GLOBAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY I, MODULE 10-15 (ARCH-10011)

FALL 2026

Which of these is a current theory as to the function of Great Zimbabwe?

It was a capital city that contained housing

What practice resulted in the unusual urban form of the Chimu city of Chan Chan?

Tending to mummies of dead kings as if they were still alive

What term best describes this building type?

Toguna

Two of the three major American Indian sites that were abandoned in the 1300s are Cahokia and Chaco Canyon. What is the other one?

Casa Grande

What kingdom in modern Nigeria was particularly famous for its metalworking? 

Benin

With which of these kingdoms is the Sudano-Sahelian style associated?

Mali

What term best describes this space?

Kiva

What important symbolic feature of the Lalibela complex in Ethiopia was also part of the city's infrastructure?

River Jordan

Which date best corresponds to the height of the Ancestral Pueblo culture in the American Southwest?

1100 AD

True or False: Tiwanaku is thought to be a starting point for the tradition of refined masonry that culminate in Cuzco and Macchu Pichu.

True

Which of these states built mud brick mosques similar to this one?

Mali Empire

Where is this building and about when was it built?

Tiwanaku, Bolivia/800 CE

What type of building is associated with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of the early colonial period?

Long House

About when were these buildings constructed?

1500 CE

King…built a group of churches as pilgrimage site that replicates the Holy Land.

Lalibela

What is the name of this building?

Pueblo Bonito

How were important messages transmitted through the Inka Empire?

By relay runners on state built roads