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Basic Vocab
About the Temples
Housing
Wonders of the World
100
An open area where marble and other rock is cut out from the Earth....
What is QUARRY?
100
Each temple in Greece was built in honor of one of these
What is Gods and/or Goddesses?
100
The most common shape of the houses in Greece, and the direction they faced
What is Rectangular, and facing with the narrowest side to the streets.
100
List three of the wonders of the world, explain where they are if they exist for an extra 50 points(you won't be counted down for trying to guess)
What is The Gardens of Babylon Great Pyramid of Giza Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis at Ephesus Mausoleum of Halicarnassus The Colossus of Rhodes The Light House of Alexandria All but one of these wonders are nonexistent. The one that is existent is the Pyramid of Giza
200
a round pillar used to support weight in a building
What is a COLUMN?
200
Most famous Greek Temple, that was dedicated to Athena. This was also the highlight of the Acropolis, which was destroyed before being built, but later was rebuilt.
What is the Parthenon?
200
What wealthier citizens had with their houses
What is two courtyards, and each courtyard had a different use. One for Men, one for Women.
200
was designed by Libon in 450 B.C.E.It was 20 feet wide at the base and 40 feet tall.
What is the statue of Zeus?
300
A carved band around a building...
What is a FRIEZE?
300
The main uses of the temples were....
1) To congregational worship 2)To be a house of the God that protected the community.
300
The name of the 'court of men' and the name of the 'court of women'
What is the adronitis and the gynaeconitis
300
Built by Croesus, a king of Lydia, around 550 B.C.E.. This temple honored the goddess Artemis.
What is The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus?
400
a temporary platform supported supported by a framework or suspended by a rope that allows work at a great height...
What is a SCAFFOLDING?
400
The thing that Greeks sometimes put instead of columns on the temples
What is God/ Goddess statues
400
The bedroom that belonged to the master and head mistress.
What is THALAMUS?
400
Built in 226 B.C.E this statue had a base of marble and was in the shape of Helios.
What is The Colossus of Rhodes?
500
Three column types, listed in alphabetical order, the alphabetical descriptions are: 1) These were used infrequently, the "capital" or top was elaborately decorated. 2)Very plain and used frequently, the "capital" was a simple square. 3) These columns are considered more elegant, had thinner shafts, and the "capital" was shaped like a scroll.
What is 1) Corinthian Columns? 2) Doric Columns? 3) Ionic Columns?
500
The evolution of temples was ( either say material evolution or structural evolution, go for both and get double points!)
First: Limestone Then: Wooden Lastly: Granite Or: First: Built in a rectangular shape. Second: Built with a portico (a porch) Lastly: Built with large columns for extended roof area
500
The room directly behind the adronitis and was the dining area
What is ANDRON?
500
This wonder was built to protect a rugged shoreline near Alexandria, Egypt.
What is The Lighthouse of Alexandria?