KHMER

Question 1

are a member of a class of celestial beings in Hindu and Buddhist culture.

Answer 1

Apsaras

Question 2

They were originally a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters, but, later play the role of a “nymph” or “fairy”

Answer 2

APSARAS

Question 3

are standing figures in Khmer architecture and elements of Khmer art.

Answer 3

DEVATAS

Question 4

are human or demonic temple guardian, generally armed with lances and clubs. Their function is to protect the temples.

Answer 4

DVARAPALA

Question 5

a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of an elephant.

Answer 5

GAJASIMHA

Question 6

a divine being that is part
man and part bird.

Answer 6

GARUDA

Question 7

At Angkor, it is portrayed as a guardian of temples and as a mount for some wariors.

Answer 7

GAJASIMHA

Question 8

He is the lord of birds, the mythological enemy of Nagas, and the battle steed of Vishnu.

Answer 8

GARUDA

Question 9

He had no religious statues and served only as a decorative motif.

Answer 9

INDRA

Question 10

a ferocious monster symbolic of time in it all devouring aspect and associated with the destructive side of the god Shiva.

Answer 10

KALA

Question 11

a mythological hero and avatr of the god Vishnu.

Answer 11

KRISHNA

Question 12

They are frequently depicted as having multiple heads, always uneven in number, arrange in a fan. Each head has a flared hood, in the manner of a cobra.

Answer 12

NAGA

Question 13

Mythical serpents,

Answer 13

NAGA

Question 14

an Angkorian temple home to the temple’s primary deity.

Answer 14

CENTRAL SANCTUARY

Question 15

tall finger-like spire, usually richly carved, common to much of Khmer religious architecture

Answer 15

PRANG

Question 16

The Khmer temples typically enclosed by a concentric series of walls, with the sanctuary in the middle.

Answer 16

ENCLOSURE

Question 17

a passageway running along the wall of an enclosure or along the axis of a temple, often open to both sides.

Answer 17

GALLERY

Question 18

an entrance building

Answer 18

GOPURA

Question 19

It is a rectangular building elongated along the temple’s east axis and divided into four courtyards by galleries.

Answer 19

HALL OF DANCERS

Question 20

a structure of a type found in certain late 12th century temples constructed under King Jayavarman VII

Answer 20

HALL OF DANCERS

Question 21

the name given to a type of building found only in temples constructed during the reign of late 12th century monarch Jayavarman VII.

Answer 21

HOUSE OF FIRE OR DHARMASALA

Question 22

are a common feature of Khmer Temple architecture.

Answer 22

LIBRARY

Question 23

Angkorian engineers tende to use the _______________ in order to construct rooms, passageways and openings in buildings.

Answer 23

CORBEL ARCH / CORBELLING

Question 24

Masterpiece of the Angkorian Architecture and was dedicated to the God Vishnu.

Answer 24

ANGKOR WAT

Question 25

Who built the Angkor Wat?

Answer 25

King Suryavarman II

Question 26

Considered as the “world’s largest Religious Building”

Answer 26

Angkor Wat

Question 27

What is the Angkor Wat made of?

Answer 27

SANDSTONE

Question 28

Was the official state of the Mahayan Buddhist King Jayavarman VIII

Answer 28

THE BAYON TEMPLE

Question 29

Was dedicated to Buddha

Answer 29

THE BAYON TEMPLE

Question 30

Most distinct feature of the Bayon Temple is the multitude of serene smiling stone faces on many of the towers. Whose face was it?

Answer 30

Face of Avalotikeshara

Question 31

What is the capital of cambodia?

Answer 31

Phnom Penh

Question 32

He is the universal monarch (Chakravartin) From 9th century to Early 15th Century

Answer 32

JAYAVARMAN II

Question 33

predominant ethnic group in Cambodia

Answer 33

KHMER PEOPLE

Question 34

Golden Age

Answer 34

ANGKOR PERIOD

Question 35

Material used mainly for religious temples

Answer 35

STONE

Question 36

Material used for non-religious structures

Answer 36

WOOD

Question 37

Examples of the earliest Angkorian temples that were made mainly of
brick.

Answer 37

Preah Ko, Lolei and Bakong at Hariharalaya