ARCH 100 EXAM 1 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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●● BOTH Mesoamerican and Egyptian pyramids
Answer: are examples of 'sacred mountains'
●● this term for Hindu temple comes from the words for "house"
Answer: mandir
●● when christianity was legalized in the Roman empire, its first large
public churches were modeled on buildings used for
Answer: law courts
●● dolmen
Answer: 3 part, megalithic structure
●● a "selective" definition of architecture requires:
Answer: at least one person to judge it and criteria for inclusion and
exclusion
, ●● what was the parthenon built to contain?
Answer: a statue of Athena
●● what makes the Taj Mahal and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
BOTH "monuments" in the original sense of the word?
Answer: preservation of a cultural memory
●● which of these is an example of a "temenos"?
Answer: a walled sanctuary like the acropolis
●● the temple of solomon was the first of many jewish temples built
across ancient Israel
Answer: false
●● the great stupa at sanchi marks a location where the buddha's ashes
were buried
Answer: true
●● which of the following are established FACTS that help us interpret
stonehenge's meaning?
Answer: it was built and re-built over a thousand-year period, its forms
align with major celestial events, and human remains were buried there
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW STUDY
SHEET COMPLETE SOLVED GUIDE
●● BOTH Mesoamerican and Egyptian pyramids
Answer: are examples of 'sacred mountains'
●● this term for Hindu temple comes from the words for "house"
Answer: mandir
●● when christianity was legalized in the Roman empire, its first large
public churches were modeled on buildings used for
Answer: law courts
●● dolmen
Answer: 3 part, megalithic structure
●● a "selective" definition of architecture requires:
Answer: at least one person to judge it and criteria for inclusion and
exclusion
, ●● what was the parthenon built to contain?
Answer: a statue of Athena
●● what makes the Taj Mahal and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
BOTH "monuments" in the original sense of the word?
Answer: preservation of a cultural memory
●● which of these is an example of a "temenos"?
Answer: a walled sanctuary like the acropolis
●● the temple of solomon was the first of many jewish temples built
across ancient Israel
Answer: false
●● the great stupa at sanchi marks a location where the buddha's ashes
were buried
Answer: true
●● which of the following are established FACTS that help us interpret
stonehenge's meaning?
Answer: it was built and re-built over a thousand-year period, its forms
align with major celestial events, and human remains were buried there
