Module 1: Stone Age

Question 1

What does this wall painting from Çatal Höyük indicate to us about the changes brought on by Neolithic art?
a.Animals as subject matter
b.Humans depicted in frontal view
c.A multitude of human figures within the same scene
d.Humans hunting animals

Answer 1

c.A multitude of human figures within the same scene

Question 2

Which technological advancement was most responsible for changing how human beings lived during the Neolithic times?
a. Building settlements
b.Agricultural revolution
c.Bronze tools
d.Diversion of waterways

Answer 2

b.Agricultural revolution

Question 3

What prehistoric themes and interests do the emphasis on the anatomy of the Venus of Willendorf represent?
a. Facial features
b. Material wealth
c. Monuments
d.Fertility and well being

Answer 3

d. Fertility and well being

Question 4

What did Paleolithic paintings represent as subject matter?
a. Hunter-gatherer societies
b. Creation myths
c. Religious rituals
d.Animals

Answer 4

d.Animals

Question 5

What advances in human cultures do Paleolithic art represent?
a. Abstraction of thought into complex concepts
b. inventing writing
c.The change from singular representation to multiple copies
d.The shift from memory and recognition to abstraction and representation

Answer 5

d.The shift from memory and recognition to abstraction and representation