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WorksheetsPR EXAM HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 2022 1st SEM
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
The word "LITH" means ___________.
mega
big stones
stone
old stones
A dry walled rough stone shelter with corbelled roof.
tent
hut
trullo
tepee
A conical tent with wooden poles as framework. Sometimes covered with rush mats and an animal skin door.
tents
huts
trullo
tepee
A structure constructed with hard-packed snow blocks built up spirally.
Iraqi Mudhif
Eskimo House
Nigerian Hut
trullo
Two or more upright stones supporting a horizontal slab.
Burial Mounds
Dolmen
Chromlech
Dualith
The record of man's effort to build beautifully. It traces the origin, growth and decline of architectural styles which have prevailed lands and ages.
Stone Age
History of Architecture
History
The Evolution of Man
The Cradle of Western Civilization.
The area near Yangtze river
The area between the rivers Tigris and Socrates
The landmass near the Nile.
The area between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
The dolmen is an example of an arch and vault construction.
True
False
The menhir is an example of a MONOLITH.
True
False
A structure built to cheer up the Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife.
Ishtar Gate
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Ziggurats
Etemenanki
Which among the following best describes the structure tumuli?
A single upright stone for marking graves.
Earthen mounds use for burials.
Mounds used for spiritual practices.
A ceremonial earthen mound for marking important places.
The Stonehenge in England is an example of ____________.
Chromlech
Dolmen
Menhir
Upright stone
The horizontal members on top of the vertical structures of the Stonehenge.
Stone Circles
Battered Stones
Hardened Earth
Stone Lintels
A construction system in which two upright members carries a third member laid horizontally across their topmost surfaces.
vaults
arches
post-and-lintel
corbelled system
The Middle Stone Age.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Megalithic
It was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians and, certainly, is among the most ancient of ruins.
Eridu
Anatolia
Catal Huyuk
Damascus
The walls of the Ziggurats is an example of a battered wall construction system.
True
False
The ancient Egyptians believed that the gods lived in the sky. They constructed the ziggurats in order to get closer to them.
True
False
Identify the image shown.
Lotus Capital
Double Bull Capital
Megaron
Apadana Capital
Holy mountains built by the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.
Pyramids
Ishtar Gate
Ziggurats
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
One of the earliest known systems of writing, distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Gilgamesh
Reeds
The only surviving wonder among the famous 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.
Ziggurats
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Pyramids of Giza
Banaue Rice Terraces
The Ziggurat of Ur is an example of _______________.
Archaic Ziggurat
Two or Three Staged Ziggurat
Pyramid
Multi-staged Ziggurat
A large hypostyle hall, the best known examples being the great audience hall and portico at Persepolis.
khan
seraglio
apadana
palace
Which among the following best describes the function of the clerestory in an Egyptian Temple?
The clerestory makes the Egyptian Temple aesthetically pleasing.
The clerestory is an opening on the upper walls of an Egyptian Temple to make the structure lighter.
The clerestory welcomes natural sunlight into the interiors of the Egyptian Temple.
The clerestory introduces acts as an additional decorative feature of the Egyptian Temple.
Identify the image shown.
Pylons
Obelisk
Sphinx
Pyramidion
The Great Temple at Abu Simbel features four colossal statues of ____________ in the facade.
Rameses II
Rameses III
Rameses I to IV
Rameses I
In ancient Egypt, pyramids were built to bring the people closer to their gods who lived in the skies.
True
False
The smallest pyramid among the Pyramids at Giza.
Menkaure
Khufu
Cheops
Khafre
The pharaoh who constructed the first true pyramid.
Giza
Djoser
Sneferu
Khufu
These are Egyptian Temples built in honor of the Pharaohs.
Fire Temples
Mastaba Temples
Cult Temples
Mortuary Temples
The hypostyle halls in Egyptian Architecture is an example of _________________ construction system.
Corbelled
Columnar and Trabeated
Battered Wall
Tensile
Monumental pillars symbolizing "Heliopolis" at the entrances of an Egyptian Temple.
Sphinx
Pyramidion
Pylons
Obelisks
Identify the image shown.
Sumerian Papyrus Capital
Egyptian Lotus Capital
Egyptian Palm Capital
Mesopatamian Ornamental Capital
In ancient Egyptian Architecture, these are tombs for the noble and private individuals.
mastaba
pyramid
pyramidion
serdab
