Unit #4 Assessment

Question 1

Muslim

Answer 1

one who has submitted to God’s will

Question 2

Islam

Answer 2

surrender or submission to God’s will (broader)

Question 3

Hajj

Answer 3

pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 4

Qibla

Answer 4

the mosque wall oriented toward Mecca; indicated by the mihrab

Question 5

Mihrab

Answer 5

a recess or niche that distiguishes the wall oriented toward Mecca (quibla) in a mosque

Question 6

Minaret

Answer 6

a tower on or near a mosque from which Muslims are called to prayer five times a day

Question 7

Mosque

Answer 7

a building used for communal Islamic worship

Question 8

Buddha

Answer 8

fully enlightened being

Question 9

Dharma

Answer 9

divinely ordained moral law, your role depending on your reality

Question 10

Sangha

Answer 10

general Buddhist community

Question 11

patron

Answer 11

giving money

Question 12

mandala

Answer 12

an image of the cosmos represented by an arrangment of circles (Buddhist)

Question 13

lakshana

Answer 13

the 32 marks of the historical Buddha; his golden body, his long arms, the wheel impressed on his palms and feet, the urna between his eyes, and the ushnisha

Question 14

ushnisha

Answer 14

a round cranial bump or bun of hair symbolizing royalty, or in case of Buddha, enlightenment

Question 15

urna

Answer 15

the dot (or curl of hair) on the forehead that is a characteristic mark of a buddha (divine wisdom)

Question 16

mudra

Answer 16

a symbolic hand gesture in Buddhist art that denotes certain behaviors, actions, or feelings

Question 17

garbhagriha

Answer 17

from sanskrit word meaning “womb chamber”, a small room or shrine in a Hindu temple containing its principal holy image

Question 18

shikhara

Answer 18

in the architecture of northern India, a conical (or pyramidal) spire found atop a Hindu temple

Question 19

mandapa

Answer 19

in a Hindu temple, an open hall dedicated to ritual worship

Question 20

vimana

Answer 20

the triangle stairs part of the top of a Hindu temple

Question 21

Qi

Answer 21

vital energy

Question 22

shanshui

Answer 22

“mountain and water pictures”

Question 23

arcade

Answer 23

a series of arches, carried by columns or piers and supporting a common wall or lintel

Question 24

tympanum

Answer 24

in medieval and later architecture, the area over a door enclosed by an arch and a lintel, often decorated with sculpture or mosaic

Question 25

buttress

Answer 25

a projecting support built against an external wall, usually to counteract the lateral thrust of a vault or arch within

Question 26

facade

Answer 26

the face or front wall of a building

Question 27

Romanesque

Answer 27

in the roman style, art of pilgrimages, crusades, the roman arch, art meant to inspire fear, feudalism

Question 28

Gothic

Answer 28

court tradition, rise of european, capital, captial cites, new technology for church building.