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Which of the following is NOT true of the Colosseum in Rome?

It is built using groined vaults.It is an example of an amphitheater.The building system is obsolete.It was used for spectator sports and mock naval battles.It is built using barrel and tunnel vaults.

The Pont du Gard is "one of the most successful Roman structures." What type of architectural feature does it use?

the archpost-and-lintel constructionthe pointed archthe flying buttresssuspension construction

What do all the following have in common: pyramids, ziggurats, and kivas?

They are load bearing structures.They were all built in the same era.None of these structures were used for ancient religious worship.None of these structures related to the surrounding topography.They all made use of arches.

The system that delivers service to people--providing water supply, waste removal, energy, transportation, and communication, is called the

infrastructure.multi-structure.modern structure.system structure.mono-structure.

The Anasazi culture built structures called kivas, which were round covered holes in the center of a communal plaza. What were kivas used for?

a sleeping areaa place for ceremonial lifean early type of jaila fire pita place for food storage

Which type of Greek architecture used stylized leaves in the capital of the column?

DoricCorinthianflutingcolonnadeIonic

What is the type of construction used to the extreme in Frank Lloyd Wright's house Fallingwater?

reinforced concrete cantileversframed constructionsuspensiontrusscast-iron

The "look" of our buildings and our communities depends on two different factors and their interrelation. These two factors are

topography and technology.infrastructure and technology.topography and elevation.technology and frame construction.elevation and frame construction.

Gustave Eiffel's Eiffel Tower is an example of which type of construction technique?

skeleton-and-skin constructionlattice beam constructionframe constructionconcrete constructionballoon-frame construction

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