Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat was build by which Empire?

• Khmer Empire

• Chinese Empire

• Korean Empire

• Japanese Empire

Angkor Wat is the world's largest:

• stone structure.

• imperial capital.

• religious monument.

• empire.

The Hindu religion of the Khmer Empire, and Angkor Wat, came from:

• Indian merchants.

• Cambodian priests.

• Chinese soldiers.

According to the video, Angkor Wat took ________ workers ____ years to build.

• 10,000; 12

• 25,000; 21

• 40,000; 26

• 50,000; 32

The Khmer stone masons were able to build the temples of Angkor Wat by _________________________. This kept the stones tightly connected.

• cementing them together with mortar

• using stones on pulleys to grind the stones smooth

• smoothing out the stones by hand

• picking stones that fit together neatly.

The carvings on the walls at Angkor Wat were done:

• before the stones were assembled.

• while the stones were being assembled.

• after the stones were assembled.

After the fall of the Khmer Empire, outsiders didn't know about the temple at Angkor Wat until:

• the 1700s

• the 1800s

• the 1900s

• the 2000s

The real genius of Angkor Wat, other than the temples, was the design of:

• defensive positions to fight off attackers.

• calendars that track the passage of the stars in the sky.

• the imperial palace where the king lived.

• a huge, complex water management system.

The water management system allowed the Khmer to:

• create fish ponds.

• grow rice.

• build elaborate fountains.

Carvings of fertility symbols at the source of the water was believed to:

• increase the yield of the rice fields, below.

• increase the fertility of Khmer women and men.

• increase the amount of water available.