While earth's history is approximately 4,700 million years old, ancestral human migration is only approximately 500,000 years old.
True
False correct answers True
A unique characteristic of the Mesopotamian culture was the use of horizontal wells called:
Levees
Shadoofs
Qanats
Weirs correc...
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While earth's history is approximately 4,700 million years old, ancestral human migration is only
approximately 500,000 years old.
True
False correct answers True
A unique characteristic of the Mesopotamian culture was the use of horizontal wells called:
Levees
Shadoofs
Qanats
Weirs correct answers Qanats
Which of the following is considered to be the first literate civilization, including clay and
codification of laws?
Persians
Assyrians
Neolithic Settlement
Sumerians
None of the above correct answers Sumerians
Paleolithic Man (500,000 BC - 9,200 BC) lived in permanent shelters.
True
False correct answers False
Which is the oldest (2650 BC) pyramid complex in Egypt ?
Giza
Saqqara
Luxor
Karnak correct answers Saqqara
What types of temples existed in the New Kingdom (1567-1085 BC) of Egypt?
Cult
Funeary
Mortuary
All of the above correct answers Cult
As one passes through an Egyptian temple what is the sequence of spaces (starting at the
entrance)?
Sanctuary then pylons then colonnades (peristyle court) then hypostyle hall).
Pylons then colonnades (peristyle court) then sanctuary then hypostyle hall.
Colonnades (peristyle court) then pylons then hypostyle hall then sanctuary.
Pylons then colonnades (peristyle court) then hypostyle hall then sanctuary. correct answers
Pylons then colonnades (peristyle court) then hypostyle hall then sanctuary
,Which of the following irrigation techniques used in Egypt was NOT used by the Old Kingdom
(2686-2181 BC) and was a technology developed in a later (18th) dynasty?
Use of dykes
Use of sluice gates
Use of efficient lifting devices
Use of short canals correct answers Use of short canals
An agora is a private place for contemplation and walking.
True
False correct answers False
The Mediterranean Basin is a result of a break in the land mass between Gibraltar and North
Africa allowing the Atlantic to fill in.
True
False correct answers True
Which was an important public open space in Greek urban centers?
Theaters
Agoras
Temples
All of the above correct answers All of the above
Genius Loci refers to:
Spirit of the site and was attributed to Greek sensitivity to the landscape
The central square of Egyptian temples
The intersection of decumanus and cardo in Roman city planning
The spiritual focus of a Monastery's cloister garden
None of the above correct answers spirit of the site and was attributed to Greek sensitivity to the
landscape
Roman roads typically followed construction of the colony.
True
False correct answers True
Which group was able to unite the Italian peninsula:
Etruscans
Greeks
Romans
Gallic invaders correct answers Etruscans
Concrete was developed by:
Etruscans
Greeks
Egyptians
Romans
Celts correct answers Romans
, The Roman landscapes uniformity led to technical mastery of the landscape.
True
False correct answers True
The land held and worked daily for the lord was called:
Manor
Demesne
Tenancy
Mas
Parcel correct answers Demesne
The basis of Western Monasticism was established by the Rule of St Benedictine (529 AD).
True
False correct answers True
Monasteries of Medieval Europe were:
Isolated
Balanced prayer and labor
Self-sufficient
A and B only
All of the above correct answers All of the above
Contained within the Monastery were:
Church
Cloister garden
Lodging
Farm structures
All of the above correct answers All of the above
Which of the following contributed to a Medieval settlements ability to develop and grow?
Elevated site
Position along a waterway and trade route
Isolation
A and B
All of the above correct answers A and B
The Benedictine order was known as the "great farmers of the Middle Ages."
True
False correct answers False
The built (man-made) environment of Medieval towns included:
Religious squares
Commercial squares
Administrative squares
A and B
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