Test 1

Question 1

what is an ocher?

Answer 1

A naturally occurring clay pigment that ranges in color from yellow, to red, brown or white

Question 2

What is figurative art?

Answer 2

Art that portrays human or animal forms

Question 3

What is a megalith?

Answer 3

a large stone used as, or part of, a prehistoric monument

Question 4

What is a cyclopean masonry?

Answer 4

a stone building technique in which large boulders are roughly shaped and fitted together to create well-knit, structurally sound walls

Question 5

What is a corbeled wall

Answer 5

an overlapping arrangement of wood, stone, or brick wall projections arranged so that each course extends farther from the wall and course bellow

Question 6

What is a henge?

Answer 6

An ancient monument with an outer circular ditch and inner bank

Question 7

What is a post and lintel?

Answer 7

a form of construction in which two upright posts support a horizontal beam (lintel)

Question 8

what is a trilithon

Answer 8

two upright megaliths topped with a third horizontal stone, the lintel

Question 9

what is a petroglyph?

Answer 9

and image created on a rock surface through incision, picking, carving or abrading

Question 10

what is a terra-cotta

Answer 10

baked clay or ceramic and is known as earthenware

Question 11

what is a slip

Answer 11

a layer of fine clay or glaze applied to ceramics before firing