HOA 3 - Reviewer - Gglejarde 2015
HOA 3 - Reviewer - Gglejarde 2015
A body of rules which governed the planning of any town or building, controlling siting,
orientation, plan, and even color and position of the doors.
2. A bracket system used to support roof beams, project the eaves outward, and support the
interior ceiling.
3. A Buddhist temple in the form of a square or polygonal tower with roofs projecting from each of
its many storeys and serve as a memorial or to hold relics.
4. A characteristic of Chinese architecture wherein courtyards became the basic units on which
groups of buildings were formed.
5. A characteristic of Chinese architecture which describes the use of an element according to the
nature of the building and also to prevent weathering and insect infestations.
6. A daibatsu is a cast bronze image more than 16 meters high and flanked by pagodas.
7. A distinct form of Buddhism developed by Tibetans where monks held great power and owned the
land.
8. A form of rain water spouts which is characteristic of Buddhist iconography.
9. A gable placed vertically above the end walls in Japanese structures.
10. A Japanese palace which is remarkable for its simplicity and elegance, and for merging the
outdoor and indoor spaces, delicacy of landscaping with ingenious arrangement of rocks, pebbles,
sand, plants, and water.
11. A Japanese treasure house which can be found in Buddhist temples and government houses.
12. A palace built for the fifth Dalai Lama which has skyscraper‐like sloping walls, gilded roofs and bell
crowning the chortens, rich decorated sanctuaries, reception and state rooms.
13. A period in Japanese history which produced wet rice cultivation and when bronze technology
was introduced from Korea.
14. A period in Thai history that used brick and stone construction and which produced granite‐based
pillars.
15. A period in the architecture of Thailand that introduced the use of stone in place of traditional bricks.
16. A square shrine crowned by many storey pyramidal roof.
17. A temple structure that serves to enshrine a holy object, or as a library and storeroom for objects
used in religious ceremonies.
18. A Temple type in Nepal which is of Indian influence.
19. A Thai small pavilion used for resting, wide eaves and usually rectangular in plan.
20. A Tibetan term referring to stupas.
21. An alcove in Japanese dwellings used for the display of flower arrangement or objects of art.
22. Buddhism was introduced to Chinese art and culture by contact with this country.
23. Characteristic of Chinese architecture with regards to beautifying the structural components
instead of applying additional ornament.
24. Common people during this Chinese dynasty lived in small wooden and mud houses where the
foundation of houses, palaces and tombs was beaten earth and the period when the Great Wall
was started as earthworks put up for protection by different states.
25. Complex building schemes during the Japanese early Heian period.
26. Considered to be the reincarnation of all Tibetans.
27. Curved brackets which adorn the underside of the overhanging eaves in Japanese structures.
28. Dimensions in Chinese architecture were based on standard modules and buildings had three
basic elements ‐ a raised platform, a frame wall and a roof. This describes which characteristic of
Chinese architecture?
29. During the mid 6th to 8th centuries, the monasteries were furnished with bronze Buddha images
made by immigrant Korean artisans.
30. Fortified castles in Japan were based on this European castle feature and were erected on high
bases formed of enormous stone blocks.
31. Gate pyramids in Indonesia.
32. Houses in this Chinese village during the prehistoric period had thatch roofs which are sunk 2 to 3
feet into the ground, with circular plan and a hearth at the center.
33. Hunting‐fishing‐gathering culture which produced pit dwellings, distinctive ceramic wares and
clay figurines in a great number of communities throughout Japan.
34. Intricately and elaborately decorated Japanese garden pavilion.
35. It means “Place of the Gods.”
36. Japanese structures which have plans that are not prescribed but depend upon the characteristics
of the site which were distinguished by a simple surrounding fence and an entrance gate. These
structures have columns embedded in earth instead of being set on stone bases and it became
customary to rebuild the structures after 20 years to purify the site and renew the materials.
37. Lower roof in Japanese structures which are sometimes projected below the eaves of the main
roof.
38. Monumental Chinese gateways which have a trabeated form of stone or wood construction with
one, three or five openings and often bold projecting roofs.
39. Muromachi Period was named after the grand castle of the ruler Hideyoshi.
40. Oldest monuments in Nepalese architecture.
41. Originally an Asokan tumulus which is located on a long narrow plinth and has a conical spire which
features thirteen diminishing tiers that symbolizes the thirteen Buddhist heavens.
42. Period of great building in China.
43. Period of great transportation network including construction of China’s oldest stone bridge.
44. Pillars‐and‐transverse‐tie beams wooden framework in Chinese structures wherein thin beams
that are either mortised directly into or tenoned through the slender pillars.
45. Shoin‐zukuri is a ceremonial style of Japanese residential architecture which derived its name
from the characteristic shoin or study bay and marked by the hierarchical arrangement of public
and private rooms.
46. Small solitary temples which are rectangular in plan and constructed in bricks which reflects
dominant horizontal lines.
47. Spread of the tea ceremony led to the development of the sukiya‐zukuri style.
48. Statues which guard Chinese temple doors.
49. Supports for buildings in China which made the solid walls superficial.
50. Temples in China which were carved out of the cliff face and derived from Indian temples.
51. The cast bronze 16 meters image in the great Golden Buddha Hall in the Todaiji temple.
52. The central religious temple of Angkor Thom which is 15 feet high and composed of 54 towers that
face a compass direction and have four carvings of the faces of Buddha.
53. The Chinese building module which represents the distance between two columns.
54. The columns‐and‐beams wooden framework used in Chinese structures.
55. The complex building schemes shinden‐zukuri were devised for the court nobles.
56. The dominant feature in Chinese temples.
57. The entrance porch in Indonesian temples.
58. The first important kingdom in Indonesia.
59. The HALL OF SUPREME HARMONY is the main hall of the three great halls. What is the Chinese
name of this hall?
60. The Japanese period modeled after the Chinese Tang dynasty.
61. The Japanese standard unit of measurement which regulates intercolumniation.
62. The Late Heian Period is also called the Kamakura period.
63. The main worship hall in Japanese temples.
64. The master builder’s manual by Li Chieh which created a module for spacing pillars and beams
based on bracket size.
65. The method of construction of tamping or pounding clay soil or other materials to create solid
walls for Chinese buildings.
66. The period in Cambodian history which is characterized by grandeur of conception, brilliant
landscaping, unsurpassed town planning in a formal sense, and sculptural decoration on a grand
scale but with unsophisticated building skills.
67. The principal architectural form is a tall, tapering stupa set amid monastic structure.
68. The towers of this temple complex in the city of Suryavarman II are bee‐hive shaped which are
nearly 300 feet high built of dry laid stones.
69. The traditional Indonesian dwelling which is generally raised on stilts and shelters an entire clan.
70. The Tumulus Period was modeled after the capital of the Chinese Tang dynasty.
71. The type of material used for decoration of Nepalese ornamentation.
72. This Tibetan building type generally consists of cosmic deities arranged in one or more circles
surrounded by a square and oriented towards the points of the compass. This is also frequently
drawn in powder on the ground and used for initiation rites.
73. Two early cultures in the history of Japan are the Jomon and Yayoi cultures.
74. Wet rice cultivation and bronze technology were introduced from Korea during the Yayoi culture.
75. wooden columns on plinths with shallow foundation, mortise and tenon joints enabled the
buildings to move under earthquake conditions describes this
characteristic of Chinese architecture.
76. A chair or lectern in a mosque which stands next to the dikka.
77. A cube which is located in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca which symbolizes the most
sacred site of the Islamic world.
78. A fortified palace with a complex of buildings set in gardens, it is the grand palace of the Nasrid
dynasty which flourished for just over a century as a brilliant finale and the building survives as
one of the most elaborate and richly decorated of extant Islamic palaces.
79. A mosque component which is a symbol of authority and used for acoustic elevation.
80. A mosque component which is flat or concave indicating the qibla wall and used as a directional
symbol.
81. A platform usually in line with the mihrab to hold muezzins chanting in unison the responses to
imam’s prayers.
82. A tall tower, near to, or built into, a mosque, where the muezzin (muadhin) goes up to stand in a
high place for everyone to be able to hear when the adhan is being called.
83. An enclosure near the mihrab in early mosques which was intended to protect the Islamic ruler
against assassination.
84. An Islamic building which is essentially democratic where all have equal rights and may serve
many functions other than prayer.
85. An open‐fronted barrel vault.
86. Considered to be the most sacred site in Islam which was converted into a mosque by the
prophet in 630. The building consists of a vast irregular colonnade surrounding an open
courtyard.
87. The earliest surviving monumental mosque of the Islamic world. The Christian church of St. John
at Damascus occupied a Roman temple set within a rectangular walled sacred enclosure. The
arcades of the prayer hall run parallel to the qibla wall and a tall central aisle cuts through them.
88. The entrance to the Kaaba is on the ____________ side.
89. The most frequently recurring characteristic of Islamic architecture include arcading in timber and
masonry, use of the pointed arch, columns of Graeco‐Roman proportion, squinches, stalactite
corbelling and pendentives, and the __________.
90.
The second holy mosque which is located in Medina next to the house of Muhammad.
91.
The type of mosque for community prayer.
92.
The type of mosque used for individual prayer which has a mihrab and prayer rug.
93.
The type of mosque which larger than a majid and is used for congregational prayer.
94.
This enormous construction of a four‐iwan mosque of the Mamluk period, including madrasas for
each school in the corners, exceeds all previous buildings with its monumental dimensions.
95. This stone structure in Spain was begun in 785 by Apd ar‐Rahman I, with marble columns and
some bricks, forms a rectangular enclosure within high walls. There is an open courtyard to the
south. The most remarkable aspect of the mosque is the structure of arcades which runs
perpendicular to the qibla wall and extends to the east wall.