Islamic Art and Basic Architecture Unit Test

The Great Mosque in Córdoba, Spain employs two-tiered horseshoe arches which form which architectural feature?

• gallery

• Arcade

• Pediment

• Trusses

Islamic architecture typically avoids the use of images or icons but instead employs decorative

• calligraphic text from the Qur'an and geometric patterns

• colored stained glass windows
• Pictures of mythological animals and monsters

• landscape scenes throughout the seasons

The work shown is

• The Alhambra
• Dome of the Rock
• Taj Mahal
• The Kaaba

The work shown is

• The Alhambra
• Dome of the Rock
• Taj Mahal
• The Kaaba

The work shown is

• The Alhambra
• The Mesquita

• Taj Mahal

• The Great Mosque at Samarra

The work shown is

• Hagia Sophia
• Mosque of Selim II
• Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
• Great Mosque (Cordoba, Spain)

The work shown is

• Hagia Sophia
• Mosque of Selim II
• Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
• Great Mosque (Cordoba, Spain)

What is calligraphy?

• The art of sculpture
• The art of weaving
• The art of beautiful handwriting
• The art of painting

A mosque is

• a Muslim house of worship

• a Jewish house of worship

• a Christian house of worship

• a Buddhist house of worship

What do we call this structure?

• column

• dome

• atrium

• pavilion