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What is the English translation of the Greek arkhitekton?
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Who is the most notable architect from Ancient Egypt?
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Hatshesput
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Hestia
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Imhotep
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Djoser
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Which continent is not a part of the Silk Road?
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North America
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Africa
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Asia
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Europe
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Who is the author of the 1921 book Toward a New Architecture?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Louis Kahn
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Robert Moses
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Le Corbusier
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Who is the architect of the African-American History and Culture Smithsonian Museum?
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Frank Gehry
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David Adjaye
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Zaha Hadid
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I.M. Pei
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What is the definition of mastaba?
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Adobe hut.
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Mass grave.
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Stepped pyramid.
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Burial mound.
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Whose name is inscribed on the Pantheon?
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Julius Caeser
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Marcus Agrippa
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Octavius Augustus
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Alexander the Great
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Where is the Hagia Sophia located?
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Istanbul
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Mecca
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Jerusalem
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Urfa
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Who designed the New Gourna Housing Project in Upper Egypt?
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Rasem Badran
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Hassan Fathy
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Le Corbusier
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Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
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Who did not contribute to the Critical Regionalism movement?
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Kenneth Frampton
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Alexander Tsonis
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Bernard Rudofsky
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Liane Lefaivre
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Which of the following vernacular based projects is not located in India?
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Which author studied feet and shoes as part of his larger observations on the vernacular?
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Aldo Rossi
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
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Ebenezer Howard
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Bernard Rudofsky
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What term is used to describe economically viable and densely inhabited tenement buildings in ancient Rome that were inhabited by the working class?
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villas
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tabernae
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domus
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insulae
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Which is the following is not a mechanism of global interconnectedness?
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Common histories
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Comparable technologies
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Similar modalities
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Shared sodalities
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Which of the following became modalities following the growth of sea trade?
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Migrant cities.
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Inner cities.
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Port cities.
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None of the above.
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What stage of visualizing great architecture includes the actual discovery of a new land?
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The stepped pyramids of Djoser fall into which category of historic architectural evolution?
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Which term refers to a non-kin affiliation group organized for a specific purpose?
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Modality
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Sodality
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Sphere of influence ahg
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None of the above
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Who is the author of the book De Architectura?
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Caesar Augustus
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Claudius Ptolemy
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Marcus Vitruvius
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Le Corbusier
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Which individual building was constructed for a world exhibition?
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the Crystal Palace
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the Diamond Palace
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the Plaid Palace
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the Emerald Palace
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Which book was written by Andrea Palladio?
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Architecture of the City
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De Architectura
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Quattro Libri
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Collage City
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Who proposed the demolition of several blocks of Paris to implement a series of residential skyscrapers?
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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Le Corbusier
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Louis Kahn
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Alvar Aalto
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What was Stalinallee?
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A major boulevard running through East Berlin.
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A symbol of East Germany's power.
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A carefully planned street with a monumental feeling.
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All of the above.
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Which dichotomy was most carefully controlled in the Indian Institute of Management?
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What is the definition of bricolage?
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A burial mound.
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Something constructed or created from a diverse range of available things.
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The study and interpretation of types and symbols.
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A long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.
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Which master plan incorporated a number of groundscrapers?
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Chandigarharhar.
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Plan Voisin.
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Berlin Free University.
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Savannah, Georgia
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Which garden composition did not use living trees in its design?
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What garden composition was designed that needed irrigation from Euphrates?
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
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Ziggurat at Ur
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Stepped Pyramid of Saqqara
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Hanging gardens of Babylon
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In which landscape design was there little distinction between the indoors and outdoors?
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Which of the landscapes/garden compositions had no visible geometry?
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Who is responsible for the landscape of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville?
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John Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
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Beanjameen Frankburn
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James Madison
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Who designed the New Gourna Housing Project in Upper Egypt?
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Rasem Badran
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Hassan Fathy
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le Corbusier
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Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
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Who designed the 'Salt' City of Chaux?
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Filarete
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Etienne-Louis Boulee
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King Louis XVI
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux
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What text did Saint Augustine author?
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Who destroyed Persepolis to leave an impression behind?
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Alexander the Great
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Mausolus
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Genghis Khan
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Campanella
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What is a cenotaph?
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A structure that cannot be constructed.
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A remembrance site in honor of a person whose remains are elsewhere.
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A symbol of a famous person.
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A primordial object.
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What is the artistic movement that is based on architectural fantasy, mixing elements of the existing and imaginary?
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Chiaroscuro
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Contrapposto
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Capriccio
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Craqueleure
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What group believed that a buildings aesthetic value is defined by its functionality and the practicality of materials used?
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Constructivists
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Deconstructivists
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Modernists
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Post Modernists
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The legendary Tower of Babel was a structure built in what part of the world?
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the land east of the Indus River
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the land of Punt (Somalia)
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the land of Muscovy
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the land of Shinar (Babylonia)
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Le Corbusier was involved in the design of...
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Which of the following is a mechanism of global interconnectedness?
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common philosophies
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comparable technologies
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similar modalities
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all of the above
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Which of the following was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
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SC Johnson Administration Building, Racine
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Museum of Biodiversity, Panama City
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Crystal Palace, London
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Villa Savoye, Poissy
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What structure was originally constructed as a mastaba?
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Which continent was not part of the Silk Road?
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North America
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Africa
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Asia
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Europe
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Who was the architect and designer of Zoser's Pyramid?
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Which of the following is one of the fundamental principles of architecture suggested by Vitruvius?
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firmness
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commodity
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delight
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all of the above
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What did Le Corbusier's Plan Voisin for Paris suggest?
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the demolition of the Eiffel Tower
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the demolition of central Paris to construct new modernist neighborhoods
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the demolition of Gare du Nord, in order to construct a four high-rise towers
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the demolition of the old center of Lyon to create a garden
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What is one the features of Safavid Gardens at Isfahan?
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they serve to exemplify English Romantic gardens.
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there were little distinction between the indoors and outdoors
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they were designed for the use of common people
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the original design derived from Egyptian gardens
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What concept influenced Thomas Jefferson’s design for the University of Virginia at Charlottesville?
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The city of Chandigarh is...
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first planned city in India post-independence
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an unbuilt city designed by Le Corbusier
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an example of traditional city
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all of the above
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Which of the following is a function of temple gardens?
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to produce flowers for the perfumes used for anointing the statues
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to represent the power of king
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to produce the floral, vegetable, and fruit offerings needed for the rituals of the gods
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all of the above
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Which of the following is not associated with the works of Frederick Law Olmsted?
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his works embody his commitment to egalitarian ideals
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his early works were influenced by the gardens of the Palazzo Piccolomini
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he designed New York City's Central Park
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he designed a park in Milwaukee
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Which building designed by Frank Gehry to mimic geological movements became an icon for Panama City?
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Chau Chal Wing Building
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Museum of Biodiversity
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Guggenheim Building
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Falling water
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Who is the goddess of hearth, home architecture, domesticity, and state?
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Hatshepsut
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Nefertiti
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Imhotep
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Hestia
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What is the definition of mastaba?
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adobe hut
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mass grave
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stepped pyramid
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burial mound
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Which of the following is a modality?
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a medieval guild
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the Silk Road
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a village
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the Roman military
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Which ancient Mediterranean region is known as the "cradle of civilization"?
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Eygpt
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Greece
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Mesopotamia
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Constantinople
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Which of the following is not an associational quality of architecture?
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figure and ground
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arrangement
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form
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aesthetics
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Which architect designed Saynatsalo Town Hall (1951)?
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Alvar Aalto
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Le Corbusier
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Oscar Neymeyer
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Louis Kahn
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What was the name of Aldo Rossi's typological study on the fabric of the city?
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Essay on Architecture
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Architecture of the City
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Cities of Tomorrow
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De Architectura
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Which park did Bernard Tschumi design with a grid of red "follies"?
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Four Freedoms Park
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Washington Park
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Parc de la Vilette
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the High Line
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In which city is Louis Kahn's Indian Institute of Management located?
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Chandigarh
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Ahmedabad
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Isfahan
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Deir el-Bahari