Virtual Architecture Review for Post-Test

Name the career person responsible for designing buildings.

• Artists

• Engineers

• Architects

This group of ancient people commonly painted the buildings with bright colors.

• Mayans

• Native American Artists

• Egyptians

What are the 3 characteristics of Gothic Architecture?

• Tall, high windows, elevators

• Elevations

• Thinner Walls,

  slender columns, and

  large windows

Michelangelo was an architect during ____ ______________.

• The Renaissance

• The Gothic Period

• Medieval

Name 2 things that allow architects to design very tall buildings in today’s times.

• Bright Colors

• Steel Beams & Elevators

• Columns

Name the professional that add the details to the drawings created by an architect.

• Draftsperson

• Graphic Artist

• Technical Illustrator

• Craftsperson

Drawing to _______ means that the drawing has the same proportions as the larger object it represents, and each part of the drawing is reduced by the same amount.

• proportion

• scale

• measurment

____:____ represents a wing that measures 1 ft. on the model plane and measures 16 ft. on the real plane.

• 1:16

• 16:1

• 1x16

The most common scale for blueprints is

¼ inch = 1 foot

• True

• False

Name the tool that is a ruler with a crosspiece, or head, at one end.

• Metric ruller

• Drafting board

• T-square