Exam 3 - Global Architectural History 1

What important feature of the Lalibela site was also part of the city's infrastructure?

• Golgotha

• River Jordan

• Church of Mary

• Holy Sepulchre

What is the term used to describe the temple mounds of the Andean cultures?

• Pueblo

• Huaca

• Tablero

• Pyramid

Which of these is NOT a difference in the planning of Teotihuacan and Tikal?

• Both had housing made of light weight materials.

• Both relied on corn (maize) as a primary source of choices.

• Both extensively engineered the landscape by moving rivers.

• Both follow rigid grid plans.

Most of the monumental structures at this Mayan site were built under the great king Pakal.

• Calakmul

• Palenque

• Tikal

• Uxmal

Where is this structure?

• Tikal, Guatemala

• Teotihuacan, Mexico

• Lalibela, Ethiopia

• Chichen-Itza, Mexico

What historical regime built this and other mud-brick mosques in Africa?

• Great Zimbabwe

• Mali Empire

• Ethiopia

• Ghana Empire

About when was this structure built?

• 1200 CE

• 1450 CE

• 100 BCE

• 300 CE

What characteristic of Teotihuacan distinguishes it from other Mesoamerican cities?

• Worship of the god Tlaloc

• Rectilinear grid plan

• Evidence of human sacrifice

• Groupings of pyramid temples

The Observatory Temple at Chichen-Itza was used to track the movements of _____.

Which date best corresponds to the Ancestral Pueblo culture of the Southwest US?

• 700 CE

• 1560 CE

• 100 BCE

• 11000 CE