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About 3260 years ago, if a person stood in the center of Stonehenge, on the morning of the summer solstice, they would see the sun rise over the ________. A) trilithon lintel B) Aubrey hole C) heel stone D) main altar 2. The Woman from Brassempouy captures the true essence of a head, also called the ________. A) memory image B) mind image C) abstracted mind D) soul image 3. Humans started to paint images on cave walls between 15,000 and 5000 BCE. A) True B) False 4. As long as ________ BCE, figurines of people and animals appeared. A) 30, B) 25, C) 50, D) 10, 5. To Proto-historic man, ________ was the most permanent and precious metal. A) bronze B) silver C) gold D) tin
The word Neolithic means ________. A) new history B) hard rock C) new age D) new stone 7. Cro-Magnon man was so called due to the French site where their bones were first found. A) True B) False 8. Stonehenge was built in ________-and-________ construction. A) post; lintel B) lintel; beam C) corbel; cantilever D) post; corbel 9. Much of what we know about prehistoric people is based on their art that we have found in archeological sites. A) True B) False 10. Neolithic man only worked in stone and NEVER in ceramics. A) True B) False 11. Around the year ________ BCE, prehistoric humans began firing clay in the form of vessels. A) 10, B) 2500
A) supporting rail B) major post C) common beam D) ridge pole 17. The simplest form of construction used to span space is ________-and-________. A) brace; cannon B) post; lintel C) post; beam D) lintel; strut 18. Some of the stones used to build Stonehenge came from as far away as Wales. A) False B) True 19. The last ice age occurred so quickly that people would have recognized the climatic change. A) True B) False 20. Prehistoric man often coated their floors with powdered ________. A) ocher B) ash C) bones D) clay
