundred thousand years longer than previously thought?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dordogne
B)   Jinmium
C)   Ardèche
D)   PérigordE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Surfaces of paintings-such as paper, canvas, and pottery-are referred to technically as

Accepted Answer

A)   media.
B)   supports.
C)   binders.
D)   vehicles.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following statements about known European Paleolithic paintings is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)   They appear in caves that were clearly used as residences.
B)   They exclusively depict animals that humans of the time hunted.
C)   They have deteriorated rapidly since their modern discoveries.
D)   The caves that contain them were mostly limestone.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 10

The greatest accomplishment of the Paleolithic period was the invention of writing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What type of megalith, taking its name from the Celtic word for table, is a chamber or enclosure consisting of two or more vertical stones supporting a large single stone?

Accepted Answer

A)   dolmen
B)   cromlech
C)   menhir
D)   trilithonE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

What do we know about Paleolithic burial practices? What evidence do we have of them, and what do they suggest about Paleolithic cultures?

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Paleolithic burial practices are the rit...

Question 13

Another word for cave explorer is speleologist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In painting, the technical term vehicle is often used interchangeably with what other term?

Accepted Answer

A)   support
B)   medium
C)   pigment
D)   reliefE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

The "Chinese Horse" at Lascaux provides strong evidence that the peoples of prehistoric China and Western Europe maintained frequent enough contact to influence each others' cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Laussel both show traces of pigment of which color, possibly associated with childbirth?

Accepted Answer

A)   blue
B)   yellow
C)   green
D)   redE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

The pigment used to paint the walls of the caves of Lascaux was stored in

Accepted Answer

A)   gourds.
B)   leather bags.
C)   hollow bones.
D)   cured deer bladders.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

The Chauvet Cave has been dated to a time

Accepted Answer

A)   about 10,000 years later than Lascaux.
B)   within 1000 years of Lascaux.
C)   about 60,000 years earlier than Lascaux.
D)   about 15,000 years earlier than Lascaux.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The cave paintings at Chauvet are generally outlined with pigments of what colors?

Accepted Answer

A)   red and yellow
B)   green and brown
C)   yellow and green
D)   red and blackE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 20

The term bas-relief is synonymous with low relief.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Prehistoric Western Europe

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Surfaces of paintings-such as paper, canvas, and pottery-are referred to technically as

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Which of the following statements about known European Paleolithic paintings is most accurate?

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Which of the following colors was NOT one of the pigments frequently used for the Lascaux cave paintings?

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The pigment used to paint the walls of the caves of Lascaux was stored in

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What do we know about Paleolithic burial practices? What evidence do we have of them, and what do they suggest about Paleolithic cultures?

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The cave paintings at Chauvet are generally outlined with pigments of what colors?

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The Chauvet Cave paintings depict all of the following animals EXCEPT

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The Chauvet Cave has been dated to a time

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What type of monolith consists of unhewn or slightly shaped single stones, usually standing upright?

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The "Chinese Horse" at Lascaux provides strong evidence that the peoples of prehistoric China and Western Europe maintained frequent enough contact to influence each others' cultures.

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The megaliths of Neolithic Western Europe likely served as all of the following EXCEPT

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The term bas-relief is synonymous with low relief.

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Tools and paintings discovered at what site suggest that humans may have lived in Australia for more than a hundred thousand years longer than previously thought?

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The Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Laussel both show traces of pigment of which color, possibly associated with childbirth?

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In painting, the technical term vehicle is often used interchangeably with what other term?

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The greatest accomplishment of the Paleolithic period was the invention of writing.

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Where is the Chauvet Cave located?

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Another word for cave explorer is speleologist.

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