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LARO 21: Synergy - History of Architecture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who invented a system of well-high universal application based on hyperboloids and paraboloids in buildings?

a)

Frank Ghery

b)

Santiago Calatrava

c)

Zaha Hadid

d)

Antoni Gaudi

2.

Where is the term "Bahay Kubo" came from?

a)

Term given by the Spaniards

b)

Terminolgy by Ancient Filipino

c)

From "Balai" for house and Kubo for "cube"

d)

From " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small"

3.

In Egyptian Architecture, tomb of pharaohs was the?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Mastaba

c)

Pyramid

d)

Sphinx

4.

From 5th century to the present, character of Byzantine architecture is?

a)

Timber trusses

b)

Ribbed arches

c)

Domical roof construction

d)

Valut

5.

The plan for the colosseum in Rome is shaped in the form what form?

a)

Ellipse

b)

Circle

c)

Trapezoid

d)

Half - circle

6.

If a Greek Temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 in front, 4 at the back and the rest at both sides, what type of temple is this?

a)

Peripteral

b)

Prostyle

c)

Amphiprostyle

d)

Dipteral

7.

With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolona, a native natural cement, romans to achieve huge interiors used?

a)

Post and beam

b)

Arch & vault

c)

Pendentive

d)

Stylobate

8.

What do you call the standing stones which are usually capped with a horizontal slab?

a)

Stonehenge

b)

Chromelech

c)

Dolmen

d)

Mehir

9.

Where did Gothic Architecture originate?

a)

Northern France

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

10.

Egyptian architecture was principally designed for?

a)

External adoration

b)

Light and color

c)

Internal effect

d)

Life after death