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Arch World History Test 1 Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
ben-ben
Ans: a cone-shaped stone in Egypt, which was the most sacred relic of the sun god
Re; the basis
of the pyramidion form
clerestory
Ans: windows placed high in a wall, usually above lower roof elements
colossal
Ans: -- very large; as in a colossal statue or colossal column (which rises several
stories).
engaged column
Ans: a column attached to or appearing to be partly embedded in a wall.
ka
Ans: -- in ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force.
mastaba
Ans: -- (from Arabic, bench) an Egyptian tomb with flat top and sloping sides, built
over a grave
shaft.
necropolis
Ans: -- (Greek, city of the dead) a large burial area or cemetery.
Proto-Doric columns
Ans: -- column forms found in ancient Egypt which pre-date (come "before") later
Greek Doric
columns, but which look very similar.
reed construction
Ans: a traditional Egyptian form of building with dried river reeds that are bound
together.
relieving lintel
Ans: acts similarly to a relieving arch. A lintel (or rough construction) placed in a
wall or above
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an opening to relieve it of superincumbent weight.
serdab
Ans: a small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba for the statue of the
deceased.
sphinx
Ans: a mythical Egyptian beast with the body of a lion and the head of a human.
atlantid
Ans: a male figure that functions as a supporting column.
axis
Ans: -- a main line of direction, motion, growth, or extension.
caryatid
Ans: a female figure that functions as a supporting column.
colonnade
Ans: -- a row of columns which.carries an entablature.
colossal
Ans: very large; as in a colossal statue or colossal column (which rises several
stories).
column
Ans: an upright structural member, circular in plan, and usually slightly tapering; in
classical
architecture it consists of a base, shaft, and capital.
hypostyle hall
Ans: -- a large hall composed of many columns placed close together to support the
roof, which
gives the appearance of a forest of columns.
ashlar
Ans: hewn blocks of masonry wrought to even faces and square edges and laid in
horizontal
courses with vertical joints, as opposed to rubble or unhewn stone straight from the
quarry.
atlantid
Ans: -- (also atlas; pl., atlantes) a male figure that functions as a supporting column.
Arch World History Test 1 Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
ben-ben
Ans: a cone-shaped stone in Egypt, which was the most sacred relic of the sun god
Re; the basis
of the pyramidion form
clerestory
Ans: windows placed high in a wall, usually above lower roof elements
colossal
Ans: -- very large; as in a colossal statue or colossal column (which rises several
stories).
engaged column
Ans: a column attached to or appearing to be partly embedded in a wall.
ka
Ans: -- in ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force.
mastaba
Ans: -- (from Arabic, bench) an Egyptian tomb with flat top and sloping sides, built
over a grave
shaft.
necropolis
Ans: -- (Greek, city of the dead) a large burial area or cemetery.
Proto-Doric columns
Ans: -- column forms found in ancient Egypt which pre-date (come "before") later
Greek Doric
columns, but which look very similar.
reed construction
Ans: a traditional Egyptian form of building with dried river reeds that are bound
together.
relieving lintel
Ans: acts similarly to a relieving arch. A lintel (or rough construction) placed in a
wall or above
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an opening to relieve it of superincumbent weight.
serdab
Ans: a small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba for the statue of the
deceased.
sphinx
Ans: a mythical Egyptian beast with the body of a lion and the head of a human.
atlantid
Ans: a male figure that functions as a supporting column.
axis
Ans: -- a main line of direction, motion, growth, or extension.
caryatid
Ans: a female figure that functions as a supporting column.
colonnade
Ans: -- a row of columns which.carries an entablature.
colossal
Ans: very large; as in a colossal statue or colossal column (which rises several
stories).
column
Ans: an upright structural member, circular in plan, and usually slightly tapering; in
classical
architecture it consists of a base, shaft, and capital.
hypostyle hall
Ans: -- a large hall composed of many columns placed close together to support the
roof, which
gives the appearance of a forest of columns.
ashlar
Ans: hewn blocks of masonry wrought to even faces and square edges and laid in
horizontal
courses with vertical joints, as opposed to rubble or unhewn stone straight from the
quarry.
atlantid
Ans: -- (also atlas; pl., atlantes) a male figure that functions as a supporting column.
