First Test

Question 1

When did Homosapiens appear?

Answer 1

Around 400,000 years ago.

Question 2

Paleolithic refers to what in greek?

Answer 2

“Old Stone”

Question 3

What 3 phases is the Paleolithic period divided in?

Answer 3

Lower, Middle and Upper

Question 4

The division of the Paleolithic period is based on what.

Answer 4

Objects found in layers of excavation.

Question 5

Paleolithic and the Neolithic both make up what age?

Answer 5

Stone Age

Question 6

What did humans make long before art?

Answer 6

Tools

Question 7

The first tools have been found at sites such as?

Answer 7

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Question 8

What years did the homeosapiens replace the neanderthal in the world?

Answer 8

Aroung 38,000-33,000 BCE

Question 9

Why did we outlast the neanderthals?

Answer 9

Because of our mental capability to survive.

Question 10

The world’s earliest pieces of art came from where?

Answer 10

South Africa, 77,000 BCE Blomber’s Cave.

Question 11

What were the first pieces of art?

Answer 11

2 blocks of red ocher.

Question 12

What were the 2 blocks of red ocher used for?

Answer 12

Possibly Crayons

Question 13

The Lion Human is from where and dates back to what?

Answer 13

Hohlenstein Germany, 30,000-26,000 BCE

Question 14

Most human figurines in the Upper Paleolithic Period are what?

Answer 14

Female

Question 15

The most famous of the figureines of the Upper Paleolithic period is the what?

Answer 15

Woman from Willendorf

Question 16

Woman from Willendorf came from what country at what era?

Answer 16

Austria at 24,000 BCE

Question 17

Leroy Mcdermott;s theory was that the female figurines were what?

Answer 17

The artists were pregnant women that were looking down at their bodies, this explaines the small feet of the sculptures.