Greece

Question 1

The highest portion of a greek city upon which a temple to a principal local deity was located

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Acropolis

Question 2

A small garden centered on a statue of Adonis

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Adonis Garden

Question 3

Athens’ civic center, lays at the foot of the Acropolis

Market place

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Agora

Question 4

The worldview that non-human entities possess a spiritual essence

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Animism

Question 5

The attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God

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Anthropomorphic

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In classical Roman houses, an open central court

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Atrium

Question 7

Large, oblong hall or church with a central nave, side aisles and curved enclosures at the end

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Basilica

Question 8

Area for the governing body, others: Metroon, Tholos

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Bouleterion

Question 9

In order, forms the upper part of a column, separates the shaft from the entablature

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Capital

Question 10

The upper horizontal part of an order between a capital and the roof. Consists of three parts:
Architrave
Frieze
Cornice

Answer 10

Entablature

Question 11

Makes up the lowest part of an entablature. It rests on the capital of a column

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Architrave

Question 12

Forms the middle part, often decorated with a horizontal band of relief structure

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Frieze

Question 13

Forms the upper part of an entablature

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Cornice

Question 14

A row of columns, each set an equal distance apart

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Colonnade

Question 15

Classical portico or roofed colonnade

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Stoa

Question 16

A vertical support, in an order, it consists of a shaft and a capital and often rests on a base

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Column

Question 17

Triangular segment between the horizontal entablature and the sloping roof at the front of a classical style building

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Pediment

Question 18

In classical architecture, consisted of a column and entablature. Served as the basic elements of Greek and Roman architecture

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Order

Question 19

The first and simplest of the three Greek orders, only order that has no base

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Doric

Question 20

Has a capital decorated with curved spiral scrolls called volutes

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Ionic

Question 21

Resembline Ionic order but has an elaborate capital that is decorated with carvings of leaves of the acanthus plant

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Corinthian

Question 22

A continuous aisle in a circular building. In a church, it serves as a semi-circular aisle that encloses the apse

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Ambulatory

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Semi-circular area. In most churches, it is at one end of the building and contains the main altar

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Apse

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Chief area within a church, extending from the main entrance to the transept

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Nave

Question 25

Forms the arms in a T or cross-shaped church

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Transept

Question 26

A sculpted lyrical woman’s figure used as a part of an upright architectural member

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Caryatid

Question 27

Of or relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art or culture

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Classical

Question 28

Denoting a type of ancient masonry made with massive irregular blocks

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Cyclopean

Question 29

A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft

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Entasis

Question 30

Ancient Greek temple constructed in order to house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena

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Erechtheum

Question 31

In an urban Greek or Roman courtyard, an outside sitting room connected to the court, often shaded for summer use

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Exedra

Question 32

Ornamental grooves, as a Greek column

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Fluting

Question 33

Large room used and equipped for the performance of various sports

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Gymnasium

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Pertaining to Greek language or history

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Hellenic

Question 35

In urban planning, a method of layout that uses two large cross-axial roads to divide a city into four parts that are further subdivided into blocks

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Hippodamian

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Grotto in classical Greece, sacred to nymphs. In Rome, a water garden with a nearby pavillion

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Nymphaeum

Question 37

Named after the procession which took place during the festival of the Panathencia

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Panathenaic way

Question 38

Former temple on the Athenia Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron

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Parthenon

Question 39

In dryland geography, an easy, boulder strewn plain, often at the base of a mountain

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Pediment

Question 40

A line of columns rimming a courtyard, building or patio

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Peristyle

Question 41

City state as urban focus of an agricultural community

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Polis

Question 42

The worship or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals

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Polytheism

Question 43

A walkway or arcade with a column-supported roof or overhang, often located in or next to a garden

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Portico

Question 44

A continuous area or expanse that is free, available or unoccupied

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Space

Question 45

A word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept

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Term

Question 46

A long portico, used in ancient Greece for athletics

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Xystos