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History of Architecture 1

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Monumental gateway to the temple consisting of slanting walls flanking the entrance portal

a)

Obelisks

b)

Pylons

c)

Rock-cut or Rock-Hewn Tombs

d)

Mastabas

2.

Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons

a)

Cromlech

b)

Dolmen

c)

Tumuli

d)

Megalith

3.

Burial tomb consisting of 3 or more upright stones and one or more capstone

a)

Dolmen

b)

Cromlech

c)

Tumuli

d)

Menhir

4.

Enclosure formed by huge stones panted in the grave in a circle

a)

Tumuli

b)

Menhir

c)

Dolmen

d)

Cromlech

5.

The tomb of the pharaohs in Egyptian architecture

a)

Pyramid

b)

Dolmen

c)

Menhir

d)

Cromlech

6.

Architect of The Great Pyramid at Giza

a)

Cheops

b)

Rameses I

c)

Senusret I

d)

Imhotep

7.

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

a)

Cheops

b)

Rameses I

c)

Senusret I

d)

Imhotep

8.

Erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis

a)

Cheops

b)

Rameses I

c)

Senusret I

d)

Imhotep

9.

The world's first large-scale monument in stone

a)

Step Pyramid of Zoser

b)

Pyramid of Khufu

c)

Sarcophagus

d)

Crypt

10.

Highest sloped pyramid in Giza

a)

Pyramid of Khufu

b)

Pyramid of Chephren

c)

Pyramid of Mykerinus

d)

None

11.

Richly carved coffins

a)

Pyramid

b)

Crypt

c)

Sarcophagus

d)

Pylon

12.

King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty

a)

Cheops

b)

Imhotep

c)

Senusret I

d)

Rameses I

13.

The tomb beneath a church

a)

Rock-cut or rock-hewn tombs

b)

Tumulus or Passage Grave

c)

Cromlech

d)

Crypt

14.

Dominant tomb type. Corridor inside leading to an underground chamber

a)

Rock-cut or rock-hewn tomb

b)

Tumulus or Passage grave

c)

Cromlech

d)

Crypt

15.

Dry walled rough stone with corbelled roof

a)

Trullo

b)

Wigwam

c)

Tipi

d)

Hogan

16.

Primitive indian structure of joined logs

a)

Trullo

b)

Wigwam

c)

Tipi

d)

Hogan

17.

House constructed of hard-packed snow blocks built up spirally

a)

Sumatran house

b)

Nigerian hut

c)

Igloo

d)

Iraqi Mudhif

18.

For several families, built of timber and palm leaves. The fenced pen underneath is for livestock

a)

Sumatran house

b)

Nigerian hut

c)

Igloo

d)

Iraqi Mudhif

19.

The favorite motifs of design of the Eqgyptians are

(a)  

20.

A pillared hall in which the roofs rest on the column in Egyptian temples

a)

Pylon

b)

Hypostyle hall

c)

Obelisk

d)

Prostyle

21.

Tombs built for nobility rather than royalty

a)

Prostyle

b)

Hypostyle Hall

c)

Rock-hewn tombs

d)

Tumulus

22.

A monumental 4 sided stone shaft usually monolithic and tapering to a pyramidial tip

a)

Pylon

b)

Tumulus

c)

Obelisk

d)

Cromlech

23.

Religious buildings built next to temples and on top was a small temple

a)

Obelisk

b)

Pylon

c)

Ziggurats

d)

Pyramid

24.

Colonnaded space forming an entrance or vestibule with roof supported on one side by columns

a)

Hypostyle Hall

b)

Portico

c)

Ziggurats

d)

Pylon

25.

Rectangular flat-topped funerary mound with battered side covering a burial chamber below ground and is the first egyptian tomb

a)

Dolmen

b)

Megaron

c)

Menhir

d)

Mastabas

26.

Monumental gateway to the temple consisting of slanting walls flanking the entrance portal

a)

mortuary temples

b)

cult tmples

c)

obelisk

d)

pylons

27.

A temple for worship in honor of God

a)

Mortuary temple

b)

Cult Temple

c)

Pylon

d)

Obelisk

28.

Grandest temple and the work of many kings

a)

Temple of Ammon Karnak

b)

Temple of Khons

c)

Mammisi Temple

d)

Great Temple of Abu-Simbel

29.

Essential characteristic of Greek architecture

(a)  

30.

Entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles

a)

Pteroma

b)

Propylaea

c)

Peripteral

d)

Prytaneion

31.

The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple

a)

Pteroma

b)

Propylaea

c)

Peripteral

d)

Prytaneion

32.

An ancient Greek portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places

a)

Portico

b)

Stooa

c)

Stoa

d)

Stele

33.

The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City

a)

Acropolix

b)

Acropolis

c)

Antefix

d)

Antefis

34.

An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles

a)

Acropolis

b)

Antefix

c)

Acroterion

d)

Abacus

35.

A pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support and ornament

a)

Acroterion

b)

Antefix

36.

The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

37.

A single line of columns surrounding the Naos

a)

Peripteral

b)

Dipteral

c)

Prostyle

d)

Amphi-Prostyle

38.

Double line of columns surrounding the Naos

a)

Peripteral

b)

Dipteral

c)

Prostyle

d)

Amphi-Prostyle

39.

A slab forming the crowning member of the capital

a)

Hibiscus

b)

Abacus

c)

Echinus

d)

Entasis

40.

A type of roman wall facing with a net-like effect

a)

Opus Mixtum

b)

Opus Incertum

c)

Opus Recticulatum

d)

Opus Tesselatum

41.

Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture

a)

Forum

b)

Prytaneion

c)

Acroterion

d)

Bouleuterion

42.

Female statues with baskets serving as columns

a)

Prytaneion

b)

Canephora

c)

Abacus

d)

Capital

43.

The crowning member of a column

a)

Abacus

b)

Echinus

c)

Capital

d)

Triglyph

44.

Rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base

a)

Canephora

b)

Plinth

c)

Bouleuterion

d)

Echinus

45.

Convex projecting molding of eccentric cruve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital

a)

Doric

b)

Entasis

c)

Echinus

d)

Papyrus