ARCH 249 - Exam 1 Questions and All
Correct Answers.
Paleolithic Period - Answer Old Stone age
Neolithic Period - Answer New Stone Age; c. 9000-3000 BCE
Mudbrick - Answer
Intramural Burial - Answer
Megalithic - Answer Made of large stones
Corbeling - Answer A method for creating walls and roofs by layering stones so that they
project inward over the layer beneath
Post and Lintel - Answer
Mortise-and-Tenon - Answer
Mammoth-Bone Houses - Answer Ukraine, c. 16000-10000 BCE (Paleolithic)
Lascaux Cave - Answer France, c. 15000 BCE (Paleolithic)
Gobekli Tepe - Answer Was built in 11,000 BCE (Neolithic) in South-Eastern Turkey, 6 miles
from Urfa .There was no agricultural presence the people that lived in Gobekli Tepe were
hunter-gatherers. Found there were: Rings of limestone put in that eventually became a giant
hill where Gobekli Tepe was located. Although the actual reason behind Gobekli Tepe is
unknown, scientists believe that it was a burial ground for the hunter gathers in the area.
Jericho - Answer Israel, c. 8000 BCE (Neolithic)
Catal Huyuk - Answer Turkey, c. 6500-5700 BCE (Neolithic)
Newgrange Passage Grave - Answer Ireland, c. 3100 BCE (Neolithic)
Megalithic, interlocking spirals (triskelon = journey)
, Stonehenge - Answer England, c. 2900-1400 BCE (Neolithic).
Contains - megalithic, post & lintel, tenon & mortise
Apadana - Answer an audience hall in a Persian palace
Bastion - Answer (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
Hall of a Hundred Columns - Answer Persepolis
Hypostyle Hall - Answer a large interior room characterized by many closely spaced columns
that support its roof
Lamassu - Answer a colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art
stele (or stela) temple - Answer
True Arch - Answer Developed by the Late Babylonians before the Romans did and were
masters of decorative design for architecture.
Votive offering - Answer small statue that represents your gratitude to the gods; found in
temples
Ziggurat - Answer massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with
religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities, but its function is unknown.
White Temple - Answer Uruk, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), c. 3500-3000 BCE (Sumerian
Period, Bronze Age)
Ziggurat of Ur - Answer Mesopotamia (modern iraq), ca. 2100 BCE (Neo-Sumerian)
Built by Ur Nammu
Citadel of Sargon II - Answer Khorsabad (modern Iraq), 720 BCE (Assyrian Period)
Palace, throne room, public halls
Limited access (processions)
Has true arch
Correct Answers.
Paleolithic Period - Answer Old Stone age
Neolithic Period - Answer New Stone Age; c. 9000-3000 BCE
Mudbrick - Answer
Intramural Burial - Answer
Megalithic - Answer Made of large stones
Corbeling - Answer A method for creating walls and roofs by layering stones so that they
project inward over the layer beneath
Post and Lintel - Answer
Mortise-and-Tenon - Answer
Mammoth-Bone Houses - Answer Ukraine, c. 16000-10000 BCE (Paleolithic)
Lascaux Cave - Answer France, c. 15000 BCE (Paleolithic)
Gobekli Tepe - Answer Was built in 11,000 BCE (Neolithic) in South-Eastern Turkey, 6 miles
from Urfa .There was no agricultural presence the people that lived in Gobekli Tepe were
hunter-gatherers. Found there were: Rings of limestone put in that eventually became a giant
hill where Gobekli Tepe was located. Although the actual reason behind Gobekli Tepe is
unknown, scientists believe that it was a burial ground for the hunter gathers in the area.
Jericho - Answer Israel, c. 8000 BCE (Neolithic)
Catal Huyuk - Answer Turkey, c. 6500-5700 BCE (Neolithic)
Newgrange Passage Grave - Answer Ireland, c. 3100 BCE (Neolithic)
Megalithic, interlocking spirals (triskelon = journey)
, Stonehenge - Answer England, c. 2900-1400 BCE (Neolithic).
Contains - megalithic, post & lintel, tenon & mortise
Apadana - Answer an audience hall in a Persian palace
Bastion - Answer (n.) a fortified place, stronghold
Hall of a Hundred Columns - Answer Persepolis
Hypostyle Hall - Answer a large interior room characterized by many closely spaced columns
that support its roof
Lamassu - Answer a colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art
stele (or stela) temple - Answer
True Arch - Answer Developed by the Late Babylonians before the Romans did and were
masters of decorative design for architecture.
Votive offering - Answer small statue that represents your gratitude to the gods; found in
temples
Ziggurat - Answer massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with
religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities, but its function is unknown.
White Temple - Answer Uruk, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), c. 3500-3000 BCE (Sumerian
Period, Bronze Age)
Ziggurat of Ur - Answer Mesopotamia (modern iraq), ca. 2100 BCE (Neo-Sumerian)
Built by Ur Nammu
Citadel of Sargon II - Answer Khorsabad (modern Iraq), 720 BCE (Assyrian Period)
Palace, throne room, public halls
Limited access (processions)
Has true arch
