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20 Cards in this Set
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Where did humankind seem to originate?
a. North America b. Asia c. South America d. Africa |
Africa
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The Apollo 11 Cave is located in ________.
a. Willendorf b. Namibia c. Lascaux d. Altamira |
Namibia
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Human with Feline Head discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany is carved from ________.
a. antelope horn b. walrus ivory c. lion tooth d. mammoth ivory |
mammoth ivory
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The Venus of Willendorf is thought to be a ________.
a. fertility figure b. woman's portrait c. good luck charm d. goddess figure |
fertility figure
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Altamira Cave is located in ________.
a. Germany b. France c. Spain d. Yugolsavia |
Spain
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Some scholars think the negative handprints are ________.
a. mistakes b. graffiti c. illusions d. signatures |
signatures
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The Lascaux caves are located in ________.
a. Spain b. Bavaria c. France d. Germany |
France
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The world's earliest datable paintings can be found in ________.
a. Pech-Merle b. Lascaux c. Chauvet d. Altamira |
Chauvet
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The 1880 Lisbon Congress on Prehistoric Archaeology dismissed as forgeries the cave paintings of ________.
a. Pech-Merle b. Altamira c. Chauvet d. Lascaux |
Altamira
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The ________ is one of the earliest relief sculptures known.
a. Reclining Woman b. Laussel Woman c. Human with Feline Head d. Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf) |
Laussel
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What was the environmental condition of Northern Europe around 9000 B.C.?
a. constant cycle of fire and ice b. active volcanoes c. receding swamplands d. melting ice |
melting ice
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The transitional period known as the ________ occurred when Europe became climatically, geographically and biologically much as it is today.
a. First Ice Age b. Mesolithic era c. Neolithic era d. Paleolithic era |
mesolithic era
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Intensified food gathering and the taming of the dog occurred during the ________ period.
a. Mesolithic b. Neolithic c. Late Bronze Age d. Paleolithic |
Mesolithic
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Agriculture and stock raising became humankind's chief source of food during the ________ period.
a. Mesolithic b. Neolithic c. Paleolithic d. Late Bronze Age |
Neolithic
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Which of the following marked the beginning of monumental sculpture?
a. Ain Ghazal b. Jerusalem c. Jericho d. Sumer |
Ain Ghazal
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A peculiar feature of Çatal Höyük was its ________.
a. plaza b. moat c. city walls d. lack of streets |
lack of streets
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Hacilar and Çatal Höyük are located on the ________.
a. Anatolian Plateau b. Tigris Euphrates River Delta c. Iranian Plateau d. Nile River Delta |
Anatolian Plateau
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Bucrania are ________.
a. human skulls b. feline skulls c. bovine skulls d. mammoth skulls |
bovine skulls
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Most archaeologists consider Stonehenge to be an accurate ________.
a. stock exchange b. palace system c. astronomical observatory d. royal cemetery |
astronomical observatory
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Huge stones arranged in a circle are known as a ________.
a. henge b. terracotta c. trilithon d. megalith |
henge
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