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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of 19th dynasty | Rameses I |
| 2.The mineral of greatest importamce to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply was. | Marble |
| 4. Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles Is the. | Propylaea |
| 5. The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect builfing ever erected is the. | Parthenon |
| 3. Greek architecture was esentially | Columnar trabeated |
| 6. With the use of concrete made possible by POZZOLAN( a native natural cement) the Romans achieved huge interiors with the. | Arch and vault |
| 7.Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks. | Composite |
| 8. From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using | Dominical roof construction |
| 9.Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls | MARBLE |
| 10.The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome. | Pantheon |
| 11. The space between colonnade and naos wall in the Greek temple. | Pteroma |
| 12. Amphitheaters are used for | Gladiatorial Contests |
| 13. An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places. | Stoa |
| 14.The fortified higH area or citadel of an ancient Greek city | Acropolis |
| 15. An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concelaing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles. | Antefix |
| 16.Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament istself | ACROTERION |
| 17. Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament | Anthemion |
| 18. In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially storing wine. | Apotheca |
| 19. The characteristic of Greek ornament. | Anthemion |
| 20. The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college. | Refectory |
| 21. The architecture of a curved, line is known as | Baroque |
| 22. The open court in an Italian palazzo | Cortel |
| 23. The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window. | Tracery |
| 24. "Cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture. | ROMAN |
| 25. How many stained glass are there in Chartres Cathedral? | 176 |
| 26. Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom | I. Cornice II. Frieze III. Architrave |
| 27. Plan shape of Chinese Pagoda | OCTAGONAL |
| 28. Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda | 13 |
| 29. PLan shape of Japanese Pagoda | Square |
| 30. Triangular piece of wall above the entablature. | PEDIMENT |
| 31. A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure. | Pendentive |
| 32. A long arcaded entrance porch in an ealry Christian Church | NARTHEX |
| 33. The principal or central part of a chruch, extending from the narthex to the choir orchancel and usually flanked by aisles. | NAVE |
| 34. The uppermost step in the crepidoma | Stylobate |
| 35. The lowest step in the crepidoma. | Sterobate |
| 36. Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters? | 1.5 diameter |
| 37. Systyle intercolumniation has how many diameter? | 2 Diameter |
| 38. Eustyle intercolumniation has how any diameters? | 2.25 diameters |
| 39.Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters? | 3 Diameter |
| 39. Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters? | 3 diameters |
| 40. Aerostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters? | 4 Diameter |
| 41. Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek. | CIRCUS |
| 42. Roman building for which gladatorial battles took place. | COLOSSEUM |
| 43. What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra? | Wrestling |
| 44. A foot race course in the cities. | Stadium |
| 45. Architects of Parthenon | Callicrates and Ictinus |
| 46. The tower atop the torogan where the princess or her ladies in waiting hide during the occasions | Lamin |
| 47. Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and fooots are kept. | Zaguan |
| 48. The emergency hideout found directly behind the headboard of Sultan's bed | BILIK |
| 49. In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is knwon as | Dapogan |
| 50. Japanese tea house | Cha-sit-su |