Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

An un-glazed hard pottery

Answer 1

Terra-Cotta

Question 2

Public square or market place for business

Answer 2

Forum

Question 3

One-piece clothing worn by men around the city

Answer 3

Toga

Question 4

A simple continuous vault, typically semicircular in cross section

Answer 4

Barrel Vault

Question 5

Vault formed by intersecting vaults

Answer 5

Groin Vault

Question 6

Platform extending over water on a shore

Answer 6

Pier

Question 7

“Headstone”, the central wedge-shaped stone of an arch locking its parts together

Answer 7

Keystone

Question 8

Round or oval structure having tiers of seats rising gradually in an arena

Answer 8

Amphitheater

Question 9

An enclosed area for events and sports

Answer 9

Arena

Question 10

Relating to an actual thing or instance

Answer 10

Concrete

Question 11

A covered platform usually at the entrance to a building

Answer 11

Porch

Question 12

Circular building; one with a dome

Answer 12

Rotunda

Question 13

An eye-like ornament or opening

Answer 13

Oculus

Question 14

A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or urn

Answer 14

Niches

Question 15

Strongbox/Treasury

Answer 15

Coffers

Question 16

A subterranean chamber of an ancient building

Answer 16

Hypogeum

Question 17

Public building in Ancient Rome used as a courtroom or assembly hall. It had a central nave with an apse & two side isles formed by columns

Answer 17

Basilica

Question 18

Central part of a church

Answer 18

Nave

Question 19

Part of a church divided by a row of pillars or columns

Answer 19

Aisles

Question 20

Termination of the sanctuary end of a church

Answer 20

Apse

Question 21

Upper part of the nave containing windows

Answer 21

Clerestory