Usually located on the grounds of the temples, obelisks were usually covered from base to near tip with:

(2 points)
Responses

hieroglyphics
hieroglyphics

paintings
paintings

gold
gold

mosaics
mosaics

43 answers

hieroglyphics
The tip of the obelisk was originally covered in gold or electrum to represent_____________.
(2 points)
Responses

wealth
wealth

the pharaoh
the pharaoh

time
time

the sun
the sun
the sun
Where is the Sphinx located?
(2 points)
Responses

in Karnak
in Karnak

in The Valley of the Kings
in The Valley of the Kings

in Thebes
in Thebes

in Giza
in Giza
The pharaoh, Hatshepsut, had herself portrayed as a/an _______________________________.
(2 points)
Responses

man with a male body and a false beard.
man with a male body and a false beard.

serious woman with a large body and short hair.
serious woman with a large body and short hair.

strong figure with a large torso and fists.
strong figure with a large torso and fists.

an elegant woman with a long neck and large eyes.
an elegant woman with a long neck and large eyes.
Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in:

(2 points)
Responses

The Cheops Pyramid
The Cheops Pyramid

The Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings

under the ruins of Memphis
under the ruins of Memphis

The Temple of Isis
The Temple of Isis
The Valley of the Kings
Most of Egyptian art was created for which of the following 2 reasons?

(2 points)
Responses

beauty and moral
beauty and moral

beauty and propaganda
beauty and propaganda

spiritual and propaganda
spiritual and propaganda

spiritual and moral
beauty and propaganda
Queen _____________________was wife to Akhenaten, and her famous portrait is world famous.

(2 points)
Responses

Cleopatra
Cleopatra

Amarna
Amarna

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut

Nefertiti
Nefertiti
)
_________________________, found in France was discovered in 1940 by four French teenagers and contains the famous gallery called “The Great Hall of the Bulls”.

(2 points)
Responses

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut

Lascaux
Lascaux

registers
registers

Gudea of Lagash
Lascaux
When preparing to carve a statue or decorate a wall, Egyptian artists first drew horizontal and vertical guidelines on the surface so the ________________________of the figures would be consistent with the established canon.

(2 points)
Responses

proportions
proportions

Hammurabi
Hammurabi

registers
registers

points of view
points of view
proportions
Stonehenge is an example of a _________________________.

(2 points)
Responses

Gudea of Lagash
Gudea of Lagash

Warka
Warka

ziggurat
ziggurat

megalith
megalith
megalith
______________________was infamous for his use of propaganda and his large-scale building projects.

(2 points)
Responses

Akhenaten
Akhenaten

Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Altamira
Altamira

Amarna
Amarna
Ramesses II
The ___________________vase is the world’s oldest ritual vase carved in stone found in Sumer.

(2 points)
Responses

Warka
Warka

Akhenaten
Akhenaten

Hammurabi
Hammurabi

Lascaux
Lascaux
Warka
_________________________, found in Spain, is an s-shaped cave with ten galleries engraved or painted with images of bison, goat, aurochs, horses, deer and hinds.

(2 points)
Responses

Warka
Warka

Lascaux
Lascaux

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut

Altamira
Altamira
Altamira
Totally erased from history until 1903, ______________________ was the victim of a massive operation by her step-son, who had her name and image erased from every part of Egypt.

(2 points)
Responses

Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Akhenaten
Akhenaten

Amarna
Amarna

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
The Law Code of ___________________ is a symbol of Mesopotamian civilization.
(2 points)
Responses

Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Altamira
Altamira

Hammurabi
Hammurabi

proportions
proportions
Hammurabi
The outcast of his family_________________________________is an important figure from Egyptian history. Once he gained status as pharaoh, he wiped out the long-lasting, traditional polytheistic order of religion and introduced Egypt (for a short time) to a monotheistic order based on the Sun-disk god, Atun.

(2 points)
Responses

Hammurabi
Hammurabi

Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Amarna
Amarna

Akhenaten
Akhenaten
Akhenaten
The ____________________style sprung out under the rule Akhenaten, and is recognizable by its flowing and relaxed lines and forms, individualized features of people, and scenes of particular moments in time.

(2 points)
Responses

Amarna
Amarna

Akhenaten
Akhenaten

Warka
Warka

Gudea of Lagash
Gudea of Lagash
Amarna
In Egyptian art, size indicates relative importance. Representations of the pharaohs are often much larger than life to symbolize the ruler’s superhuman powers. In wall reliefs and paintings, where wives and family members, servants and entertainers, animals, trees, and architectural details are usually shown in smaller___________________ than the figures of the king, high official or tomb owner.

(2 points)
Responses

points of view
points of view

registers
registers

scale
scale

proportions
proportions
scale
The Sumerians were the first to employ the pyramid-shaped ______________________ for use in religious structures.

(2 points)
Responses

ziggurat
ziggurat

megalith
megalith

scale
scale

registers
registers
ziggurat
Scenes with figures, in Egyptian art, were arranged in horizontal rows called___________________.

(2 points)
Responses

proportions
proportions

megalith
megalith

registers
registers

points of view
points of view
registers
When depicting the human body on a two-dimensional surface, artist used different ____________________ to show each part of the body in its most complete form.

(2 points)
Responses

registers
registers

points of view
points of view

scale
scale

proportions
proportions
proportions
_____________________________brought peace and prosperity to his people and was the subject of many of that culture’s statuary. He was often depicted wearing the Persian lamb fur cap of Enis.

(2 points)
Responses

Ramesses II
Ramesses II

Hammurabi
Hammurabi

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut

Gudea of Lagash
Gudea of Lagash
Gudea of Lagash