Semester 1: APAH Architecture term review

Question 1

The Cella was ________________.

Accepted Answer

inner chamber/sanctuary of a temple

Question 2

The Great Pyramids are part of a necropolis complex, meaning literally ___________-.

Accepted Answer

city of the dead

Question 3

A long series of repeating columns is called a _____________.

Accepted Answer

colonnade

Question 4

This ___________ from the Parthenon shows the ___________

Accepted Answer

Frieze, Panathenaic Procession

Question 5

The raised stepped platforms that Mesopotamian temples were built upon where called _________-.

Accepted Answer

Ziggurats

Question 6

Which culture invented and was characterized by the use of the barrel vault?

Accepted Answer

The Romans

Question 7

These winged beasts, called _______, stood guard at the entrance of Assyrian palaces.

Accepted Answer

Lamassu

Question 8

What function did the piece below serve?

Accepted Answer

mortuary temple to worship a dead pharoah

Question 9

This is the portico of the ______________.

Accepted Answer

Pantheon

Question 10

The capital of this column is in the shape of a ______, a common Egyptian motif.

Accepted Answer

papyrus plant

Question 11

This is the pylon, or monumental gateway, of the ____________.

Accepted Answer

Temple of Amun Re

Question 12

This is the great _______, half man/half lion, featured during a Grateful Dead concert.

Accepted Answer

Sphinx

Question 13

This style of audience hall is called a ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

Apadana

Question 14

These early Egyptian Mastaba tombs eventually evolved into the funerary practice of __________.

Accepted Answer

Pyramids

Question 15

Section of wall that allowed light and air into the otherwise dark space

Accepted Answer

Clerestory

Question 16

A Peripteral temple, with a front facade of a single row of columns, is characteristic of who?

Accepted Answer

The Greeks

Question 17

What function did this apadana serve?

Accepted Answer

all answers are correct

Question 18

The ____________ is on the acropolis in Athens.

Accepted Answer

Parthenon

Question 19

These sculptures used to fill the west __________ of the Parthenon

Accepted Answer

pediment

Question 20

This architectural feature is called a ___________________-.

Accepted Answer

Barrel Vault

Question 21

Every Greek polis had a fortified hillside temple called a _________________________.

Accepted Answer

Acropolis

Question 22

A hall with a roof supported by columns is called a _____________.

Accepted Answer

hypostyle hall

Questions 22