Prehistoric and Ancient Test #1 KEY Name:______Date:______

(Each question is 4 points each. 1 point is removed for each spelling error.)

1. What is ?

2. Sound travels better through air, water, earth, or fire?

3. Which frequencies travel the farthest distance?

4. Sound and silence organized in a purposeful manner to elicit an emotional response from its listener is called what?

5. What do scientists believe killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago?

6. A family of animal species that are erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent are called?

7. Scientists continue to find extinct ‐like species. Name one.

8. 40,000‐50,000BCE humans made a major shift in creating paintings and artwork. What is that change called?

9. We learned the term “Prehistoric Music”. What makes it “Prehistoric”?

10. What does BCE stand for?

11. What was the earliest instrument scientist believe they have found? What was it made from? What is it called?

12. Why were we unable to listen to any examples of Prehistoric music?

13. What is “motherese”?

14. Scientists who study the culture of prehistoric peoples are called what?

15. The earliest known writing is how old?

Essay: Choose one and write a minimum of one complete paragraph. (No less than three complete sentences!) Use your own words. Use the back of your paper for your answer. Your score will be determined by the CONTENT of your answer. Make your answer clear and accurate. (30 points possible for your chosen essay.)

A. We discussed several possible origins of music. Explain one. B. Name three prehistoric/ancient instruments. Describe them and tell me something significant about them. Use your notes for help. C. Tell me what we learn about early humans from Ice Age art.

Bonus: Choose another essay. Get up to 5 points per extra essay.

Video guide for Prehistoric and Ancient Era: General Music

Forgotten | The Evolution of Music [Lecture, Daniel Cioccoloni] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW3JuoVRSHg BBC Howard Goodall's Story of Music 1of6 The Age of Discovery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Y6NPahlDE Why Does Music Move Us? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT3O93‐nxDc Is Sad Music Actually Sad? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWWYE4eLEfk Why Do Things Sound Scary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JAym6‐h4RE Savannah Ambiance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CaY02f‐56A

Prehistoric played live in Prilep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jx5fCV‐t3c Communication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kf_RYVt2XQ in Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ODGE2f7gLQ Flat guiro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uFSwKacPe0

The sounds of the , the world’s oldest wind instrument/ Joe Schultz/ TEDxSBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzhTbl9E7tA

Performance Didgeridoo: Agustina Mosca at TEDxUCES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoWu9ngVYPw

Ancient Music – Fragment 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lLMfA6aWw Ancient Greek Music – Dramatic Fragment 2 + Orestes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_7kBVjzVVU – Fragment 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCtJ512XpmQ ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LOVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntnBuQAvFjA The Sumerian Silver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU4QRxsZhjg The Lyre Of Megiddo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27opcKxcg1c Duo 4500‐year‐old reproduction lyre & pipes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvgtAHV4mzw "Hurrian Hymn No. 6" (c.1400 B.C.E.) Ancient Mesopotamian Music Fragment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c‐hmFN610g Echoes from Ugarit: The Oldest Music Notation In History! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeP_AS0DqaU 广陵散（李详霆）https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piX7UywhK6w ANCIENT PERSIANS OF IRAN ‐‐‐ old Iranic / Luri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyOEb9iZxAM Ancient Greece: Song of Seikilos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RjBePQV4xE Ancient Western Civilizations Timeline 3500BC‐476AD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpD01pXsTAE Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJLXyBzMci0 Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13_kRntszO4 Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viVLQtfOUPc Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia IV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Gp_1AJRsg Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia V https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK1sKn8a3Xw Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia VI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQttOzNG‐C8 Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia VII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfrxlbbKuVg Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia VIII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIJ82U3PXk Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia IX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5AKwnUJobE Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkvoaM6C_iM Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia XI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4cDtEFY564 Ancient Roman Music – Synaulia XII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbcp2pLvGC0

Prehistoric and Ancient Music Test #1 KEY Name:______Date:______

(Each question is 4 points each. 1 point is removed for each spelling error.)

16. What is sound? Vibration of air

17. Sound travels better through air, water, earth, or fire? Water

18. Which frequencies travel the farthest distance? Low Frequencies

19. Sound and silence organized in a purposeful manner to elicit an emotional response from its listener is called what? Music

20. What do scientists believe killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? Asteroid

21. A family of animal species that are erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans are called? Hominids

22. Scientists continue to find extinct human‐like species. Name one. , , Homo‐habilis, Homo naledi, etc.

23. 40,000‐50,000BCE humans made a major shift in culture creating paintings and artwork. What is that change called? Great Explosion/Great Leap Forward

24. We learned the term “Prehistoric Music”. What makes it “Prehistoric”? It is before writing.

25. What does BCE stand for? Before the Common Era (AD)

26. What was the earliest instrument scientist believe they have found? What was it made from? What is it called? The Divje Babe flute was made from the femur bone of a juvenile .

27. Why were we unable to listen to any examples of Prehistoric music? As it was before writing, there are no written records

28. What is “motherese”? The “language” that mothers speak to their children.

29. Scientists who study the culture of prehistoric peoples are called what? Paleo‐Anthropologist 30. The earliest known writing is how old? 5000 years ago

Essay: Choose one and write a minimum of one complete paragraph. (No less than three complete sentences!) Use your own words. Use the back of your paper for your answer. Your score will be determined by the CONTENT of your answer. Make your answer clear and accurate. (30 points possible for your chosen essay.)

D. We discussed several possible origins of music. Explain one. E. Name three prehistoric/ancient instruments. Describe them and tell me something significant about them. Use your notes for help. F. Tell me what we learn about early humans from Ice Age cave art.

Bonus: Choose another essay. Get up to 5 points per extra essay.