Study Guide to Accompany Meggs' History of Graphic Design

A. An inscribed or carved stone or slab used for commemorative purposes
B. An abstract sign writing style from the Latin for “wedge shaped”
C. A multistory stepped brick temple constructed as a series of recessed
levels that were smaller toward the top
D. Pictures representing words and syllables with the same or similar sound
as the object depicted
E. A writing school or “tablet house”
F. Graphic symbols representing sounds
Image Identification
I. Identify the title and the date of the following images:
1. Fig. 1-1 ________________________________________________
2. Fig. 1-5 ________________________________________________
3. Fig. 1-10 _______________________________________________
4. Fig. 1-12 _______________________________________________
5. Fig. 1-16 _______________________________________________
6. Fig. 1-26 _______________________________________________
7. Figs. 1-27 and 1-28 ______________________________________
II. Match each of the images shown with the correct name of the writing style used.
1. Fig. 1-2 ____
2. Fig. 1-11 ____
3. Fig. 1-23 ____
A. hieroglyphs
B. petroglyphs
C. cuneiform
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