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Where did humankind seem to originate?
a. North America
b. Asia
c. South America
d. Africa
Africa
The Apollo 11 Cave is located in ________.
a. Willendorf
b. Namibia
c. Lascaux
d. Altamira
Namibia
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
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
Altamira Cave is located in ________.
a. Germany
b. France
c. Spain
d. Yugolsavia
Spain
Some scholars think the negative handprints are ________.
a. mistakes
b. graffiti
c. illusions
d. signatures
signatures
The Lascaux caves are located in ________.
a. Spain
b. Bavaria
c. France
d. Germany
France
The world's earliest datable paintings can be found in ________.
a. Pech-Merle
b. Lascaux
c. Chauvet
d. Altamira
Chauvet
The 1880 Lisbon Congress on Prehistoric Archaeology dismissed as forgeries the cave paintings of ________.
a. Pech-Merle
b. Altamira
c. Chauvet
d. Lascaux
Altamira
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
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
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
Intensified food gathering and the taming of the dog occurred during the ________ period.
a. Mesolithic
b. Neolithic
c. Late Bronze Age
d. Paleolithic
Mesolithic
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
Which of the following marked the beginning of monumental sculpture?
a. Ain Ghazal
b. Jerusalem
c. Jericho
d. Sumer
Ain Ghazal
A peculiar feature of Çatal Höyük was its ________.
a. plaza
b. moat
c. city walls
d. lack of streets
lack of streets
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
Bucrania are ________.
a. human skulls
b. feline skulls
c. bovine skulls
d. mammoth skulls
bovine skulls
Most archaeologists consider Stonehenge to be an accurate ________.
a. stock exchange
b. palace system
c. astronomical observatory
d. royal cemetery
astronomical observatory
Huge stones arranged in a circle are known as a ________.
a. henge
b. terracotta
c. trilithon
d. megalith
henge