Q1 - Prehistoric, Egyptian and West Asiatic

a. None among the choices

Evidences of pre-historic architecture are significant in the following countries/regions except for:

a. None among the choices
b. Europe
c. Asia
d. Middle East

b. False

Sphinxes are burial chambers with the pharoah’s body buried underneath.

a. True
b. False

a. Mud and stone

What were the first houses made of in ancient Egypt?

a. Mud and stone
b. Shaped bricks and wood
c. Mud and matting
d. Stone and wood

a. True

The Stonehenge is a huge man-made circle of standing stones. One of the most important Megalithic Monuments in Europe: believed to have had religious and astronomical purpose.

a. True
b. False

b. False

Egyptian columns were normally plain and smooth.

a. True
b. False

b. Gobekli Tepe, upper Mesopotamia

This landmark presents Monumental round-oval and rectangular Megalithic structures erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic age between 9,600 and 8,200 BCE.

a. Stonehenge, in England
b. Gobekli Tepe, upper Mesopotamia
c. Kreisgrabenanlage, Germany
d. Newgrange, England

a. Machu Pichu Houses

The image below is a prehistoric dwelling in peru and is also called the Inca House. Another term for this development is:

a. Machu Pichu Houses
b. Lima houses
c. None among the choices
d. Stone and hay houses

Catalhoyuk

A housing development in Ancient Turkey where houses are available through the rooftop.

a. 2

Which of the following is the criosphinx?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 1

b. 3 and 4

Which among the following structures were never physically evidenced/excavated?
1. Ziggurat
2. Ishtar Gate
3. Hanging Garden of Babylon
4. Tower of Babel

a. 4 and 1
b. 3 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 2

c. Winged Human Headed Lion

a. Winged Deity
b. The Trojan Horse
c. Winged Human Headed Lion
d. Bas relief in a temple

Megalithic

Generally prehistoric structures are __________, or an architecture of stone

b. 1

Which of the following is the Androsphinx?

a. 3
b. 1
c. 2

c. Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France

A cave containing one of the most outstanding displays of prehistoric art yet discovered. Located above the Vezere River valley near Montignac, in Dordogne, France, the cave is a short distance upstream from the Eyzies-de-Tayac series of caves.

a. Magura Cave
b. Grotto de Fone-de-Gaume
c. Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France
d. Altamira Cave

A. True

Papyrus is a type of paper that ancient Egyptians use for writing.

A. True
B. False

b. False

The Egyptians did not believe in the after life.

a. True
b. False

Lascaux Cave

The famous cave in France housing various evidences of Ancient man’s worship and art.

d. Ziggurat

Which among the following building types or monumental structures are not built by the Egyptians.

a. Mastaba
b. Pyramid
c. Sphinx
d. Ziggurat

a. Fertile Crescent

An agricultural region from the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the West to Iraq and in: location of human kinds earliest cultures.

a. Fertile Crescent
b. Egypt
c. Garden of Eden
d. Mesopotamia

b. False

A mastaba is a typical Egyptian home.

a. True
b. False

b. False Tomb Chamber

Identify part No.6 of the pyramid

a. Grand Gallery
b. False Tomb Chamber
c. Queen’s Chamber
d. King’s Chamber

a. True

Burial Mound in Newgrange Ireland is an artificial hill of earth and stones built over the remains of the dead.

a. True
b. False

a. True

Hypostyle meant and open space with a series of columns.

a. True
b. False

d. None among the choices

Believed to be created by King Nebuchadnezzar for this wife, it is an evidence of having space features in palaces that appreciate vistas.

a. Ziggurat
b. Ishtar Gate
c. Tower of Babel
d. None among the choices

d. True

Although few and not significant, it can be noted that the West Asiatic Architecture had arched features in it.

a. None among the choices
b. False
c. Both true and false
d. True

c. Pylon

A gateway to an Egyptian temple.

a. Avenue of Sphinx
b. Hall
c. Pylon
d. Entryway

b. False

Hypostyle meant an open space filled with Sphinxes.

a. True
b. False

a. Ancient Egypt

Monumental pyramids, temples, and shrines. This architecture is classified under which historical design period.

a. Ancient Egypt
b. Mesopotamia
c. Classical
d. Greek

d. Dolmen

A prehistoric monument consisting of at least 2-3 large standing stones.

a. None among the choices
b. Stonehenge
c. Cromlech
d. Dolmen

a. True

Dolmen is a type of stone monument found in a variety of places throughout the world. It is made of two or more upright stones with a single stone lying across them.

a. True
b. False

c. Obelisk

A monumental, four-sided stone mortuary structure that is usually monolithic.

a. Pyramid
b. Mastaba
c. Obelisk
d. Androsphinx

b. Ziggurat

It usually has one flat top rectangular mound carrying the upper temple.

a. Holy Mountain
b. Ziggurat
c. Pyramid
d. Sphinx

d. Stacking Technique

A primitive construction method where stone is placed on top of each other; It does not involve the usage of binding agents but rely only on balance and placement/positioning of stones for perfect balance.

a. Carving Technique
b. Planting Technique
c. Piling Technique
d. Stacking Technique

a. Harem

Private family apartment or women’s quarter.

a. Harem
b. Seraglio
c. Veterans
d. Khan

a. Criosphinx

Which of the following is not a pre-historic structure.

a. Criosphinx
b. Dolmen
c. Cromlech
d. Stonehenge

a. True

An Egyptian obelisk has similarities to the Menhir.

a. True
b. False

Round Barrow

A burial mound in England that is circular in shape. _______

a. True

Hypostyle meant an open space with a series of columns.

a. True
b. False

a. True

Imhotep was a sage, architect, astrologer, and chief minister to Djoser.

a. True
b. False

b. Mesopotamia

An ancient region in Western Asia between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, comprising theland of Sumer and Akkad and occupied by the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians(now part of Iraq).

a. West Asiatic Area
b. Mesopotamia
c. None among the choices
d. Fertile Crescent

a. True

Following the conquests of Alexander the Great, the architecture of West Asia was influenced by Hellenistic and later Roman styles. This period saw the construction of theaters, amphitheaters, and monumental public buildings.

a. True
b. False

c. Menhir

A tall stone put in a vertical position by people in prehistoric times.

a. Stone Circles
b. Column
c. Menhir
d. Dolmen