Prehistoric and Antiquity

Question 1

BCE

Answer 1

Before the Common Era

Question 2

CE

Answer 2

Common Era

Question 3

BC

Answer 3

Before Christ

Question 4

AD

Answer 4

Anno Domini (“In the year of our Lord” in Latin)

Question 5

Found spaces / nature made

Answer 5

caves

Question 6

Oldest painting dates back to

Answer 6

35,000 years ago

Question 7

Famous Cave system discovered

Answer 7

Southwestern France - Lascaux

Question 8

When were the Lascaux Caves discovered?

Answer 8

1940

Question 9

When did the Lascaux Caves date back to?

Answer 9

15,000 BCE

Question 10

Who were Funerary Steles done for?

Answer 10

People of wealth or importance

Question 11

How do we know what old interiors look like when wood and textiles didn’t survive?

Answer 11

Stone art tablets with carvings

Question 12

What age does The Ancient Kingdom of Phrygia belong to?

Answer 12

The Bronze Age

Question 13

Who was the first foreigner to dedicate an offering, a throne at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi

Answer 13

Midas

Question 14

One of the earliest urban developments in the world

Answer 14

Catalhoyuk, Turkey

Question 15

Catalhoyuk, Turkey - Neolithic Site

Answer 15

7,400 BC

Question 16

Why is Catalhoyuk, Turkey on a sloped site?

Answer 16

Houses started on flat site
Interiors were white washed and over time blacked by hearth
Repeatedly re-white washed causing the interiors to shrink
Would half demolish homes and rebuild larger homes above when too small
Causing the hill to form

Question 17

There were no streets in Catalhoyuk, Turkey. How did they enter homes?

Answer 17

Entrance from above the home

Question 18

What religious significance was in Catalhoyuk, Turkey homes?

Answer 18

Would bury loved ones within the home
Bull skulls placed in home for religious significance

Question 19

What type of lifestyle did the people of Catalhoyuk, Turkey live and how do we know?

Answer 19

Hunter Gatherers displayed in paintings

Question 20

What is the possible meaning for the 3 meter long painting found in Catalhoyuk, Turkey?

Answer 20

Mellaart argued that this was a town plan and a volcano for some kind of a religious ritual

Question 21

Dolmens (Portal or megalithic tomb)

Answer 21

2 or more upright stones and on horizontal stone

Question 22

Stonehenge and Salisbury Plain (Britain) use?

Answer 22

Rituals connected with observation of astronomical movements

Question 23

Stonehenge timeline

Answer 23

2750-1500 BC

Question 24

Why are roofs throughout history always an issue until advanced materials and construction methods?

Answer 24

Taller ceiling height = thicker walls = smaller spaces
Light has trouble getting through thick wall openings
Larger rooms aren’t possible until more materials

Question 25

Oldest build human shelter found in?

Answer 25

Terra Amata (Southern France)

Question 26

How old are the homes in Terra Amata (Southern France)?

Answer 26

Believed to be 400,000 years old

Question 27

What were the Terra Amata (Southern France) building materials

Answer 27

Hut made from tree branches

Question 28

"Primitive" shelters basics

Answer 28

Generally quite small Almost invariably circular Use of local materials available Use of materials with short lifespan

Question 29

Key inventions after permanent settlements?

Answer 29

Controlled use of fire Use of language Development of agriculture

Question 30

Why did people settle?

Answer 30

To remain close to harvest the crops To exchange goods

Question 31

Sumerians dates?

Answer 31

(3500-1800 BC)

Question 32

Sumerians government?

Answer 32

Monarchy

Question 33

Sumerian structure?

Answer 33

Ziggurat

Question 34

Ancient Egypt skills

Answer 34

Great knowledge and skill in geometry and proportion evidenced in their monumental architecture

Question 35

Tomb of Pa-Schedu

Answer 35

Thebes - 1,500 BC

Question 36

Wooden Drawing board with a figure of Thutmose III

Answer 36

1450 BC

Question 37

Egyptian Interiors

Answer 37

Axial Planning and Sequencing of spaces

Question 38

Skiomorphosis

Answer 38

a design feature which no longer has any function but served some purpose in earlier periods

Question 39

Use of joinery

Answer 39

mortise and tenon, miter, and dovetail

Question 40

Use of bas relief (low relief)

Answer 40

surface is carved away to reveal an image

Question 41

Applied polychromy

Answer 41

painted surfaces

Question 42

Incised ornament

Answer 42

cut in or engraved ornamentation