Question 1

Which of the following is true about the features of the architecture used by the Incas in Machu Picchu?

Accepted Answer

A)  The houses were notable for their adobe construction. 
B)  The houses were notable for their tall end-wall gables and trapezoidal openings. 
C)  Many of the houses had two closed sides and a pier or piers on two sides. 
D)  Many of the houses used sandstone masonry for walls and adobe over small timbers for roofs. 
E)  The houses were developed in a party-wall fashion and arranged around irregular plazas. 
A)  The houses were notable for their adobe construction. 
B)  The houses were notable for their tall end-wall gables and trapezoidal openings. 
C)  Many of the houses had two closed sides and a pier or piers on two sides. 
D)  Many of the houses used sandstone masonry for walls and adobe over small timbers for roofs. 
E)  The houses were developed in a party-wall fashion and arranged around irregular plazas.

Question 2

A Dogon village toguna is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  meeting house. 
B)  family shrine. 
C)  cooking pit. 
D)  cylindrical storage shed. 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  meeting house. 
B)  family shrine. 
C)  cooking pit. 
D)  cylindrical storage shed. 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 3

Discuss the features of the architecture that was prevalent during the rule of the Inca Empire.

Accepted Answer

The architecture of the Inca Empire was

Question 4

The earliest sophisticated culture in Mexico was that of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Maya. 
B)  Zapotecs. 
C)  Toltecs. 
D)  Olmecs. 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  Maya. 
B)  Zapotecs. 
C)  Toltecs. 
D)  Olmecs. 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 5

The sloping walls of Pre-Columbian ball courts were:

Accepted Answer

A)  a part of the playing field. 
B)  used for bleacher-like seating. 
C)  a part of the drainage system. 
D)  once covered with polychromatic fresco paintings. 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  a part of the playing field. 
B)  used for bleacher-like seating. 
C)  a part of the drainage system. 
D)  once covered with polychromatic fresco paintings. 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 6

Inca cyclopean stone masonry made use of:

Accepted Answer

A)  small crushed stones as mortar. 
B)  crushed hemp as mortar. 
C)  no mortar. 
D)  a mortar made from river sand imported from the Atlantic coast. 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  small crushed stones as mortar. 
B)  crushed hemp as mortar. 
C)  no mortar. 
D)  a mortar made from river sand imported from the Atlantic coast. 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 7

The king of the Aztecs when Hernán Cortés appeared with his small army was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Huitzilopochtli. 
B)  Pacal. 
C)  Moctezuma. 
D)  Quetzalcóatl. 
E)  None of the answers is correct. 
A)  Huitzilopochtli. 
B)  Pacal. 
C)  Moctezuma. 
D)  Quetzalcóatl. 
E)  None of the answers is correct.

Question 8

Discuss the effects of materials and construction methods on the mosque designs of the Great Mosque in Mali and the Bobo-Dioulasso Mosque in Burkina Faso.

Accepted Answer

The materials and construction methods u

Question 9

Nez Perce pit houses included:

Accepted Answer

A)  timber frames. 
B)  an entrance from above. 
C)  coverings of pine needles, reed or grass mats, and earth. 
D)  earthen walls for insulation. 
E)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  timber frames. 
B)  an entrance from above. 
C)  coverings of pine needles, reed or grass mats, and earth. 
D)  earthen walls for insulation. 
E)  All of the answers are correct.

Which of the following is true about the features of the architecture used by the Incas in Machu Picchu?

A Dogon village toguna is a:

Discuss the features of the architecture that was prevalent during the rule of the Inca Empire.

The earliest sophisticated culture in Mexico was that of the:

The sloping walls of Pre-Columbian ball courts were:

Inca cyclopean stone masonry made use of:

The king of the Aztecs when Hernán Cortés appeared with his small army was:

Discuss the effects of materials and construction methods on the mosque designs of the Great Mosque in Mali and the Bobo-Dioulasso Mosque in Burkina Faso.

Nez Perce pit houses included:

The Beginnings of Architecture

The Greek World

The Architecture of Ancient India and Southeast Asia

The Traditional Architecture of China and Japan

The Roman World

Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture

Islamic Architecture

Early Medieval and Romanesque Architecture

Gothic Architecture

Renaissance Architecture

Baroque Architecture

Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and the Rococo

Eclecticism, Industrialization, and Newness

The Twentieth Century and Modernism

Modernism in the Mid- and Late Twentieth Century and Beyond

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Exam 10: Indigenous Architecture in the Americas and Africa

Which of the following is true about the features of the architecture used by the Incas in Machu Picchu?

A Dogon village toguna is a:

Discuss the features of the architecture that was prevalent during the rule of the Inca Empire.

The earliest sophisticated culture in Mexico was that of the:

The sloping walls of Pre-Columbian ball courts were:

Inca cyclopean stone masonry made use of:

The king of the Aztecs when Hernán Cortés appeared with his small army was:

Discuss the effects of materials and construction methods on the mosque designs of the Great Mosque in Mali and the Bobo-Dioulasso Mosque in Burkina Faso.

Nez Perce pit houses included:

The Beginnings of Architecture

The Greek World

The Architecture of Ancient India and Southeast Asia

The Traditional Architecture of China and Japan

The Roman World

Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture

Islamic Architecture

Early Medieval and Romanesque Architecture

Gothic Architecture

Renaissance Architecture

Baroque Architecture

Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, and the Rococo

Eclecticism, Industrialization, and Newness

The Twentieth Century and Modernism

Modernism in the Mid- and Late Twentieth Century and Beyond

Filters