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HOA-HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE (ROMAN)

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

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1.

WHEN DID ROME BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL AMONG AN CITIES IN ITALY?

a)

a)      3340264 B.C

b)

b)      800-300 B.C

c)

c)      750-146 B.C

d)

d)     146 BC-365 AD

2.

WHEN DID ROME CONQUERED ALL OF ITALY AND ESTABLISHED ONE OF THE STRONGEST EMPIRES IN HISTORY?

a)

a)      334-264 B.C

b)

b)      800-300 B.C

c)

c)      750-146 B.C

d)

d)     146 BC-365 AD

3.

WHERE WAS ROME LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN MEDITERRANEAN?

a)

a)      SOUTH

b)

b)     CENTER

c)

c)      EAST

d)

d)     WEST

4.

ROMANS WERE NOT SEA-FARING PEOPLE AND DEPENDED ON _____________ BY LAND TO ENTEND THEIR POWER.

a)

a)      TRADE

b)

b)      TRAVEL

c)

c)      CONQUEST

d)

d)     ROYALS

5.

WITH WHOM THE ROMANS FOUGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN?

a)

a)      SEGOVIA, SPAIN

b)

b)      CAIRO, EGYPT

c)

c)      LONDON, BRITAIN

d)

d)     CARTHAGE, NORTH AFRICA

6.

WHO LED THE CARTHAGINIAN ARMY AND ITS 38 ELEPHANTS ACROSS THE ALPS INTO ROME?

a)

a)      HAMILCAR BARCA

b)

b)      HANNIBAL

c)

c)      HANO THE GREAT

d)

d)     MAGO I

7.

WHEN DID THE ETUSCAN PERIOD HAPPENED?

a)

a)      334-264 B.C

b)

b)      800-300 B.C

c)

c)      146 BC-365 AD

d)

d)     750 BC-146 BC

8.

WHEN DID THE ROMAN PERIOD HAPPENED?

a)      146 B.C -365 AD

a)

a)      146 B.C -365 AD

b)

b)      334-264 B.C

c)

c)      800-300 B.C

d)

d)     750 BC-146 B.C

9.

WHAT WAS DEVELOPED DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD?

a)

a)      PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT

b)

b)      MILITARY GOVERNMENT

c)

c)      MONARCHY

d)

d)     CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC

10.

FOR 500 YEARS, ROME WAS RULED BY ELECTED LEADERS CALLED ________?

a)

a)      GOVERNORS

b)

b)      PRESIDENT

c)

c)      CONSULS

d)

d)     MINISTER

11.

IN 27 BC, WHO CROWNED HIMSELF AS EMPEROR WITH TOTAL POWER?

a)

a)      NERO

b)

b)      AUGUSTUS

c)

c)      TIBERIUS

d)

d)     TRAJAN

12.

WHO WAS MOST FAMOUS IN SUCCESSION OF MILITARY DICTATORSHIP DURING OF ANCIENT ROMAN?

a)

a)      CALIGULA

b)

b)      MARCUS AURELIUS

c)

c)      CLAUDIUS

d)

d)     JULIUS CAESAR

13.

BY WHOM THE ROMAN EMPIRE REACHED ITS GREATEST SIZE 4000 KM WIDE AND 60 MILLION INHABITANTS? AND WHEN?

a)

a)      EMPEROR NERVA, 96-98 C.E

b)

b)      HADRIAN. 117138 C.E

c)

c)      EMPEROR TRAJAN, 114 AD

d)

d)     AURELIUS 161-180 AD.

14.

WHAT IS THE USE OF MOUNTAIN RANGES AND RIVERS TO DEFINE THEIR EMPIRE?

a)

a)      MILITARY CAMP

b)

b)     NATURAL FRONTIERS

c)

c)      TRAINING SITE

d)

d)     HUNTING ANIMALS

15.

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FORTIFIED WALLS THAT WAS BUILT BY THE ANCIENT ROMANS AS BORDERLAND OF THE EMPIRE?

a)

a)      ACROPOLIS, ATITENS

b)

b)      LAUFER MEDITERRANEAN

c)

c)      GREAT WALL OF CHINE

d)

d)     HADRIAN’S WALL IN ENGLAND

16.

BY WHOM THE PROVINCES WERE RUN?

a)

a)      MAYORS

b)

b)      EMPEROR

c)

c) GOVERNORS

d)

d)     PRESIDENT

17.

WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS?

a)

a)      ENGLISH

b)

b)     LATIN

c)

c)      SWISS

d)

d)     NIPONGGO

18.

WHAT IS THE ROMAN ANCIENT RELIGION?

a)

a)      CHRISTIANITY

b)

b)      HINDUISM

c)

c)      POLYTHEISTIC

d)

d)     BUDDHISM

19.

ROMAN ______ SLOWLY DERIVED ATTRIBUTES FROM THOSE OF GREEK GODS.

a)

a)      POETRY

b)

b)      ASTRONOMY

c)

c)      MYTHOLOGY

d)

d)     LAW SYSTEM

20.

THE CENTRAL AND COMMANDING POSITION ON MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

a)

a)      GREEK PENINSULA

b)

b)      EGYPTIAN PENINSULA

c)

c)      CARTHAGIAN PENINSULA

d)

d)     ITALIAN PENINSULA

21.

ETRUSCANS INTRODUCED THE USE OF ­­­­­___________ 300 AD TO 400 AD.

a)

a)      MARBLE

b)

b)     CONCRETE

c)

c)      TERRA COTTA

d)

d)     BRICKS

22.

WHAT IS THE THICK VOLCANIC EARTH MATERIAL USED AS MORTAR IN THE STONES OR BRICK RUBBLE USED FOR?

a)

a)      PEPERINO

b)

b)      SAND

c)

c)      LIME

d)

d)     POZZOLANA

23.

THE USE OF _________ ALLOWED THE ANCIENT ROMANS TO BUILD VAULTS OF A MAGNITUDE NEVER EQUALED UNTIL 19TH CENTURY STEEL CONSTRUCTION.

a)

a)      CONCRETE

b)

b)      EART AND CLAY

c)

c)      SAND

d)

d)     PEPERINO

24.

WHAT IS THE MOST SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE DORIC ORDER ABOUT 7 DIAMETERS HIGH, WITH A BASE, UNFLUTED SHAFT, MOULDED CAPITAL AND PLAIN ENTABLATURE?

a)

a)      IONIC

b)

b)      DORIC

c)

c)      TUSCAN

d)

d)     COMPOSITE

25.

WHAT IS THE MOST DECORATIVE ORDER, EVOLVED IN 100 AD, COMBINING PROMINENT VOLUTES OF IONIC WITH ACANTHUS OF CORINTIAN?

a)

a)      COMPOSITE

b)

b)      IONIC

c)

c)      DORIC

d)

d)     TUSCAN

26.

WHAT IS THE PART OF THE NECKING BETWEEN THE HYPOTRACHELIUM AND THE CAPITAL TO A CLASSICAL COLUMN?

a)

a)      HYPOTRACHELIUM

b)

b)      TRACHELIUM

c)

c)      DRUM

d)

d)     ENTASIS

27.

WHAT IS ANY MEMBER BETWEEN THE CAPITA; AND THE SHAFT TO A CLASSICAL COLUMN?

a)

a)      HYPOTRACHELIUM

b)

b)      TRACHELIUM

c)

c)      DRUM

d)

d)     ENTASIS

28.

WHAT IS THE SLIGHT CONVEXCITY GIVEN TO A COLUMN TO CORRECT AN OPTICAL ILLUSION CONCAVITY IF THE SIDES WERE STRAIGHT?

a)

a)      HYPOTRACHELIUM

b)

b)      TRACHELIUM

c)

c)      DRUM

d)

d)     ENTASIS

29.

WHAT IS ANY OF SEVERAL CYLINDRICAL STONES LAID ONE ABOVE THE OTHER TO FORM A COLUMN OR PIER?

a)

a)      HYPTRACHELLUM

b)

b)      TRACHELIUM

c)

c)      DRUM

d)

d)     ENTASIS

30.

WHO STARTED THE ARCH AND VAULT SYSTEM, COMBINED USE OF COLUMN, BEAM AND ARCH?

a)

a)      EGYPTIANS

b)

b)     ETRUSCANS

c)

c)      GREEKS

d)

d)     SAXONS

31.

WHAT IS THE ARCH CONTRUCTED OF INDIVIDUAL STONE OR BRICK VOUSSOIRS?

a)

a)      KEYSTONE

b)

b)      RISE

c)

c)      MASONRY ARCH

d)

d)     SPRINGER

32.

WHAT IS ANY OF THE WEDGE-SHAPED UNITS IN A MASONRY ARCH OR VAULT, HAVING SIDE CUTS CONVERGING AT ONE OF THE ARCH CENTERS?

a)

a)      RISE

b)

b)     VOUSSOIR

c)

c)      SPRINGER

d)

d)     KEYSTONE

33.

WHAT IS THE FIRST VOUSSOIR RESTING ON THE IMPOST OF AN ARCH?

a)

a)      VOUSSOIR

b)

b)      HAUNCH

c)

c)      SPRINGER

d)

d)     CROWN

34.

WHAT IS THE WEDGE-SHAPED OFTEN EMBALLISHED VOUSSOIR AT THE CROWN OF AN ARCH, SERVING TO LOCK THE OTHER VOUSSOIRS IN PLACE?

a)

a)      SPANDREL

b)

b)      SPRING

c)

c)      KEYSTONE

d)

d)     RISE

35.

WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF AN ARCH FROM THE SPRING LINE TO THE HIGHT POINT OF THE INTRADOS?

a)

a)      SPANDREL

b)

b)      EXTRADOS

c)

c)      KEYSTONE

d)

d)     RISE

36.

WHAT IS THE EXTERIOR CURVE, SURFACE, OR BOUNDARY OF THE VISIBLE FACE OA AN ARCH? ALSO CALLED BACK

a)

a)      SPANREL

b)

b)     EXTRADOS

c)

c)      KEYSTONE

d)

d)     RISE

37.

WHAT IS THE DECORATIVE MOULDING OR BAND ON THE FACE OF AN ARCH FOLLOWING THE CURVE OF THE INTRADOS?

a)

a)      SPRING

b)

b)      SPANDREL

c)

c)      EXTRADOS

d)

d)     ARCHIVOLT

38.

WHAT IS THE INNER CURVE OR SURFACE OF AN ARCH FORMING THE CONCAVE UNDERSIDE?

a)

a)      INTRADOS

b)

b)      SPANDREL

c)

c)      EXTADOS

d)

d)     ARCHIVOLT

39.

WHAT IS THE POINT AT WHICH AN ARCH, VAULT OR DOME RISES FROM ITS SUPPORT? ALSO CALLED SPRINGING

a)

a)      SPANDREL

b)

b)      SPRING

c)

c)      ARCHIVOLT

d)

d)     SPANDREL

40.

WHAT IS THE HIGHEST PART OR POINT OF A CONVEX CONTRUCTION, AS AN ARCH, VAULT OR ROADWAY?

a)

a)      HAUNCH

b)

b)     CROWN

c)

c)      RISE

d)

d)     KEYSTONE

41.

WHAT IS THE PART OF AN ARCH IN EITHER SIDE OF AN ARCH CURVING DOWN FROM THE CROWN TO THE IMPOST?

a)

a)      CROWN

b)

b)      IMPOST

c)

c)      HAUNCH

d)

d)     SPRING

42.

WHAT IS THE UPPERMOST PART OF AN ABUTMENT OFTEN IN THE FORM OF A BLOCK, CAPITAL, OR MOLDING FROM WHICH AN ARCH SPRINGS?

a)

a)      HAUNCH

b)

b)      CROWN

c)

c)      SPRING

d)

d)     IMPOST

43.

WHAT IS THE TRIANGULAR-SHAPED, SOMETIMES ORNAMENTED AREA BETWEEN THE EXTRADOS OF TWO ADJOINING ARCHES, OR BETWEEN THE LEFT OR RIGHT EXTRADOS OF AN ARCH AND RECTANGULAR FRAMEWORK SOURROUNDING IT? ALSO, SPANDRIL.

a)

a)      KEYSTONE

b)

b)      SPANDREL

c)

c)      CROWN

d)

d)     HAUNCH

44.

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF VAULT THAT WAS SEMI-CIRCULAR OR WAGON- HEADED, BORNE ON TWO PARALLEL WALLS TROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH?

a)

a)      WAGON

b)

b)      CROSS VAULT

c)

c)      HEMISPHERICAL DOME

d)

d)     CUPOLA

45.

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF VAULT FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF TWO SEMI-CIRCULAR VAULTS OF EQUAL SPAN-USED OVER SQUARE APARTMENT OR BAYS?

a)

a)      WAGON

b)

b)      CUPOLA

c)

c)      CROSS VAULT

d)

d)     HEMISPHERICAL DOME

46.

WHAT IS THE TYPE OF VAULT USED OVER CIRCULAR STRUCTURES?

a)

a)      CUPOLA

b)

b)      CROSS VAULT

c)

c)      WAGON

d)

d)     STRAIGHT VAULT

47.

WHAT IS THE ANCIENT ROMAN DECORATION OF THOUSANDS OF SMALL STONES OR GLASS TILES SET IN MORTAR TO FORM A PATTERN WHICH SHOWED PICTURES OF ROMAN LIFE?

a)

a)      VAULTS

b)

b)      DOMES

c)

c)      ARCHS

d)

d)     MOSAICS

48.

WHAT ARE THE SMALL STONES, LOSSE PATTERN RESEMBLING POLYGONAL WALLING?

a)

a)      OPUS QUADRATUM

b)

b)     OPUS INCERTUM

c)

c)      OPUS RETICULATUM

d)

d)     OPUS PIUS

49.

WHAT ARE THE RECTANGULAR BLOCKS, WITH OR WITHOUT MORTART JOINTS?

a)

a)      OPUS QUADRATUM

b)

b)      OPUS INCERTUM

c)

c)      OPUS SIGARILYO

d)

d)     OPUS RETICULATUM

50.

WHAT ARE THE STONES ARRANGED IN NET-LIKE EFFECT, WITH FINE JOINTS RUNNING DIAGONALLY?

a)

a)      OPUS INCERTUM

b)

b)      UPUS QUADRATUM

c)

c)      OPUS SINA

d)

d)     OPUS RETICULATUM

51.

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ANCIENT ROMAN RECTANGULAR TEMPLE?

a)

a)      THE PANTHEON, ROME

b)

b)      MAISON CAREE, NIMES

c)

c)      BASICILICA SEPTIMIUS, POMPEII

d)

d)     CIRCUS MAXIMUS, ROME

52.

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ANCIENT ROMAN CIRCULAR TEMPLE?

a)

a)      THE PANTHEON, ROME

b)

b)      MAISON CAREE, NIMES

c)

c)      CIRCUS MAXIMUS, ROME

d)

d)     BASICILICA SEPTIMIUS, POMPEII

53.

WHAT WAS CALLED AS AN OPEN SPACE IN THE TOWN-CENTER SURROUNDED BY A HALL, OFFICES, LAW COURTS AND SHOPS?

a)

a)      BASILICAS

b)

b)      DOME

c)

c)      FORUM

d)

d)     TEMPLE

54.

ROMANS LIKED TO KEEP CLEAN AN D FIT, WHICH OF THESE THEY BUILT AS ELABORATE PUBLIC BATHS THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE? FOR AS MANY AS 30 MEN AND WOMEN IN THE OPEN?

a)

a)      FORUM

b)

b)      TEMPLE

c)

c)      SPA

d)

d)     THERMAE