The Egyptians did not have the technology of the wheel when they built the earliest pyramids

1. The Egyptians did not have the technology of the wheel when they built the earliest pyramids

CSTU 101 Quiz 1

1. The Egyptians did not have the technology of the wheel when they built the earliest pyramids
2. What term describes the multiple perspectives we see in Egyptian art, especially in portraying the human body?
3. Which of the following terms is associated with Mesopotamian culture?
4. Most of the cuneiform tablets uncovered by archaeologists are records of contracts, business transactions, and inventories.
5. Which artifact provided the key that allowed scholars to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics?
6. The term “historical horizon” corresponds most closely with what concept?
7. Ancient Egyptian values expressed their belief in the eternal structure of the universe.
8. Which of the following is an example of the reflective arts?
9. Ancient societies were transformed most by the invention of the wheel.
10. Egyptian art depicts objects according to their most characteristic angle.
11. Which one of the following was not discussed as a technology of early civilization?
12. Egyptian artists would probably have depicted the human form more realistically if their culture had been more advanced.
13. Which of the following was not discussed as a technology of the 4^th millennium?
14. Which sculpture “sumps up” what the reflective and expressive arts are all about?
15. The great pyramids of Egypt are perhaps the most obvious example of the Egyptian fixation on permanence.
16. The term “culture” and “civilization” are roughly interchangeable.
17. Sumerian civilization was ancient, but not very advanced.
18. One of the functions of art in ancient Egypt was to preserve one’s identity for the afterlife.
19. Ancient Sumerian literature contains remarkable parallels with the book of Genesis.
20. What is the second “wave” that Alvin Toffler described?