Unit Test 1 - facts

Question 1

When was Magdalenian Culture?

Answer 1

16,000 - 8,000 BCE

Question 2

When was the art in Chauvet Caves probably made?

Answer 2

20,000 - 16,000 BCE

Question 3

Where is Magdalenian Culture from?

Answer 3

Areas like Southern France, Northern Spain

Question 4

Where are the Chauvet Caves located?

Answer 4

France

Question 5

Where was the first granary?

Answer 5

Dhra, Jordan

Question 6

When was the first granary made?

Answer 6

9,000 BCE

Question 7

When were granaries in the shape of big buckets created?

Answer 7

2007

Question 8

Where were granaries in the shape of big buckets found?

Answer 8

Ethiopia

Question 9

Where is Catal Huyuk?

Answer 9

Turkey

Question 10

When was Catal Huyuk made?

Answer 10

7,500 - 5,700 BCE

Question 11

When was Eridu made?

Answer 11

3,500 BCE

Question 12

What were the people who made and lived in Eridu called?

Answer 12

Sumerians

Question 13

Which period is Clay tablets in Mesopotamia from?

Answer 13

Uruk

Question 14

When were Votive Figures of Tel Asmar made?

Answer 14

2,750 - 2,650 BCE

Question 15

Where were Votive Figures made?

Answer 15

Modern day Iraq

Question 16

Where are the Votive Figures now?

Answer 16

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Question 17

What were the Votive Figures made of?

Answer 17

Gypsum

Question 18

When was the Ziggurat of Ur made?

Answer 18

2,500 - 2,000 BCE

Question 19

When was the head of an Akkadian ruler made?

Answer 19

2,250 - 2,220 BCE

Question 20

What is the head of an Akkadian ruler made of?

Answer 20

Copper Alloy

Question 21

How high is the head?

Answer 21

36.5 cm

Question 22

Where is the head now?

Answer 22

Iraq Museum, Baghdad

Question 23

Who made the ‘The City’?

Answer 23

Michael Heizer

Question 24

When was ‘The City’ made?

Answer 24

1972

Question 25

________, The Ruler of Lagash

Answer 25

Gudea

Question 26

When was Gudea made?

Answer 26

2,144 - 2,124 BCE

Question 27

Who painted 'Woman with Dead Child'?

Answer 27

Kaethe Kollwitz

Question 28

When was 'Woman with Dead Child' painted?

Answer 28

1903

Question 29

What technique was used for 'Woman with Dead Child'?

Answer 29

Soft-ground etching

Question 30

What is the medium of 'Woman with Dead Child'?

Answer 30

Soft-ground etching

Question 31

When were granaries in the shape of baskets made?

Answer 31

2007

Question 32

Where were granaries in the shape of baskets made?

Answer 32

Ethiopia

Question 33

Who made the 'Cake Man'?

Answer 33

Yinka Shonibare

Question 34

When was the 'Cake MAn' made?

Answer 34

2013

Question 35

What were the materials used for 'Cake Man'?

Answer 35

Fibreglass, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, plaster, polystyrene, leather, steel baseplate

Question 36

The Chauvet Caves are found near a rock bridge called the

Answer 36

Pont D'Arc

Question 37

What kind of rock are the paintings of the Chauvet Caves on?

Answer 37

Limestone

Question 38

What was used to create the rock paintings?

Answer 38

Charcoal, minerals from soil

Question 39

What is a mineral with pigment which comes in yellowish brown, red, etc colors?

Answer 39

Ochre

Question 40

Village Granary in ______ is a structure with a lid, and a ladder to reach inside it.

Answer 40

Burkina Faso

Question 41

Who is the Greek Goddess of harvest, agriculture, fertility?

Answer 41

Goddess Demeter

Question 42

Where is the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 42

It was in West Asia. Present day Levant and Middle East. (From middle of Turkey down to the hills of Iraq and Iran)

Question 43

What was writing originally for?

Answer 43

Bookkeeping

Question 44

Where is Mesopotamia?

Answer 44

b/w Tigres and Euphrates rivers. Modern Day Iraq

Question 45

Where were the Voltiv Figures from?

Answer 45

Tel Asmar, Iraq

Question 46

When was the Ur III period?

Answer 46

2,100 - 2,000 BCE

Question 47

Where is Al Attrine Madrasa?

Answer 47

Fez, Morocco

Question 48

When was Al Attrine Madrasa constructed?

Answer 48

1323 - 1325

Question 49

Who were the first hunting society?

Answer 49

Gravittiens

Question 50

When was the Ice Age?

Answer 50

27,000 - 13,000 BCE