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The
following questions are multiple
choice and each question is a key idea
from Chapter One.
What
important discovery did four
teenagers make at Lascaux, France, in
1940?
A
wooden stick used for throwing a spear.
The stone wall of an ancient storage shed.
Clay sculptures of an army of soldiers.
A cave filled with paintings of animals.
A cave filled with paintings of
animals.
Which of these activities would an
archaeologist most likely do?
Read
old newspapers.
Make maps.
Examine objects.
Study Earth’s features.
Read old newspapers.
Examine
objects.
People who study the past are most like
__________.
Detectives
Artists
Builders
Teachers
Detectives
What is an object made or used by
people in the past?
A
document.
A ritual.
A theory.
An artifact.
An
artifact.
Why
do historians read diaries and
letters from the past?
To
learn to speak an ancient language.
To find out what happened and why.
To agree on plans for the future.
To compare their ideas of history.
To find out what happened and why.
Which of these is a human-made feature
that a geographer might study?
A
volcano.
A cave.
A road.
A spear.
A road.
A prehistoric object is one that comes from
a time that is _________________.
before history was written
before electricity was discovered
before people lived in cities
before humans hunted animals
before history was written
What is the evidence that prehistoric
cave artists built wooden structures
(scaffolding) to stand on?
Pictures
of the scaffolding have been
found.
Many trees grew in the area.
Some paintings are too high to be
reached from the floor.
The ancient planks are still there.
Some paintings are too high to be
reached from the floor.
If ancient paintings were found in a cave,
which of these questions would be
hardest to answer?
What
did people paint pictures of?
Why did people paint in caves?
How did people make the paint?
What did people use for paint brushes?
Why did people paint in caves?
Which
clue to the past has been found
near the artwork displayed in parts of
caves?
Masks
in the shapes of birds.
Maps of the land nearby.
Lamps for burning animal fat.
Prayer books for ceremonies.
Lamps for burning animal fat.
About how long ago were the objects
and art described in this chapter
created?
About
2 to 3 million years ago.
About 10,000 – 18,000 years ago.
About 500-800 years ago.
About 2,000 – 3,000 years ago.
About 10,000 – 18,000 years ago.
Why are ancient handprints found on
cave walls very small?
The
cave ceilings were very low.
The prints were made by children.
The smallest members of the group
stayed home to paint.
People long ago were not as big as
people today.
People long ago were not as big as
people today.
What does an ancient spear thrower
artifact, with it’s detailed carving,
indicate about the person who may have
used it?
This
person was very strong.
This person was a hunter.
This person was a skilled painter.
This person prayed to animals.
This person was a hunter.
Which
question about the past does cave
art most help to answer?
What
did geometric shapes mean?
What language did the people speak?
What did the people look like?
What animals lived in the area?
What animals lived in the area?
What
do scientists think may have been
the reason why ancient artists made paint
by grinding minerals and mixing powder
with fat or oil?
To
make different colors of paint for their art.
To find out which paint would last longest.
To make the paint dry in different lengths of
time.
To use the paint in ceremonies for hunting
different animals.
To make different colors of paint for their
art.
Be
prepared to look at some cave
paintings and based on a description of
when and where it was found, make some
theories and educated guesses about the
people who made these cave paintings.