Etruscan

Question 1

What is the time period of the Etruscan civilization?

Answer 1

1000-100 BC

Question 2

Where was the Etruscan civilization located?

Answer 2

Modern Tuscany

Question 3

How were the Etruscans described in terms of their characteristics?

Answer 3

Bloodthirsty people with fondness for piracy, superstition, and magic

Question 4

What was the term for drinking sessions that happened after talks in Etruscan culture?

Answer 4

Symposium

Question 5

What is an Etruscan gateway with Roman elements, one of the monumental structures surviving today?

Answer 5

Porta Augusta

Question 6

How do Etruscan temples differ from Greek temples?

Answer 6

They have larger porches and are made from wattle and daub

Question 7

What kind of tombs simulated house interiors in Etruscan architecture?

Answer 7

Tholos

Question 8

What term refers to the ‘City of the Dead’ in Etruscan culture?

Answer 8

Necropolis

Question 9

What is the bronze sculpture of a she-wolf that nursed the legendary founders of Rome?

Answer 9

Capitoline Wolf

Question 10

What type of sculpture starts with a small amount of clay and adds more as needed?

Answer 10

Additive

Question 11

What type of sculpture starts from a single block and is shaped by removing material?

Answer 11

Subtractive

Question 12

What are containers that resemble the likeness of the dead and hold the ashes of the cremated?

Answer 12

Cinerary Urn

Question 13

What monumental and sculptural funerary form depicted women as equals?

Answer 13

Sarcophagi