Architecture Vocabulary Quiz

Match the word 'metropolis' with its correct definition.

• to appear in lots of different places

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

• stone, bricks or concrete

• limitations

• A very big city

Match the phrase 'catch sight of' with its correct definition.

• limitations

• stone, bricks or concrete

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

• weight, force

• A very big city

Match the word 'skyline' with its correct definition.

• n., a shape or pattern made against the sky especially by buildings

• A very big city

• limitations

• stone, bricks or concrete

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

Match the word 'stories' with its correct definition.

• levels

• A very big city

• limitations

• stone, bricks or concrete

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

Match the word 'constraints' with its correct definition.

• stone, bricks or concrete

• A very big city

• to appear in lots of different places

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

• limitations

Match the phrase 'buttresses and flying buttresses' with its correct definition.

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

• A very big city

• limitations

• to appear in lots of different places

• stone, bricks or concrete

Match the word 'masonry' with its correct definition.

• A very big city

• stone, bricks or concrete

• limitations

• to appear in lots of different places

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

Match the word 'cladding' with its correct definition.

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

• stone, bricks or concrete

• limitations

• A very big city

• non-stress-bearing walls

Match the word 'partitions' with its correct definition.

• limitations

• stone, bricks or concrete

• A very big city

• central

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture

Match the word 'stress' with its correct definition.

• weight, force

• A very big city

• limitations

• stone, bricks or concrete

• architectural supports used to hold up tall buildings, especially in Gothic architecture