History Art History Quiz 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hagia Sophia is Greek for _______. | Holy Wisdom |
| The Hagia Sophia was built from | 532 - 537 |
| The Hagia Sophia was built by the emperor _____________. | Justinian |
| The ________ _______ conquered the Byzantines and turned the Hagia Sophia into a _______ in _____. | Ottoman Turks; mosque; 1453 |
| The Hagia Sophia is now a ________. | Museum |
| The Dome of the Hagia Sophia is _____ feet in diameter | 102 |
| There are ____ windows at the base of the dome of the Hagia Sophia | 40 |
| The _______ were the _(#)_ supports that allowed the Byzantines to place the round dome onto the square church. | Pendentives; 4 |
| Gold was a symbol of the ______. | Heavenly Realm |
| The Hagia Sophia was built in the ______ plan. | Central |
| The "center" in the central plan is _______ in shape. | Octagonal |
| The Church of San Vitale is located in _________ ________. | Ravenna Italy |
| The Church of San Vitale was built in the ____. | 6th c. |
| Justinian is presented as the ________ in one of the murals in the Church of San Vitale | caesaropope |
| In the mosaic of Theodora, a(n) _______ is on her head. | halo |
| The Church of San Vitale was built in the ________ plan. | Central |
| The _______ __ ___ _____ is the 2nd holies shrine in Islam. | Dome of the Rock |
| The Dome of the Rock was built in _____. | 691 |
| The Dome of the Rock is a _____, not a ______. | shrine; mosque |
| The Dome of the Rock is built on _______ _________ in _____________. | Mount Moriah; Jerusalem |
| Supposedly Muhammad was taken to the _________ ___ ____ _______ in a vision. | Dome of the Rock |
| The Dome of the Rock is located on the place where ___________ almost ______________ his son Issac. | Abraham; sacrificed |
| The lacy, geometric patterns on the outside of the Dome of the Rock are called "_________". | arabesque |
| The Great Mosque of Cordova is located in _______. | Spain |
| The Great Mosque of Cordova was built by the _______ dynasty leader ____-__-_____ I in the _______(years). | Ommiad; Abd-al-Rahman; 780's |
| The Alhambra is located in _________. | Granada |
| The Alhambra was built from _________. | 1338 - 1390 |
| The Muslims entered into Spain in ____. | 711 |
| The Alhambra fell in _______. | 1492 |
| Kaaba is Arabic for "_____" | cube |
| The Kaaba is the ______ place in Islam | holiest |
| The Kaaba is at the center of a ________. | mosque |
| The Kaaba is thought to be made out of _________ ________. | Granite Block |
| The Kaaba is _____ feet tall. | 43 |
| 2 of the Kaaba's walls are ____ feet wide (lesser number) | 36 |
| 2 of the walls of the Kaaba are ___ feet wide (larger number) | 41 |
| The black stone is located on the ____ corner of the Kaaba. | east |
| The black stone is located ____ feet above the ground on the Kaaba | 5 |
| The Kaaba is covered by the _______, a black silk curtain embroidered with golden ________ text. | Kiswah; Koranic |
| The only entrance to the Kaaba is located _____ feet above the ground. | 7 |
| The Black Stone is ____ inches in diameter | 12 |
| ______ _______ stick into the stone to hold it in place | Silver nails |
| The black stone was stolen in _____. | 951 |
| Pilgrims walk around the Kaaba ___ times and try to _________ at the stone. | 7; point |
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