Evidence of engineering technology

GED240 Rev. 01/2020
Unit Exam 1
Exam ID: 5ac9495b-fa72-496b-bb2f-c8f0a711df8b
The first domestication of grains occurred in the area known as the ______.1.
Fertile Crescenta.
Kalhub.
Zagros Mountainsc.
Persiad.
Continually rebuilt and replastered, early houses at Çatalhöyük may have functioned as ______.2.
grain storeroomsa.
templesb.
observatoriesc.
historical markersd.
Canopic jars were special containers in tombs that were used to hold ______.3.
fooda.
bodily organsb.
gold coinsc.
the kad.
Which object commemorates the unification of Egypt and signals the beginning of the dynastic
period?
4.
The Palette of Narmera.
Akhenaten and His Familyb.
Queen Nefertari Making an Offering to Hathorc.
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Huntd.
The first example of dressed stone in the Aegean is at ______.5.
Theraa.
Mycenaeb.
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Akrotiric.
Knossosd.
Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers demonstrates Aegean cultural practices related to ______.6.
a woman’s entry into adolescencea.
domestic role of womenb.
the harvesting of foodc.
marriage ceremoniesd.
The Human Figures from ’Ain Ghazal give the impression of living individuals who ______.7.
can communicate with the godsa.
are unable to express themselvesb.
can communicate with the deadc.
are leaders of their sited.
The great lions of the Lion Gate at Mycenae were inserted into the ______.8.
postsa.
lintelb.
corbeled archc.
flanking wallsd.
Which culture’s artistic characteristics, seen in the wall paintings found at Akrotiri, demonstrate in
color and detail a sophisticated decorative sense?
9.
Minoana.
Trojanb.
Mycenaeanc.
Cycladicd.
A beautiful copper alloy head, which is the earliest major work of hollow-cast sculpture known in the
ancient Near East, dates from the time of ______.
10.
Dariusa.
Nebuchadnezzarb.
Ashurbanipalc.
Sargond.
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Which term is used to describe the precisely cut blocks used to build Mycenaean tholos tombs?11.
rhytona.
ashlarb.
faiencec.
cyclopeand.
What were most of the buildings in Kalhu built from?12.
cut marblea.
alabasterb.
bitumenc.
mud bricksd.
Rather than being a product of invaders, the destruction of houses at some sites in the Neolithic
period was part of ______.
13.
the selection of a new leadera.
a rival family’s attempt to gain propertyb.
a ritual killing of the housec.
ritual celebrating a birthd.
Which city’s walls were rebuilt three times?14.
Knossosa.
Mycenaeb.
Pylosc.
Troyd.
What did the Sumerians use to produce cuneiform writing?15.
stylusa.
sealb.
picture stampc.
chiseld.
What features suggests a main difference between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations?16.
towersa.
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citadelsb.
crenellationsc.
bunkersd.
Gold-Adorned Face Mask is an example of a ______.17.
religious art piecea.
tribal sculptureb.
special burial artifactc.
rock carvingd.
Which structure was moved to higher ground in the 1960s when the Aswan High Dam was built?18.
Temple of Hatshepsuta.
Sphinx of Taharqob.
Temple of Ramses IIc.
Step Pyramidd.
Handprints at the cave at Pech-Merle were probably created using what technique?19.
incising lines with a sharp sticka.
spraying paint onto the cave wallb.
painting the image with a brushc.
drawing with an ocher crayond.
What design was used in New Kingdom temples to create a processional path from the outside to
the inner sanctuary where only priests and kings were allowed?
20.
circulara.
labyrinthineb.
axialc.
steppedd.
The beautiful Harvester Rhyton may have been covered with ______.21.
nielloa.
gold leafb.
serpentinec.
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frescod.
The first ruler to call himself pharaoh was ______.22.
Tutankhamun Ia.
Thutmose IIIb.
Menkaure IIc.
Khafre IVd.
What technique is represented in the relief Akhenaten and His Family?23.
pictorial reliefa.
collageb.
sunken reliefc.
corbelingd.
What adorns the capitals of the columns that support the roof of the Great Hall at Karnak?24.
rose buda.
voluteb.
papyrusc.
lotus budd.
Scholars see the transport of bluestones to Stonehenge from more than 150 miles away as a sign of
______.
25.
associations with Celtic druidsa.
evidence of engineering technologyb.
connections to ancestral homelandsc.
ritual significance of materialsd.
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