APAH Units 7 and 8 Test Review 2023

An iwan is

• the stucco decoration called muqarnas

• Intricate calligraphic tilework

• Always located on the same wall as the qibla

• A vaulted rectangular recess opening into a courtyard

The Kaaba in Mecca is believed by Muslims to have been originally constructed byMuhammed

• Ibrahim and his son Ismail

• Gabriel

• Muhammed

• Allah

The Kaaba, the Bamiyan Buddhas and the Jowo Rinpoche are similar in that

• They are pilgrimage sites.

• They are made of stone.

• They are the oldest sites in their respective religion.

• They were destroyed.

In the text to the right, the red dots indicate

• Allah’s name

• vowels

• breath marks

• consonants

The carpet shown to the right,  completed by Maqsud of Kashan features all EXCEPT

• Animal figures

• A Central sunburst medallion

• Two pendant lamps

• Rectangular shaped cartouches

The structure’s exterior is constructed primarily of

• painted limestone

• glazed brick

• ivory

• marble

Both of the above spaces functioned as

• stupas.

• Buddhist pilgrimage sites.

• Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu.

• reliquaries.

The building on the left demonstrates that the temples of this culture should

• be based on the shape of a rectangle.

• incorporate the square as the basis for its form.

• contain an interior space large enough for congregations to worship.

• contain visible votive sculptures of the temple’s main deities.

The Lakshmana Temple, shown above,  has a narrow interior because

• The narrow passageway symbolizes the path to salvation.

• vaulting techniques were not known.

• The interior darkness symbolizes the evil of the world.

• it symbolizes the embryo of the world, as if it were its very womb.

The artwork shown to the left is

• a fresco

• a relief sculpture

• a drawing

• a mosaic