France

Question 1

A walkway lined with trees and/or tall shrubs

Answer 1

Allee

Question 2

A railing in landscape architecture often found along a walk or around a pool or other garden feature

Answer 2

Balustrade

Question 3

A village or town in medieval France built especially for defense, usually laid out to a definite geometrix plan

Answer 3

Bastide

Question 4

A wide street in a town or city, typically one lined with trees

Answer 4

Boulevard

Question 5

Type of parterre garden characterized by the division of paths and beds to form an embroidery-like pattern

Answer 5

Broderie par terre

Question 6

Small room providing seclusion

Answer 6

Cabinet

Question 7

A large French countryhouse or castle often giving its name to wine made in its neighborhood

Answer 7

Chateau

Question 8

In landscape design, European interpretations of Chinese or Japanese form

Answer 8

Chinoiserie

Question 9

Dutch baroque garden feature; an iron-grilled implanted in a wall at the end of an allee of trees

Answer 9

Clairevoie

Question 10

Architectural term for a three-sided courtyard

Answer 10

Cour d’honneur

Question 11

Dead-end road, especially one ending in a circular turnaround

Answer 11

Cul-de-sac

Question 12

Fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branched are trained to grow flat against a wall

Answer 12

Espalier

Question 13

Face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space

Answer 13

Facade

Question 14

An arched support that extends from a column to the wall

Answer 14

Flying buttress

Question 15

A grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building

Answer 15

Gargoyle

Question 16

A small rustic hamlet of farmhouses, outbuildings and a mill similar structurea build as part of a landscaped estate

Answer 16

Hameau

Question 17

Garden

Answer 17

Jardin

Question 18

Ornamental water jet emitted from a fountain or pipe

Answer 18

Jet d’eau

Question 19

Grand century, one of the richest periods

Answer 19

Le Grande Siecle

Question 20

Middle Ages, began with the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the Renaissance

Answer 20

Le Moyen Age

Question 21

Excessive or self-conscious use of a distinctive style in art, literature or music

Answer 21

Mannerism

Question 22

Roof that has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down

Answer 22

Mansard roof

Question 23

A shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament

Answer 23

Niche

Question 24

Goose’s foot, referring to a garden plan with three radiatinf avenues from a central point

Answer 24

Patte d’oie

Question 25

An exterior set of steps and a platform at the main entrance to a large building

Answer 25

Perron

Question 26

Small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience

Answer 26

Podium

Question 27

A tree whose top and branches have been cut off for a reason

Answer 27

Pollard

Question 28

A kitchen garden

Answer 28

Potager

Question 29

Of or arranged like rays or the radii of a circle

Answer 29

Radial

Question 30

Of, relating to, or situated on the banks of a river

Answer 30

Riparian

Question 31

18th century architectural style of decorarion characterized by elaborate ornamentation with pebbles and shells, typical of grottos and fountains

Answer 31

Rocaille

Question 32

A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

Answer 32

Rond point

Question 33

An unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design

Answer 33

Tapis vert

Question 34

Latticework

Answer 34

Treillage

Question 35

False perspective

Answer 35

Trompe l’oeil

Question 36

A thin, plain-weave, semi-transparent fabric of cotton, wool or silk

Answer 36

Voile