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HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Neolithic dwelling & settlement in present day Turkey, occupied between 6300 BC to 5400 BC, supported a population of up to 6000 people,the largest and most cosmopolitan city of its time

a)

Carnac

b)

Catal huyuk

c)

Egypt

d)

Stonehenge

2.

Characteristic Egyptian cornice moulding,which was the result of the pressure of the roofs against the top of the wall reeds

a)

Bead and real

b)

"gorge" or kheker cresting

c)

Scarab

d)

Egg and dart

3.

This refers to which religious structure that is defined as an earthen mound containing upright and lintel stones

a)

Menhir

b)

Dolmen

c)

Tumuli

d)

Cromlech

4.

This is composed of great upright stones

a)

Monolith

b)

Megalith

c)

Tumuli

d)

Barrow

5.

Type of megalith that is composed of two or more upright stones supporting a horizontal stone

a)

Menhir

b)

Stone henge

c)

Cromlech

d)

Dolmen

6.

A prehistoric burial mound

a)

Hortus

b)

Fillet

c)

Tumulus

d)

Diduron

7.

In the Egyptian temples, a pillared ballin which roofs Reston columns

a)

Dagoba

b)

Sanctuary

c)

Hypostyle hall

d)

Chamber

8.

The favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians include the lotus, papyrus and

a)

Scarab

b)

Nipa

c)

Palm

d)

Cavetto

9.

The beginner of the Great hypostyle hall at Karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty

a)

Rameses I

b)

Rameses II

c)

Rameses III

d)

Rameses IV

10.

The grandest temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes it's size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many kings. Built from the 12th dynasty to the Ptolemaic period

a)

Temple of queen Hatshepsut

b)

The great temple of abu-simbel

c)

Great temple of Ammon karnak

d)

Temple of ramsesseum thebes

11.

Egyptian architecture was designed principally for

a)

Internal effect

b)

Light and color

c)

Shade and shadow

d)

External adoration

12.

Egyptian system of construction

a)

Actuated

b)

Trussed

c)

Buttressed

d)

Columnar and trabeated

13.

The smallest among the great pyramids of Gizeh

a)

Cheops

b)

Mykerinos

c)

Zoser

d)

Chepren

14.

The small Egyptian shrine dedicated to the rites of the goddess Isis

a)

Mammisi temples

b)

Yatzia

c)

Tempietto

d)

Templeto

15.

A colonnade or portico either concealed or partly enclosed

a)

Crypto-porticus

b)

Diathyros

c)

Peristyle

d)

Battered column

16.

The first architect recorded in history

a)

Rameses II

b)

Imhotep

c)

Cheops

d)

King nebuchadnezzar

17.

Mesopotamian architecture is a conglomeration of

a)

Assyrian & persian

b)

Babylonian & Assyrian

c)

Egyptian & Babylonian

d)

Greek & Roman

18.

The system of construction used by the Assyrians

a)

Arch & Vault

b)

Columnar & trabeated

c)

Truss & vault

d)

Domical

19.

The palace proper in Assyrian Palaces

a)

Seraglio

b)

Khan

c)

Function hall

d)

Thalamus

20.

The chief architectural ornament of the Assyrians

a)

Stucco plaster

b)

Graffiti

c)

Chiseled alabaster

d)

Brickwork

21.

The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in

a)

Greek

b)

Egyptian

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

22.

The hall of hundred columns was built by

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Xerxes

c)

Darius

d)

Marduck

23.

Architect of Erechtheion

a)

Libon

b)

Mnesicles

c)

Cossutius

d)

Theron

24.

Master sculptor of the parthenon

a)

Ptolemy III

b)

Bernini

c)

Callimachus

d)

Phidias

25.

The Senate house of the greeks

a)

Prytaneion

b)

Diathyros

c)

Thersihon

d)

Bouleuterion