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Calasiao

Built by Fr. Ramon Dalmau, this is one of the largest church in Pangasinan which is said to have the second best belltower in the Philippines

Church of the Holy Sepulcher

This church contains 2 of the most important sites in Christianity

It was built by the Emperor Hadrian

What is not true of the hagia sophia

Okir

In the Lumad boathouse, rectilinear and curvilinear plant-based designs called _______________ were used.

Hammurabi

This Babylonian King is best known for promulgating a code of laws that were inscribed on massive steles

Hammurabi’s Code

the first code of laws in human history

Wabi

An aesthetic that is based on the principle of honesty and understatement

Hieroglyphics

The system of writing in Ancient Egypt is called ______

Hypostyle Hall

Prevalent in ancient Egyptian and Achaemenid architecture, this large space with a flat roof supported by rows of columns is called _______________.

sharp edge formed by the meeting of 2 surfaces

In Greek architecture, arris is a _____________.

Stonehenge

A famous assemblage of upright stones arranged in concentric rings with an altar slab at the center.

Parian

The only gateway in Intramuros where Chinese tradesmen were allowed to sell their wares.

Pentellic Marble

the famous variety of marble that was preferred by ancient Greek sculptors is _______

Baroque

This style of architecture interpreted the Renaissance in a dramatic, theatrical, and sculptural fashion.

Nightingale Floor

In a traditional Japanese architecture, this is a security device designed to warn residents of the presence of intruders

It is Located in Central Malaysia

What is NOT true of the Borobudur?

Imhotep

__________ is the architect of King Djoser's funerary complex at Saqqara, which is one of the earliest monumental stone structures in Egypt.

Bramante

_______ presented Pope Julius Il with the first design for the new St. Peters Basilica

Chief Christopher
Wren

__________ was the chief architect of St.
Paul's cathedral in England.

Paco Park

Used to be called Cementerio General de
Dilao

Rumah Adat

The distinctive style of traditional housing
unique to each ethnic group in Indonesia.

Pai Lous

Chinese gateways erected as memorials
for the deceased persons of distinction.

Barasoain

A historic church where the
inauguration of the Philippines First
Republic was held

Dougong

A unique structural element of
interlocking wooden brackets, one of the
most important elements in traditional
chinese, japanese and korean
architecture.

Used exclusively by
the Thai Royal
Family

The Wat Phra Keow in Bangkok, Thailand
is ______

Tatami

The dimensions of the _______ were
derived from the measurements of the
human body and is one of the basic units
of Japanese planning.

Renaissance
Architecture

This period was characterized by the rise
of monastic communities, papal power,
the growth of towns commercial activity
and rivalry with the church at center.

Jericho

Oldest town in the world

Loboc

Bohol church that contained the biggest
number of mural on the walls and ceiling

Italian Renaissance

This renaissance style reverted to the
basilican type with columns and wooden
roofs, domes over square, polygonal, or
Greek cross plans, and delicate

Laws of the Indies

The _____ is a comprehensive guide of 148
ordinances developed by King Philip II to
aid colonists in locating, building, and
populating settlements

Garuda

A Hindu and Budddhist mythical
creature, which is half-bird, half-man, and
serves as guardians.

Gate to the City of
Babylon

Ishtar Gate is the ___________

Panolong

The decorative extended floor beam of
the Maranaw house

Opus Tessellatum

The roman floor pavement design
features small tesserae arranged in
horizontal or vertical rows for
backgrounds

Felix Rojas

First qualified Philippine architect who
designed the Sto. Domingo Church and
San Ignacio Church in Intramuros

Brunelleschi

________________ successfully completed
the dome for the unfinished Santa Maria
del Fiore in Florence.

Sarcophagus

An elaborate coffin for an important
personage, of terra-cotta, wood, stone, metal, or other material, decorated with painting, carving, etc. and large enough
to contain only the body. If larger, it
becomes a tomb.

Sacred Enclosure of
a Greek City

Temenos is ________________

Michelangelo

_____________ is credited with inventing
the giant order (large pilasters that
stretch from the bottom to the top of a
façade) which he used in his design for
the Campidoglio in Rome.

Tenochtitlan

The ancient capital of the Aztec empire
which is located in modern-day mexico
city.

San Sebastian
Church

This Filipino church incorporated metal
construction made in Belgium in
accordance with the design drawn up by
Genaro Palacios y Guerra

Tipi

A conical tent originally made of skins and
popularized by the American Indians of
the Great Plains.

The Dome of the
Rock on the Temple
Mount

Associated with mystical night journey
and the ascension of the Prophet
Mohammad, this is known as the Noble
Sanctuary and is the third holiest shrine of
Islam

Las Pinas

The church that has the world famous
bamboo organ

Megalith

Giant Monoliths in prehistoric society

Dolmen

Literally means stone table and used as
grave sites

Menhir/ Monolith

It is a single, great upright stone

Cromlech

A two or more upright stones supporting
a stone

Stone Circle

Upright stones in a circular arrangement.

Stone Row

Upright stones in a linear arrangement

Obelisk

is a tall 4-sided narrow tapering column
terminating in a pyramidion, its most
sacred part.

Stonehenge

Best known stone circle in Wiltshire,
England

Wetu

is a domed hut, used by some
north-eastern Native American tribes
such as the Wampanoag

Wickiup

a hut consisting of an oval frame covered
with brushwood or grass, formerly used
by nomadic peoples in the western and
southwestern US.

Avebury

is a Neolithic henge monument
containing three stone circles, around the
village in Wiltshire, in
south-west England.

Talbot

(also known as the St. Hubert
Hound) was a type of hunting hound
common in England during the Middle
Ages.

Skara Brae

Oldest neolithic settlement to date in
Europe

Paleolithic Period

Prehistoric age when early men hunted
and gathered food and lived in rock
shelters

Mesolithic Period

The prehistoric age when early humans
built huts from bones, animal hides, reeds,
and grass. They also made canoes for
fishing and fashioned stone tools like the
bow.

Neolithic Period

The prehistoric age when early humans
were learning agriculture, domesticating
animals, practicing burial rituals, and
building tombs.

Bronze Age

The most advanced metalworks with
copper, building huts with stones, mud,
straw, and animal hides. Cuneiform and
hieroglyphics writing system.

Iron Age

An age when weapons were made of iron
and steel. Houses were constructed from
mud, stone, and wood with thatched
roofs. Moreover, communities lived in hill
forts and had religious beliefs, traditions,
and culture.

Tumulus

Prehistoric mound used as a grave site
Wigwam Native American domical structure made
up of organic materials

Stone Tower of
Jericho, Palestine

Oldest Skycraper
Forms part of the earliest Neolithic
settlements of Jericho, the oldest city on
earth.

Lean-to

is a type of simple structure
originally added to an existing building
with the rafters "leaning" against another
wall. Free-standing structures open on
one or more sides are generally used as shelters.
Shieling a roughly constructed hut used while
pasturing animals

Rock Shelter

A shallow cave-like opening at the base of
a bluff or cliff.

Cahokia Mounds

Prehistoric truncated earthen mounds in
Illinois, USA

Katal Huyuk

A neolithic settlement, had rectangular,
single-roomed huts with mud-plastered
walls and floors.

Gobekli Tepe

Believed to be the oldest place of worship
/ sanctuary.

Hagar Qim Temple
and Tomb Complex

Neolithic megalithic temple with
subterranean hypogeum for burial in
Malta.

Dilmun Burial
Mounds

The largest prehistoric burial mounds in
the world are found in Bahrain.

Capacocha

A practice known for sacrificing children
during the Ancient Inca period was
performed during or after important
events, such as the death of the Sapa Inca
(emperor) or during a famine.

Pre-Columbian
Architecture

The extensive paved surfaces were not
only used for ceremonies but as run-off surface fo rainwater collection.

Aztec Architecture

Presented a sense of order and symmetry,
and its design elements were portrayals of
the power of its kingdom.

The Mayan Corbel
Vault

Has no keystone, as European arches do, making it appear more like a narrow
triangle than an archway.

Maya never
mastered keystone
technology

The Mayan Corbel Vault been suggested
that its unusual form exists because of

Mesa Verde

has over 4,700 archaeological
sites including 600 cliff dwellings and the
mesa top sites of pithouses, pueblos, masonry towers, and farming structures,
with many more yet to be revealed. These
sites are some of the most notable and
best-preserved dwellings in the United
States.

Paso Blanco

is a town in the Panamá
province of Panama.

Mississippi Hills

is
a federally designated National Heritage
Area in the northeastern portion of the
U.S. state of Mississippi.

Central America

The Olmec, Mayan, Toltec, and Aztec
cultures flourished in

Olmec, Teotihuacan,
Toltec, Aztec and
the Maya

Five Major Civilizations of Mesoamerica

Pre-Columbian
Architecture

Architecture of the indigenous
civilizations of Mesoamerica and the
Andes and of neighboring cultures before
the 16th century AD.

Temple Pyramids

Common among the Olmec, Mayan,
Toltec and Aztec cultures was the
development of

MesoAmerica

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Teotihuacan

It was the largest city in the
pre-Columbian western hemisphere.

Pyramid of the Sun

An important 4-stage temple that forms
part of the complex at Teotihuacan.

Citadel & Temple of
Quetzalcoatl

Also known as ‘The Feathered Serpent’ in
Teotihuacan, the levels are separated by
deep friezes (tableros).

Temple of Kukulkan
(Feathere Serpent)
or El Castillo

During the Equinox, the shadows from
the corner tiers slither down the northern
side of the pyramid with the sun’s
movement to the serpent’s head at the
base.

The symbolic
descent of Kukulkan

A phenomenon that is believed to be
connected with agricultural rituals.

Temple of the
Warriors

It is fronted and flanked by rows of carved
columns depicting warriors.

Great Ball Court

Largest ball court in ancient Mesoamerica
(166 by 68m) It has bas-relief of Maya &
Toltec players against a richly carved background of plants & serpents.

Milta

The most important religious center of
the Zapotec culture. The palaces have
geometric patterns on walls.

Palace of the
Governors, Uxmal

Raised on a plain platform with a richly
decorated upper building, one of the best
examples of Puuc architecture.

Tenochtitlan

The center of the Aztec World, and also
known as Old Mexico.

The Aztec

Also known as Mexica, and was the last
major major civilization of Mesoamerica.

Mesopotamia

Land between the rivers Tigris and
Euphrates

Temple Mayor

Was the center of the universe according
to Aztec belief.

Adobe Brick

Basic building material in Central
Andrean Region

Temple of the Sun,
Moche

Was built of adobe bricks with colorful
mud plaster murals.