Names and Dates
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This quiz tests you on names and dates applicable to Art 110 up through the Minoan period. It's about being picky, and exact... can you take it? If you are able, you may send your results to the professor by email.
1) All the dates in early history are known very precisely, usually down to the year and month.
True
False
2) Which period of history came first?
A)
Mesolithic
B)
Neolithic
C)
Paleolithic
3) The ancient cities of Jericho and Chatal Huyuk were founded approximately when?
A)
15,000 bce
B)
9,000 bce
C)
3500 bce
D)
1792 bce
4) The ancient Sumerian civilization corresponds with which period in Egyptian history?
A)
Old Kingdom
B)
Middle Kingdom
C)
New Kingdom
D)
Amarna Period
5) Which architectural form was earlier?
A)
pyramids
B)
ziggurats
6) Which represents a list of Near Eastern cultures in proper chronological order, earliest to latest?
A)
Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia
B)
Sumer, Assyria, Akkad
C)
Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia
7) What is the best date for the Palette of Narmer?
A)
3500-3450 bce
B)
3150-3125 bce
C)
2600-2515 bce
D)
2200-2100 bce
8) Which is the best date for the ka statue of Mentuhotep?
A)
3500-3450 bce
B)
3150-3125 bce
C)
2600-2515 bce
D)
2200-2100 bce
9) Which is the best date for the Great Pyramids of Giza?
A)
3500-3450 bce
B)
3150-3125 bce
C)
2600-2515 bce
D)
2200-2100 bce
10) Which person does not belong to the Fourth Dynasty in Egypt?
A)
Khafre
B)
Khamerernebty
C)
Hatshepsut
D)
Menkaure
11) According to Stokstad, what are the ruling dates of King Tutankhamun?
A)
1450-1425 bce
B)
1348-1336 bce
C)
1336-1327 bce
D)
1279-1212 bce
E)
1110-1098 bce
12) Cycladic sculpture was carved during which period of Egyptian art?
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A)
Old Kingdom
B)
Middle Kingdom
C)
New Kingdom
D)
Amarna Period
13) What is the best estimate by archeologists for the volcanic destruction of Thera?
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A)
2200 bce
B)
1800 bce
C)
1620 bce
D)
1500 bce
14) In what century were the caves at Lascaux discovered?
15) The stela of Hammurabi is dated to when?
A)
ca. 3000 bce
B)
ca. 2500 bce.
C)
ca. 1950 bce.
D)
ca. 1790 bce.
E)
ca. 1620 bce.
16) Who is the earliest artist for whom we know a name?
A)
Amarna
B)
Ibih-Il
C)
Imhotep
D)
Thuthmose
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