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art of asia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adobe | a building material made of sun-dried earth and straw |
| calligraphy | the art of fine handwriting |
| loom | a frame or apparatus used for weaving thread or yarn into fabric |
| mosque | a Muslim place of worship |
| origami | the Japanese art of folding paper into various objects |
| porcelain | a type of fine white clay |
| stupa | a domed structure that holds relics of the Buddha or important Buddhist leader |
| symmetry | the quality of an artwork in which both sides of a central line are the same or nearly the same |
| wa-shi | a type of Japanese paper made from fibers of the gampi tree warp the vertical threads or yarn on a loom or in a weaving |
| Yoruba | major ethnic group in southwest Nigeria |
| arabesque | in Islamic art, a decorative floral motif characterized by long, flowing, curved vines, tendrils, and other plant forms that overlap, spiral, and are often symmetrical |
| glyph | pictures or symbols that stand for words or ideas |
| mihrab | a decorated niche in an Islamic mosque that marks the direction of Mecca minaret a tall, slender prayer tower erected at Islamic mosques |
| warp | the vertical threads or yarn on a loom or in a weaving |
| Buddhism | a major world religion founded about 500 B.C. by Siddhartha Gautama in India |
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