Q1: Lesson 1 | Prehistoric Time Flashcards

1
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It means before history or before written history

A

Prehistoric time

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2
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Some of earliest examples of surviving artworks are ____________

A

Cave drawings

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3
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The most popular subject for cave drawings were ____________

A

Animals

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4
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Purpose of cave artworks is used for __________ ____________, such as praying for a successful hunt or commemorate a successful one.

A

Ritualistic ceremonies

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5
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Artifact made during prehistoric time were huge stone structure called ________

A

Megaliths

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6
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One of the most famous examples of megaliths is ___________

A

Stonehenge

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7
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Stonehenge is found in _________ around 1,500 B. C. E

A

England

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8
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Is a stone usually standing vertical on the middle of the field. It is commonly arranged in rows.

A

Menhir

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9
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Is a stone structure in form of a table. It consists of two huge standing stones that support a horizontal giant stone. It is believed that this served as a grave or as an altar

A

Dolmen

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10
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Is a circle of a standing stone

A

Cromlech

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11
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In the Philippines, one of the oldest artifacts was discovered in 1965, in a cave in ________ ___________.

A

Angono Rizal

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12
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One of the oldest artifacts in the Philippines was discovered in a cave in Angono, Rizal. This is called the _________ __________

A

Angono Petroglyphs

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13
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It was located where Syria and Iraq are today

A

Mesopotamia

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14
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Were one of the most dominant group found in the region

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Sumerians

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15
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The Sumerians were the first to develop a writing system called _________

A

Cuneiform

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16
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It used series of shapes and lines to represent an object and were written on clay tables

A

Cuneiform

17
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Are pyramid-like structure whose sides are made of steps

A

Sumerian ziggurat

18
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Is the coffin of the Pharaoh

A

Sarcophagus

19
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It is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. It is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width, and depth. It is one of the plastic arts.

A

Sculpture

20
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Is a style of sculpture where designs or images are set against a flat background. Is one of the oldest and earliest known forms of sculpting. There are records of relief sculptures that date as far back as cave art from the Upper Paleolithic period

A

Relief sculpture

21
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Are the written language of the ancient Egyptians

A

Hieroglyphs

22
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Is a monumental sculpture of a mythical creature that has the head of a man and a body of lion

A

The great sphinx

23
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Is a buffalo, a bovine mammal from western North America, which has large forequarters, a shaggy mane, and a massive head with short curved horns

A

Bison

24
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Is an assemblage of giant stones in Southern England

A

Stonehenge