A. The Step Pyramid of Djoser | ||
B. The Great Pyramid | ||
C. The Meidum Pyramid | ||
D. The Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II | ||
E. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut |
A. As human beings | ||
B. With the head of an animal and the body of a human | ||
C. As animals | ||
D. As natural phenonmenon, such as the sun or moon | ||
E. All of the above |
A. The royal kilt with ornamental bull's tail | ||
B. A rectangular false beard | ||
C. The crook and flail | ||
D. The double crown with the sacred uraeus | ||
E. All of the above |
A. The cube and the horizontal and vertical axes | ||
B. The circle and the oval | ||
C. Square forms with emphasis placed on the vertical axis | ||
D. The pyramid | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Some hieroglyphs represent actual objects. | ||
B. No hieroglpyhs represent individual sounds. | ||
C. As much care was taken in drawing hierogplyphs as in creating images in art. | ||
D. Writing and art are inseperable in Ancient Egypt. | ||
E. Hieroglyphs can be written from left to right or from right to left. |
A. Mentuhotep II | ||
B. Narmer | ||
C. Khufu | ||
D. Ramses II | ||
E. Khafre |
A. At its top, the name of the king is inscribed between two bovine heads. | ||
B. It depicts the king's victory over his enemies. | ||
C. It shows the king's enemies in a marshland. | ||
D. It was found at Thebes. | ||
E. It is made of grey schist. |
A. Khafre | ||
B. Khufu | ||
C. Mentuhotep II | ||
D. Ramses II | ||
E. Seti I |
a. It was orginally covered with graite stones. | ||
b. It was built by Khafre. | ||
c. It can not be entered. | ||
d. It was part of a large set of monuments and rituals to help the pharaoh ascend to the gods in the heavens. | ||
e. The Great Sphinx was built by the same ruler who commissioned it. |
A. The Great Pyramid | ||
B. The Meidum Pyramid | ||
C. Mastabs | ||
D. The Step Pyramid of Djoser | ||
E. The Bent Pyramid of Dashur |
A. Saqqara | ||
B. Beni-Hassan | ||
C. Deir el-Bahri | ||
D. Abu Simbel | ||
E. Dashur |
A. Mentuhotep II | ||
B. Amenemhat I | ||
C. Seti I | ||
D. Pepi II | ||
E. Ramses II |
A. Thebes | ||
B. Hierakonopolis | ||
C. Alexandria | ||
D. Abu Simbel | ||
E. El-Lisht |
A. Beni Hasan | ||
B. El-Lisht | ||
C. Deir el-Medina | ||
D. Amarna | ||
E. Giza |
A. Only cult temples were built during the New Kingdom. | ||
B. Few texts survive that describe the construction, circumstance, and function of New Kingdom temples. | ||
C. The standard temple followed a tripartite plan, cons isting of an outer court, a hypostyle (or columned) hall, and the sanctuary itself. | ||
D. Temples are never depicted in New Kingdom art. | ||
E. The reliefs that decorate New Kingdom temples were not painted. |
A. Luxor | ||
B. Abu Simbel | ||
C. Karnak | ||
D. The Temple Complex at Philae | ||
E. The Temple of Horus at Edfu |
A. Ramses II | ||
B. Seti I | ||
C. Amenhotep III | ||
D. Amenhotep IV | ||
E. Mentuhotep II |
A. Karnak | ||
B. Luxor | ||
C. The Mortuarty Temple ot Seti I | ||
D. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut | ||
E. Abu Simbel |
A. Hatshepsut | ||
B. Seti I | ||
C. Akhenaten | ||
D. Ramses II | ||
E. Khufu |
A. It is a multi-terraced temple. | ||
B. It was designed by the architect Senemut. | ||
C. Its terraced form was unprecedented. | ||
D. It was built into the cliffs at Deir el-Bahri. | ||
E. It contains a chapel devoted to the goddess Hathor. |
A. The divine birth of Hatshepsut | ||
B. Hatshepsut's co-regent, Thutmose III | ||
C. An expedition to Punt | ||
D. Festival scenes | ||
E. All of the above |
A. Abydos | ||
B. Deir el-Bahri | ||
C. Giza | ||
D. Beni Hasen | ||
E. Deir el-Medina |
A. The Valley of the Kings | ||
B. In tombs near their mortuary temples | ||
C. Beni Hasen | ||
D. In pyramids at Giza and other sites | ||
E. Saqarra |
A. Amarna | ||
B. Old Kingdom | ||
C. Middle Kingdom | ||
D. First Intermediate Period | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Deir el-Medina | ||
B. Beni Hasen | ||
C. Abydos | ||
D. Deir el-Bahri | ||
E. El-Lisht |
A. Ramses II | ||
B. Akhenaten | ||
C. Senusret III | ||
D. Seti I | ||
E. Hatshepsut |
A. It was focused on the sun disc Aten. | ||
B. At this time, the pharaoh was frequently depicted with his wife and children. | ||
C. Humans are usually depicted with swelled bellies and hips, as well as thin shoulders and arms. | ||
D. The pharaoh is frequently depicted with the godess Maat. | ||
E. Official inscriptions reflected everyday spoken language. |
A. The Third Intermediate Period was a time when many great temples were constructed. | ||
B. Temple networks were the center of artistic production. | ||
C. Temple precincts were favored burial sites. | ||
D. The king was often emphasized in art as the child/son of a divine pair. |
A. Karnak | ||
B. Luxor | ||
C. Osireion | ||
D. Abu Simbel | ||
E. The Mortuary Temple of Seti I |
A. Thirtieth Dynasty | ||
B. Eleventh Dynasty | ||
C. Eighteenth Dynasty | ||
D. Nineteenth Dynasty | ||
E. Twenty-fifth dynasty |
A. Piye | ||
B. Tantamani | ||
C. Shabako | ||
D. Taharqa | ||
E. None of the above |
A. During this period, Egyptian art was infused with Hellenisitc elements. | ||
B. Many temples were built during this period. | ||
C. The Ptolemys did not promote Egyptian art and culture. | ||
D. The Ptolemy were worshipped as gods while they were living. | ||
E. All of the above |
A. The New Kingdom | ||
B. The Ptolemaic Period | ||
C. Third Intermediate Period | ||
D. Second Intermediate Period | ||
E. Late Period |
A. Shabti portrait | ||
B. Oinochoai portrait | ||
C. Fayum portrait | ||
D. Mummy masks | ||
E. None of the above |
A. New Kingdom | ||
B. Third Intermediate Period | ||
C. Late Period | ||
D. Ptolemaic Period | ||
E. Roman Period |
A. Dendera | ||
B. Abydos | ||
C. Deir el-Bahri | ||
D. Abu Simbel | ||
E. Thebes |
A. Abu Simbel | ||
B. The Temple of Philae | ||
C. Luxor Temple | ||
D. The Temple of Horus at Edfu | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Amun | ||
B. Maat | ||
C. Isis | ||
D. Horus | ||
E. Osiris |
A. Göbekli Tepe | ||
B. Jericho | ||
C. 'Ain Ghazal | ||
D. Uruk | ||
E. Nevali Çori |
A. Göbekli Tepe | ||
B. 'Ain Ghazal | ||
C. Jericho | ||
D. Uruk | ||
E. Nevali Çori |
A. Jericho | ||
B. Nevali Çori | ||
C. 'Ain Ghazal | ||
D. Çatalhöyük | ||
E. Uruk |
A. Ain Ghazal | ||
B. Jericho | ||
C. Uruk | ||
D. Çatalhöyük | ||
E. Nevali Çori |
A. A cylinder seal | ||
B. A portion of a cone mosaic | ||
C. A stamp seal amulet | ||
D. A papyrus | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Pasargadae | ||
B. Babylon | ||
C. Nippur | ||
D. Nimrud | ||
E. Ninevah |
A. Ashur | ||
B. Enlil | ||
C. Dumuzi | ||
D. Gula | ||
E. Ianna |
A. Nippur | ||
B. Ziggurat of Ur | ||
C. The Royal Graves of Ur | ||
D. Uruk | ||
E. Tell Asmar |
A. The majority of these statues were votive figures. | ||
B. They only depict female worhsippers. | ||
C. They are made of gypsum or limestone. | ||
D. Many have inlaid eyes and painted hair. | ||
E. Facial characteristics show little variation between statues. |
A. Old Babylonian Period | ||
B. Early Dynastic Period | ||
C. Neo-Sumerian Period | ||
D. Neo-Assyrian Period | ||
E. Neolithic Period |
A. They can be entered through a door at their base. | ||
B. They are mud-brick stepped towers with temples at their top. | ||
C. They were only built during the Early Dynastic Period. | ||
D. They were royal tombs. | ||
E. None of the above |
A. A step pyramid | ||
B. A "true" pyramid | ||
C. A ziggurat | ||
D. A royal palace | ||
E. A royal tomb with a mortuary temple at its top |
A. Early Dynastic Period | ||
B. Akkadian Period | ||
C. Neo-Sumerian Period | ||
D. Old Babylonian Period | ||
E. Neo-Assyrian Period |
A. Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi | ||
B. The Royal Standard of Ur | ||
C. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin | ||
D. A modern impression of a cylinder seal | ||
E. None of the above |
A. His horned helmet | ||
B. The many weapons he carries | ||
C. His size | ||
D. His physcial closeness to the gods | ||
E. All of the above |
A. Gudea | ||
B. Sargon II | ||
C. Hammurabi | ||
D. Ashurnasirpal II | ||
E. Ur-Nammu |
A. The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin | ||
B. A relief from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II | ||
C. The Standard of Ur | ||
D. Stele with the Law Code of Hammurabi | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Babylonians | ||
B. Sumerians | ||
C. Assyrians | ||
D. Persians | ||
E. Hittites |
A. Lagesh | ||
B. Yazilikaya | ||
C. Hattusha | ||
D. Uruk | ||
E. Nippur |
A. Hattusha | ||
B. Çatalhöyük | ||
C. Uruk | ||
D. Yazilikaya | ||
E. Tell Asmar |
A. Nimrud | ||
B. Tell Asmar | ||
C. Ninevah | ||
D. Susa | ||
E. Pasargadae |
A. Labbu | ||
B. Sirrush | ||
C. Gidim | ||
D. Lamassu | ||
E. Allu |
A. The palace was organized around three large courtyards. | ||
B. The king does not appear in any of the reliefs that decorate the palace. | ||
C. It was built in the ancient city of Kahlu. | ||
D. State apartments and the major throne room were situated around the first courtyard. | ||
E. The living quarters were located in the innermost courtyard. |
A. Ashurnasirpal II | ||
B. Sargon II | ||
C. Tiglath-Pileser III | ||
D. Sennacherib | ||
E. Esarhaddon |
A. Sargon II | ||
B. Sennacherib | ||
C. Ashurbanipal | ||
D. Ashurnasirpal II | ||
E. Tiglath-Pileser III |
A. The entrance to Sargon II's throne room | ||
B. Ziggurat of Ur | ||
C. The Ishtar Gate | ||
D. The hypostyle hall of Ashurnasirpal II's palace | ||
E. Nineveh's Processional Way |
A. The patron gods of Babylon | ||
B. The power of the king | ||
C. The king's subjects | ||
D. Nature spirits | ||
E. People who the king has conquered in battle |
A. The Tomb of Cyrus the Great | ||
B. Ziggurat of Ur | ||
C. The Yazilikaya rock-cut sanctuary | ||
D. The Prison of Solomon | ||
E. Tall-i Takht |
A. Susa | ||
B. Persepolis | ||
C. Cyropolis | ||
D. Pasargadae | ||
E. Estakhar |
A. Pasagardae | ||
B. Estakhr | ||
C. Cyropolis | ||
D. Persepolis | ||
E. All of the above |
A. Ur | ||
B. Ninevah | ||
C. Hattusha | ||
D. Babylon | ||
E. Persepolis |
A. The Apadana | ||
B. The Palace of Darius | ||
C. The Tomb of Cyrus the Great | ||
D. The Palace of Xerxes | ||
E. The Throne Hall or Hundred Column Hall |
a. This is the time when the Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed. | ||
b. High-ranking officials during this period were buried in mastabas. | ||
c. During this time kings were buried in the Valley of the Kings. | ||
d. During this period many local artistic and architectural styles developed. | ||
e. Art and architecture from this period does not show many regional variations. |
A. The defeat of the Hyksos | ||
B. The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt | ||
C. Ramses II's conquest of Nubia | ||
D. Ramses II's first Syrian campaign | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Hysksos-style burials for high-ranking officials | ||
B. Rishi or human-shaped coffins decorated with vulture's wings | ||
C. The construction of royal rock-cut tombs near Thebes | ||
D. The end of the tradition of royal burial in pyramids | ||
E. The development of regional art styles |
A. Second Intermediate Period | ||
B. New Kingdom | ||
C. Early Dynastic | ||
D. Middle Kingdom | ||
E. Third Intermediate Period |
A. Rishi | ||
B. Canopic jars | ||
C. Shabti | ||
D. Mastaba | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Pit grave | ||
B. Rock-cut tomb | ||
C. Mastaba | ||
D. Bent pyramid | ||
E. Ziggurat |
A. They contain reliefs, paintings, and statuary that were often created by the same craftsman who worked on the tombs of the pharaohs. | ||
B. Their hieroglyphic inscriptions record the tomb owner's titles and rank. | ||
C. Their reliefs depict the daily activity of producing food and other provisions needed by the deceased's spirit. | ||
D. They were not constructed near royal tombs. | ||
E. They have a rectangular superstructure. |
A. It was constructed during the Old Kingdom. | ||
B. It is famous for its many models of boats and scenes of daily life. | ||
C. It was built in Saqarra. | ||
D. It has a rectangular superstructure. | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Anubis | ||
B. Thoth | ||
C. Amun | ||
D. Mut | ||
E. Osiris |
A. Djet | ||
B. Kheper | ||
C. Shen | ||
D. Ankh | ||
E. Djed |
A. Amun | ||
B. Mut | ||
C. Osiris | ||
D. Anubis | ||
E. Horus |
A. Flanking the entrance to the temple | ||
B. Lining the processional way | ||
C. In the Inner Sanctuary | ||
D. Inside the Outer Court | ||
E. All of the above |
A. They are dated to the Early Dynastic Period. | ||
B. They were formed by modeling wet plaster on a reed core. | ||
C. They do not include human figurines. | ||
D. They were recovered from one of the first "true" cities. | ||
E. Similar statues have been recovered from nearby sites. |
A. The remains of its earliest structures date to the Akkadian period. | ||
B. It is one of the world's longest inhabited sites. | ||
C. The first major settlement there included a large tower with an internal staircase. | ||
D. Painted skulls have been recovered from the ancient site. | ||
E. The first settlement there dates back to about 9000 BCE. |
A. It included monumental mud-brick buildings, decorated with mosaics of painted clay cones embedded in the walls. | ||
B. It was the largest settlement in the world c.3200 BCE. | ||
C. Large-scale sculpture in the round and relief carving was created in Uruk for the first time. | ||
D. Simple pictographs drawn on clay tablets have been recovered from this site. | ||
E. It is the largest Neolithic site excavated to date. |
A. To help the dead in the afterlife | ||
B. To obtain power over the forces of nature | ||
C. To capture the relationship between the divine and terrestrial realms | ||
D. To be used as everyday utilitarian objects by the royal household | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Semiramis | ||
B. Pu-abi | ||
C. Ur-Nammu | ||
D. Ishtar | ||
E. None of the above |
A. Early Akkadian art drew on the style and iconography of Early Dynastic Period art. | ||
B. Very little large scale Akkadian sculpture has survived. | ||
C. Many Akkadian seals survive and have a rich iconography demonstarating interactions between the terrestrial and divine worlds. | ||
D. When fully developed, Akkadian monumental sculpture emphasized naturalism through subtle modeling. | ||
E. All of the above |
A. A large throne room | ||
B. Huge carved alabaster panels decorated with reliefs that lined the interior walls | ||
C. A plan organized around three large halls | ||
D. An underground tunnel connecting it to a nearby temple | ||
E. The king's tomb constructed in the interior of the palace |
A. Winged beings/deities | ||
B. The king or princes hunting lions | ||
C. Lamassu | ||
D. Tribute-bearers | ||
E. All of the above |
A. Alabaster | ||
B. Sandstone | ||
C. Glazed ceramic tiles | ||
D. Granite | ||
E. Mud-bricks with mosaics of painted clay cones |
A. Nebuchadnezzar II | ||
B. Lions | ||
C. Aurochs | ||
D. Dragons | ||
E. Symbols of the gods Ishtar and Marduk |
A. Animals that symbolize Mesopotamian gods | ||
B. The construction of the buildings at Persepolis | ||
C. Tributatires from different parts of the Empire processing toward the enthroned king | ||
D. Musicians and dancers | ||
E. Scenes of daily life |
A. Babylon | ||
B. Susa | ||
C. Persepolis | ||
D. Pasargadae | ||
E. All of the above |
A. Ishtar | ||
B. Marduk | ||
C. Enlil | ||
D. Sin | ||
E. Apsu |
A. Cuneiform | ||
B. Hieratic | ||
C. Hieroglyphs | ||
D. Aramaic | ||
E. Phoenician |
A. Sargon | ||
B. Hammurabi | ||
C. Naram-Sin | ||
D. Ashurnasirpal II | ||
E. Ur-Nammu |
A. Achaemenid Period | ||
B. Akkadian Period | ||
C. Neo-Assyrian Period | ||
D. Early Dynastic Period | ||
E. Neo-Sumerian Period |
A. Sennacherib | ||
B. Ashurnasirpal II | ||
C. Sargon II | ||
D. Tiglath Pileser III | ||
E. Shalmeneser III |
A. Nebuchadnezzar II | ||
B. Hammurabi | ||
C. Nabopolassar | ||
D. Amel-Marduk | ||
E. Neriglissar |