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HOA-HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE (EGYPTIAN)

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 36mins

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1.

A CIVILIZATION OF ANCIENT AFRICA CONCENTRATED ALONG THE NILE RIVER CONSIST OF NARROW STRETCH OF FERTILE AND ARABLE LAND.

a)

a)      EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

b)

b)      MEZOPOTAMIA CIVILIZATION

c)

c)      SYRIAN CIVILIZATION

d)

d)     GREEK CIVILIZATION

2.

BEYOND REVER BANKS, BARRE DESSERT AND RUGGED CLIFFS PREVENTED ATTACK FROM _______.

a)

a)      SOLDIERS

b)

b)      ANIMALS

c)

c)      SHARKS

d)

d)     INVADERS

3.

THE SEAS IN WHICH EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION CONCETRATED

a)

a)      BLACK AND RED SEAS

b)

b)      SUEZ CANAL AND AQABA SEA

c)

c)      MEDITERRANEAN AND RED SEAS

d)

d)     ADEN SEA AND RED SEA

4.

THIS RIVER PROVIDED EGYPT A WEALTHY COUNTRY DESPITE THE DESSERT, LEAVING THE LAND FERTILE FOR GROWING CROPS AND WAS A TRADE ROUTE

a)

a)      INDUS RIVER

b)

b)      AMAZON RIVER

c)

c)      NILE RIVER

d)

d)     NASSER RIVER

5.

GOLD WAS MINED TO WHAT PLACE IN EGYPT?

a)

a)      NUBIA IN  THE NORTH

b)

b)      NUBIA IN THE EAST

c)

c)      NUBIA IN THE WEST

d)

d)     NUBIA IN  THE SOUTH

6.

WHO WAS THE KING RESPONSIBLE OF COMBINING THE TWO KINGDOMS, LOWER AND UPPER EGYPT?

a)

a)      KING AMENHOTEP 300 BC.

b)

b)     KING MENES IN 3100 BC.

c)

c)      KING TUTANKAHAMUN 1333 BCE

d)

d)     KING RAMESE 3000 BC

7.

WHERE WERE ROYAL CITIES LOCATED IN ANCIENT EGYPT?

a)

a)      MEMPHIS AND THEBES

b)

b)      CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA

c)

c)      ASWAN AND ABYDOS

d)

d)     GIZA AND MENDES

8.

SEEN AS THE GODS DWELLING ON EARTH, THE COUNTRY’S SOLE MASTER AND LEADER AND INITIATED THE DESIGN, FINANCING, QUARRYING AND TRANSPORTING OF MATERIALS, ORGANIZATION OF LABOR AND CONSTRUCTION ITSELF.

a)

a)      PRESIDENT

b)

b)      PRIME MINSTER

c)

c)      EMPEROR

d)

d)     PHAROAH

9.

ASTRONOMY MATHEMATICS, PHILOSOPHY, MUSIC AND WRITING LITERATURE AND HISTORY WERE WRITTEN ON _________.

a)

a)      CUNEIFORM

b)

b)      HIEROGLYPHICS

c)

c)      SCROLLS

d)

d)     PAPYRUS AND STONE TABLETS

10.

WHO IS THE SUN GOD OF ANCIENT EGYPT AND ONE OF THE OLDEST DEITIES IN THE EGYPTIAN PANTHEON?

a)

a)      HORUS

b)

b)      AMUN

c)

c)      RA

d)

d)     ATUM

11.

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THAT AFTER DEATH, A PERSON SOUL WENT ON TO ENJOY ETERNAL LIFE IB KINGDOM OF THE ________

a)

a)      GOD OSIRIS

b)

b)      GOD ATUM

c)

c)      GOD HORUS

d)

d)     GOD AMUN

12.

IN WHAT WAY WERE PHARAOHS BURIED DURING ANCIENT EGYPT?

a)

a)      PHARAOHS WERE BURIED AND BURNT

b)

b)      PHARAOHS WERE BURIED AND DIG AFTER 30 DAYS

c)

c)      PHARAOHS WERE BURIED, BRINGING WITH THEM THE THINGS AND LIVING PEOPLE THEY MIGHT NEED IN THE AFTERLIFE.

d)

d)     PHARAOHS WERE BURIED DRESSED WITH A WHITE SHIRT AND PANTS

13.

THIS PERTAINS TO PERMANENT TOMB?

a)

a)      ETERNAL LIFE

b)

b)     ETERNAL DWELLING

c)

c)      ETERNAL FLAME

d)

d)     ETERNAL MONARCH

14.

WHY DOES THE DEAD BODY HAD TO BE PRESERVED?

a)

a)      TO GO BACK TO LIFE AGAIN

b)

b)      TO PROTECT FROM DECAYING

c)

c)      TO HOUSE THE SPIRIT

d)

d)     TO DRY THE BODY

15.

THIS IS THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE INSIDE ORGANS OF A DEAD BODY, DRYING OUT THE BODY, FILLING IT WITH LINEN, MASKED, AND BANDAGING.

a)

a)      CREMATION

b)

b)      EMBALMING

c)

c)      BURYING IN COFFIN

d)

d)     MUMMIFICATION

16.

EGYPTAIAN ARCHITECTURE GIVES IMPORTANCE ABOUT AFTER LIFE WHICH SAYS”LIFE AND HOUSE ON EARTH IS TEMPORARY, “ _____________________.

a)

a)      THE SPIRIT IS PERMANENT

b)

b)     THE TOMB IS PERMANENT

c)

c)      THE CHURCH IS PERMANENT

d)

d)     THE BODY IS PERMANENT

17.

“FOR SUSTENANCE AND ___________ OF THE DECEASED.” THIS REFERS TO EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

a)

a)      ETERNAL DEATH

b)

b)      ETERNAL ENJOYMENT

c)

c)      ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

d)

d)     ETERNAL FLAME

18.

THE MOST DOMINANT ELEMENT IN EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. IT USED FOR MONUMENTS AND RELIGIONS BUILDINGS. EVIDENCES OF TITS DURABILITY WAS THE EXISTENCE OF THESE MONUMENTS TO THIS DAY.

a)

a)      CLAY

b)

b)     STONE

c)

c)      BRICKS

d)

d)     TIMBER

19.

MATERIALS IMPORTED ON EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

a)

a)      CEMENT AND COPPER

b)

b)      CLAY AND CEMENT

c)

c)      SAND AND CEMENT

d)

d)     METALS AND TIMBER

20.

MATERIALS USED FOR HOUSES AND PALACES IN EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

a)

a)      MUD BRICKS

b)

b)      HALLOW BLOCKS

c)

c)      SLBS

d)

d)     WOOD

21.

WAS NOT AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN EGYPTIAN ARCH. USUALLY FLAT TO COVER AND EXCLUDE HEAT.

a)

a)      WINDOWS

b)

b)      DOORS

c)

c)      WALLS

d)

d)     ROOF

22.

DIMISHING IN WIDTH TOWARDS THE TOP FOR STABILITY.

a)

a)      FLY BUTTRESS

b)

b)     BATTER WALL

c)

c)      STRAIGHT WALL

d)

d)     PEANUT BUTTER

23.

THICKNESS OF WALL AT TEMPLES IN EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.

a)

a)      10-11 M

b)

b)      3-5 M

c)

c)      8-9 M

d)

d)     9-24 M

24.

UNBROKEN WALLS AND UNINTERRUPTED SPACE FOR __________.

a)

a)      DRAWINGS

b)

b)      CUNEIFORM

c)

c)      HIEROGLYPHICS

d)

d)     DECORATIONS

25.

MOULDINGS INSPIRED BY REEDS.

a)

a)      GORGE OR HOLLOW AND ROLL

b)

b)      CAVETTO

c)

c)      GORGE CORNICE

d)

d) GORGE HARRISON

26.

IT IS A HALF-ROUND OR THREE-QUARTER ROUND, TUBE-SHAPED MOLDINF THAT APPEARS ALONG TE OUTER EDGES OF A BUILDING, EITHER HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY.

a)

a)      ROLL

b)

b)      BOWTELL

c)

c)      SCOTIA

d)

d)     TORUS

27.

IT IS THE EGYPTIAN PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF RELIGION, HISTORY AND DAILY LIFE. DERIVED FROM THE PRACTICE OF SCRATCHING PICTURES ON MUD-PLUSTER WALLS.

a)

a)      DRAWINGS

b)

b)      CUNEIFORM

c)

c)      DECORATIONS

d)

d)     HEROGLYPHICS

28.

ROWS OF MONSTERS: BODY OF LION, HEAD OF MAN, HAWK, RAM, LEADING OF MONUMENTS.

a)

a)      AVENUE OF CROMLECH

b)

b)      AVENUE OF DOLMEN

c)

c)      AVENUE OF SPHINXES

d)

d)     AVENUE OF PHOENIX

29.

NOTHING AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COLUMN HAVING AS ITS CAPITAL THE HEAD OF HATHOR, THE EGYPYTIAN GODDESS OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS.OFTEN REPRESENTED WITH THE DEAD OR HORNS OS A COW.

a)

a)      PALM CAPITAL

b)

b)     HATHOR-HEADED

c)

c)      LOTUS CAPITAL

d)

d)     SPHINX

30.

A ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CAPITAL SHAPED LIKE OF THE CROWN OF A PALM TREE.

a)

a)      PALM CAPITAL

b)

b)      LOTUS CAPITAL

c)

c)      SPIRAL CAPITAL

d)

d)     ROPE

31.

AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CAPITAL HAVING THE SHAPE OF A LOTUS BUD.

a)

a)      PALM CAPITAL

b)

b)     LOTUS CAPITAL

c)

c)      SPIRAL CAPITAL

d)

d)     HATHORIC

32.

EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS OF FERTILITY.

a)

a)      INDIGENOUS EGYPTIAN PLANTS

b)

b)      EGYPTIAN FARM ANIMALS

c)

c)      EGYPTIAN WILD ANIMALS

d)

d)     EGYPTIAN FLOWERS

33.

[PICTURE OF LOTUS & PAPYRUS]

a)

a)      SACRED BOAT

b)

b)     LOTUS & PAPYRUS

c)

c)      ROPE & FEATHER

d)

d)     CRAPE

34.

[QUADRUPLE SPIRAL]

a)

a)      SACRED BOAT

b)

b)      LOTUS AND PAPYRUS

c)

c)      QUADRUPLE SPIRAL

d)

d)     CRAPE

35.

[CRAPE]

a)

a)      QUADRUPLE SPIRAL

b)

b)      ROPE AND FEATHER

c)

c)      CRAPE

36.

[SACRED BOAT: THEBES]

a)

a)      LOTUS & PAPYRUS

b)

b)      ROPE & FEATHER

c)

c)      QUADRUPLE SPIRAL

d)

d)     SACRED BOAT OF THEBES

37.

[ CONTINUOUS COIL SPIRAL]

a)

a)      QUADRUPLE SPIRAL

b)

b)     CONTINUOUS COIL SPIRAL

c)

c)      SACRED BOAT OF THEBES

d)

d)     CRAPE

38.

[ROPE & PATERATE]

a)

a)      ROPE & FEATHER

b)

b)     ROPE & PATERATE

c)

c)      CRAPE

d)

d)     SACRED BOAT OF THEBES

39.

FIRST TYPE OF EGYPTIAN TOMB.

a)

a)      DOLMEN

b)

b)      ZIGGURATS

c)

c)      MASTABAS

d)

d)     PYRAMID

40.

PARTS OF A MASTABA WHICH CONTAINS THE STATUE OF THE DECEASED.

a)

a)      OFFERING TABLE

b)

b)      OFFERING CHAPEL

c)

c)      SERDAB

d)

d)     COLUMN HALL

41.

STONE FOUND INSIDE THE OFFERING FROM OF A MASTABA WITH NAME OF DECEASED INSCRIBES.

a)

a)      SERDAB

b)

b)      TABLE

c)

c)      COLUMN

d)

d)     STELAE

42.

WHAT IS THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COFFIN?

a)

a)      CHAPEL

b)

b)     SARCOPHAGUS

c)

c)      COLUMN HALL

d)

d)     SERDAB

43.

WHAT IS THE MASSIVE FUNERARY STRUCTURE OF STONE OR BRICK?

a)

a)      PYRAMID

b)

b)      SPHINX

c)

c)      MORTUARY

d)

d)     ZIGGURATS

44.

[PIC OF FLOOR PLAN OF A MASTABA]

·         RAISED AND ENCLOSED CAUSEWAY LEADING TO WEST

·         OFFERING CHAPEL

·         IMMENSE USE OF LABOR AND MATERIALS, BUILT IN LAYERS, LIKE STEPS

·         MORTUARY CHAPEL

·         VALLEY BUILDING FOR EMBALMMENT AND INTERMENT RITES

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45.

WHAT IS THE WORLDS FIRST LARGE-SCALE MONUMENT IN STONE AND DESIGNED BY IMHOTEP?

a)

a)      PYRAMID OF CHEOPS AT GIZEH

b)

b)     PYRAMID OF ZOSER AT SAQQARA

c)

c)      PYRAMID OF CHEPHREN AT GIZEH

d)

d)     PYRAMID OF MYKERINOS AT GIZEH

46.

WHAT IS THE PYRAMID FOUND IN SENEFERU, EGYPT?

a)

a)      PYRAMID OF CHEOPS

b)

b)      PYRAMID OF ZOISER

c)

c)      BENT PYRAMID

d)

d)     ZOSER PYRAMID

47.

WHERE DO WE FIND THE MOST MAGNIFICENT OF PYRAMIDS?

a)

a)      SAQQARA

b)

b)      SENEFURU

c)

c)      CAIRO

d)

d)     GIZEH

48.

A STATUE SHOWS KING CHEPREN AS A MAN-LION PROTECTING HIS COUNTRY

a)

a)      PYRAMID OF CHEOPS

b)

b)      THE GREAT STATUE OF LIBERTY

c)

c)      THE GREAT SPHINX

d)

d)     THE GREAT PRETENDER

49.

THESE ARE ROCK-CUT TOMBS BUILT ALONG HILLSIDE AND BUILT FOR NOBILITY, NOT FOR ROYALTY.

a)

a)      TEMPLE OF AMMON

b)

b)      MAMMISI TEMPLE

c)

c)      ROCK-HEWN TOMBS

d)

d)     FORTRESSES

50.

BEST EXAMPLE OF ROCK-HEWN TOMBS. [ 2 ANSWERS]

a)

a)      TOMBS OF THE KINGS, THEBES

b)

b)      TOMBS AT LUXOR

c)

c)      TOMBS AT PHILAE

d)

d)     TOMBS AT BENI HASAN

51.

EGYPTIAN TEMPLES USED FOR WORSHIPPING AND IN HONOR OF PHARAOHS.

a)

a)      CULT TEMPLES

b)

b)     MORTUARY TEMPLES

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM

d)

d)     ROCK TEMPLE

52.

EGYPTIANS TEMPLES USED TO WORSHIP IN HONOR OF GOD.

a)

a)      CULT TEMPLES

b)

b)      MORTUARY TEMPLES

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM

d)

d)     ROCK TEMPLE

53.

[PIC OF EGYPTIAN TEMPLE] [ARRANGE]

PARTS:

1.      LARGE OUTER COURT OPEN TO SKY (HYPAETHRAL COURT)

2.      SANCTUARY SURROUNDED  BY PASSAGES

3.      PYLON

4.      HYPOSTYLE HALL

5.      CHAPELS/ CHAMBERS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE TEMPLE SERVICE

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54.

NAME PERTAINING TO THE ENTRANCE OF A TEMPLE

a)

a)      CYCLONE

b)

b)      SANCTUARY

c)

c)      CHAPEL

d)

d)     PYLON

55.

PART OF A TEMPLE WHICH CONTAINS ARGE OUTER COURT OPEN TO SKY.

a)

a)      BASKETBALL COURT

b)

b)      HYPOSTYLE HALL

c)

c)      SUPREME COURT

d)

d)     HYPAETHRAL COURT

56.

A TYPICAL TEMPLE CONTAINING THE PYLON, COURT, HYPOSTYLE HALL. CONTAINS AVENUE OF SPHINXES AND OBELISKS FRONTING PYLONS.

a)

a)      TEMPLE OF ISIS

b)

b)      TEMPLE OF MAMMISI

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF KHONS

d)

d)     TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM

57.

WHAT IS THE GRANDEST EGYPTIAN TEMPLE AND THE WORK OF MANY KINGS?

a)

a)      TEMPLE OF MAMMISI

b)

b)     GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON, KARNAK, THEBES

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF ISI

d)

d)     TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM

58.

EGYPTIAN TEMPLE WHICH BECAME THE PROTOTYPE OF THE GREEK DORIC TEMPLES.

a)

a)      MAMMISI TEMPLE

b)

b)      TEMPLE OF AMMON

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF ISIS

d)

d)     TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT

59.

AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE, AN EXAMPLE OF ROCK-CUT TEMPLE CONSTRUCTED BY RAMESES II IN WHICH THE ENTRANCES FORECOURT LEADS TO IMPOSING PYLON WITH 4 ROCK-CUT COLLOSAL STATUES OF RAMESES SITTING OVER 20 M HIGH.

a)

a)      TEMPLE OF AMMON

b)

b)      TEMPLE OF ISIS

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT

d)

d)     GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU-SIMBEL

60.

WHERE IN EGYPT TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT WAS FOUND?

a)

a)      GIZEH

b)

b)      LUXOR

c)

c)      DEIR EL-BAHRI

d)

d)     CAIRO

61.

WHAT IS THE EGYPTIAN MONUMENTAL GATEWAY TO THE TEMPLE CONSISTING OF SLANTING WALLS FLANKING THE ENTRANCE PORTAL?

a)

a)      PYLONS

b)

b)      OBELISKS

c)

c)      SPHINX

d)

d)     PYRAMID

62.

WHERE IN EGYPT THE TEMPLE OF ISIS FOUND?

a)

a)      KARNAK

b)

b)     PHILAE

c)

c)      GIZEH

d)

d)     CAIRO

63.

UPRIGHT STONE SQUARE IN PLAN, WITH AN ELEGRUM-CAPPED PYRAMIDION ON TOP AND A SACRED SYMBOL OF SUN-GD HELIOPOLIS.

a)

a)      PYRAMID

b)

b)      SPHINX

c)

c)      OBELISKS

d)

d)     PYLONS

64.

WHERE DOES THE PIAZZA OF S. GIOVANNI OBELISK ORIGINALLY COME FROM?

a)

a)      TEMPLE OF ISIS, PHILAE

b)

b)      TEMPLE OF AMMON, KARNAK

c)

c)      TEMPLE OF ABU-SIMBEL

d)

d)     TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT

65.

EGYPTIAN STRUCTURES MADE OF CRUDE BRICK USUALLY ONE OR TWO STOREY HIGH AND HAS A FLAT ROOF DECK

a)

a)      MORTUARY

b)

b)      CHURCHES

c)

c)      DWELLINGS

d)

d)     TEMPLES

66.

EGYPTIAN STRUCTURES MOSTLY FOUND ON WEST BANK OF NILE OR ON THE ISLANDS

a)

a)      MORTUARY

b)

b)      OBELISKS

c)

c)      TEMPLES

d)

d)     FORTRESSES

67.

HEADQUARTERS AMONG FORTRESSES AND LARGEST FORTIFIED TOWN NEAR NUBIA FROM WHERE EGYPTIANS COULD TRADE AND INVADE LANDS TO THE SOUTH.

a)

a)      FORTRESS OF KARNAK

b)

b)      FORTRESS OF BUHEN

c)

c)      FORTRESS OF LUXOR

d)

d)     FORTRESS OF THEBES