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WorksheetsGREEK ARCHITECTURE-HOA 1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What Greek structure is used for foot-race?
A. Stadium
B. Theater
C. Bouleterion
D. Fountain House
Which stones are typicall used for Greek temples?
A. Granite and Mudbricks
B. Limestone and Marble
C. Wood and Bricks
D. Sandstone and limestone
Which is the most important chamber of a Greek temple?
A. Pronaos
B. Opisthodomos
C. Epinaos
D. Naos
Which of the following Greek structure is included in the 7 ancient wonders of the world?
A. Parthenon
B. Mausoleum at Hallicarnassus
C. Temple of Zeus
D. Pyramids at Giza
Question No. 7 – Ang open space
An open space or public market place in ancient Greece is called what?
A. Boulioterion
B. Agora
C. Parthenon
D. Stadium
A female figured column is called what?
A. Atlas
B. Telemon
C. Caryatid
D. Ionic
Which of the following Greek column has no base?
A. Doric
B. Corinthian
C. Composite
D. Ionic
What do you call the masonry base of an ancient Greek temple?
A. Pediment
B. Entablature
C. Crepidoma
D. Capital
What is the general characteristics of the entrance of a greek tomb?
A. Arched posts
B. Corbeled walls
C. Post & lintel
D. Ordinary earth
Temple of Apollo is the most sacred temple for the Greeks because it houses the _________
A. Oracle of Delphi
B. Sacred Treasure
C. Figure of Zeus
D. Caryatid Statues
What do you call this column in Greeks that shows a women carrying a heads baskets with live reeds?
A. Anthenian
B. Caryatids
C. Atlas
D. Karyai
What do you call the counterpart of a Caryatid in which it is a support sculpted in the form of a man.
A. Hippodrome
B. Agora
C. Sparta
D. Atlas
What do you call the period around 1100- 800 BC with no there were written historical texts during the period ?
A. Greek Dark Ages
B. Archaic Period
C. Hellenistic Period
D. Hellenic Period
Who is the earliest ruler during the Minoan period?
A. King Mini
B. Queen Mina
C. King Minos
D. Queen Elizabeth
Which of the following is NOT a body of water that surrounds Greek civilization as mentioned in our discussion?
A. Aegean Sea
B. Mediterranean sea
C. Caspian sea
D. Ionian sea
What civilization does NOT use fortifications?
A. Minoan Civilization
B. Mycenean Civilization
C. Main Greek Civilization
What do you call this type of Greek Plan that have no protruding sidewalls and only detached columns in front ?
A. Naos
B. Anta
C. Prostyle
D. Amphiprostyle
What do you call the term applied to a building that appears to have an arrangement of surrounding columns LIKE A DIPTERAL temple?
A. PSEUDOPERIPTERAL
B. PSEUDODIPTERAL
C. AMPHIPROSTYLE
D. THOLOS
What is the most distinguising character of an Ionic Order?
A. Volutes
B. Acanthus Leaves
C. No Base
What do you call the base part of the Greek temples that is composed of 3 steps.
A. Crepidoma
B. Column
C. Entablature
D. Stereobate
What do you call the slight convex curve used in the temples to correct the optical illusion
A. Metope
B. Cyma Reversa
C. Cyma Recta
D. Entasis
What do you call the rectangular or square ribbonlike bands that separate moldings and ornaments
A. Astragal
B. Ovolo
C. Fillet
D. Scotia
What is the name of the Island where the Minoans lived?
A. Knossos
B. Crete
C. Pythia
D. Sparta
What do you call the war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
(a)
What do you call the colonnaded porch or entrance to a Greek temple structure?
A. Naos
B. Pronaos
C. Portico
D. Balcony
Which period is not part of the development of Greek Civilization?
A. Archaic Period
B. Hellenistic Period
C. Age of Enlightenment
D. Hellenic Period
True or False: Greek city-states are totally
independent of each other. No central government rules
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE : They believe that sports and the arts are important to have good relationship of body and mind.
TRUE
FALSE
What type of religion do Greeks have?
A. Monotheistic
B. Polytheistic
C. Atheism
D. Animism
What do you call the organized urban center with a surrounding country-side in Greek?
A. Temple
B. Agora
C.Polis
D. Hippodrome
What is the meaning of Acropolis
A. Lower City
B. Upper City
C. Blank City
D. Open City
TRUE or FALSE : Greeks are not fond of socialization outside, porticoes and colonnades were also popular with them.
TRUE
FALSE
In Greek Name , What do you call the Goddess of wisdom and learning?
A. Hestia
B. Minerva
C. Athena
D. Apollo
True or False: Greeks adapted Egyptians stone building techniques to their construction of temples.
TRUE
FALSE
What do you call this is a mathematical ratio that impart a sense of balance to a structure .
A. Entasis
B. Golden Ratio
C. Shell Ratio
D. Megaron
What is the type of this temple shown in the image base on the number of columns?
A. Heptastyle
B. Decastyle
C. Diastyle
D.Dodecastyle
What do you call a temple having an intercolumniation of 3 Diameters.
A. Eustyle
B. Diastyle
C. Systyle
D. Araeostyle
It is a system for spacing Greek columns in a collonade measured in diameters.
A. Columniation
B. Spatial Distance
C. Entasis
D. Intercolumniation
What do you call the public building which is usually refer to theaters used for performances with poetry and singing.
A. Theatron
B. Hippodrome
C. Bouleuterion
D. Odeon
The Greek Architecture is essentially what?
A. Columnar and Vaulted
B. Arch and Vaulted
C. Columnar and Trabeated
D. Masonry and Glass
