Ziggurat - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Architecture correct answers the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings. Ziggurat correct answers In Mesopotamia, a tail stepped tower of earthen materials, often supporting a shrine Sculpture correct answers the art of making a two or three-dimensional forms through a variety of mediums Patron correct answers a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity Sumerians correct answers of or relating to Sumer, its ancient lang...

ART231 Exam 1 Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Paleolithic - answerold stone 500,000-8,000 BC Neolithic - answernew stone, starting at 8,000 Sympathetic magic - answerwhen a picture is said to represent what will happen in the real world Lascaux Cave paintings Atlatl - answertool used to throw a spear during the paleolithic period Bird-Headed Man with Bison Composite pose - answershowing an object/figure from multiple angles at one time Aurochs - answertype of prehisto...

CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: History and Social Science World History Set (Verified Answers) The Near East - ANSWER-Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley, the Fertile Crescent, and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting monotheism. The Summarians - ANSWER-creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects, advanced system o...

CSET SUBTEST 1: History and Social Science TEST SOLUTIONS 100% PASS What led to development of early civilizations? - ANSWER Domestication and cultivation of crops which led to abandonment of nomadic hunting/gathering First 4 civilizations - ANSWER Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China. Components of the Near East that allowed early civilizations. - ANSWER Compromised Tigris and Euphrates Valley, the Fertile Crescent, and the Nile Valley Cultural contributions of early civilizatios of...

Sophia Art History 1 Milestone 2 Sophia Art History 1 Milestone 2 You passed this Milestone 31 questions were answered correctly. 2 questions were answered incorrectly. 1 Which of the following best describes this sculpture? • Subject portrays age and wisdom • Subject is depicted in the Flavian style • Subject's physical imperfections are emphasized • Subject is portrayed as a god CONCEPT Portraiture, Republic to Flavians 2 Select the option that correctly explains the function of the v...

Which of the following best describes this sculpture?  Subject portrays age and wisdom  Subject is depicted in the Flavian style  Subject's physical imperfections are emphasized  Subject is portrayed as a god CONCEPT Portraiture, Republic to Flavians 2 Select the option that correctly explains the function of the vase shown above.  All-purpose vessel used to store liquids  Vessel used for drinking wine  Vessel used to mark a gravesite  Vessel used to...

Some scholars believe that Paleolithic cave paintings were intended to: function as lunar calendars, predicting seasonal migration of the animals. What is one significant cultural difference between Homo sapiens and earlier hominids? Homo sapiens created musical instruments. Why do Paleolithic female figurines vastly outnumber those representing males? Females played a central role in the culture. Why can the potter's wheel be considered one of the first mechanical and technological break...

Mesopotamia - Answer-tigris and euphrates river cuneiform (writing) organized gov. written law code (hammurabi's code) systemized religion (zoroastrianism) astronomy Egypt - Answer-Nile river, mediterranean and Red Sea religion of gods (pharaoh) writing (hieroglyphics) engineering (pyramids) mathematics India - Answer-Indus and Ganges rivers, Arabian Sea urban culture planned cities (sanitation system) Metallurgy (gold, copper, bronze) Measurement (weight, height, length, mas...

ART231 Exam 1 Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) paleolithic - answerold stone neolithic - answernew stone atlatl - answerleverages greater velocity in javelin-throwing composite pose - answershows most recognizable aspects of a figure aurochs - answera type of prehistoric wild cattle megalithic - answerlarge stone post and lintel - answertwo upright stones and one horizontal on top fertile crescent - answerthe "cradle of civilization" cuneiform - answerform of writing deve...

AP Art History: Artworks 12-25 12. White Temple and its ziggurat c. BCE, mud brick, Uruk, Iraq 13. Palette of King Narmer BCE, slate, Egyptian Museum, Cairo 14. Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), c. 2700 BCE, gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone, Iraq Museum, Baghdad and the University of Chicago, Chicago