Question

Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in:
(2 points)
The Cheops Pyramid
The Valley of the Kings
under the ruins of Memphis
The Temple of Isis
A)
Most of Egyptian art was created for which of the following 2 reasons?
(2 points)
beauty and moral
beauty and propaganda
spiritual and propaganda
spiritual and moral
A)
Queen _____________________was wife to Akhenaten, and her famous portrait is world famous.
(2 points)
Cleopatra
Amarna
Hatshepsut
Nefertiti
A)
_________________________, found in France was discovered in 1940 by four French teenagersand contains the famous gallery called “The Great Hall of the Bulls”.
(2 points)
Hatshepsut
Lascaux
registers
Gudea of Lagash
When preparing to carve a statue or decorate a wall, Egyptian artists first drew horizontal and verticalguidelines on the surface so the ________________________of the figures would be consistent withthe established canon.
(2 points)
proportions
Hammurabi
registers
points of view
A)
Stonehenge is an example of a _________________________.
(2 points)
Gudea of Lagash
Warka
ziggurat
megalith
A)
______________________was infamous for his use of propaganda and his large-scale buildingprojects.
(2 points)
Akhenaten
Ramesses II
Altamira
Amarna
A)
The ___________________vase is the world’s oldest ritual vase carved in stone found in Sumer.
(2 points)
Warka
Akhenaten
Hammurabi
Lascaux
A)
_________________________, found in Spain, is an s-shaped cave with ten galleries engraved orpainted with images of bison, goat, aurochs, horses, deer and hinds.
(2 points)
Warka
Lascaux
Hatshepsut
Altamira
A)
Totally erased from history until 1903, ______________________ was the victim of a massiveoperation by her step-son, who had her name and image erased from every part of Egypt.
(2 points)
Ramesses II
Akhenaten
Amarna
Hatshepsut

A)
The Law Code of ___________________ is a symbol of Mesopotamian civilization.
(2 points)
Ramesses II
Altamira
Hammurabi
proportions
A)
The outcast of his family_________________________________is an important figure from Egyptianhistory. Once he gained status as pharaoh, he wiped out the long-lasting, traditional polytheistic orderof religion and introduced Egypt (for a short time) to a monotheistic order based on the Sun-disk god,Atun.
(2 points)
Hammurabi
Ramesses II
Amarna
Akhenaten

The ____________________style sprung out under the rule Akhenaten, and is recognizable by itsflowing and relaxed lines and forms, individualized features of people, and scenes of particularmoments in time.
(2 points)
Amarna
Akhenaten
Warka
Gudea of Lagash
A)
In Egyptian art, size indicates relative importance. Representations of the pharaohs are often muchlarger than life to symbolize the ruler’s superhuman powers. In wall reliefs and paintings, where wivesand family members, servants and entertainers, animals, trees, and architectural details are usuallyshown in smaller___________________ than the figures of the king, high official or tomb owner.
(2 points)
points of view
registers
scale
proportions

Answer 1

1. The Valley of the Kings

2. spiritual and propaganda

3. Nefertiti

4. Lascaux

5. proportions

6. megalith

7. Ramesses II

8. Warka

9. Altamira

10. Hatshepsut

11. Hammurabi

12. Akhenaten

13. Amarna

14. scale