Arches and Domes Answers

What is a groin vault?

A pendentive is ____________________

Look at the diagram above. What is part of the arch’s anatomy is (A) labeling?

Which two types of architecture are shown in this photograph taken from inside the Blue Mosque in Iran?

Which type of dome is most commonly used in Islamic architecture?

An arch carries the thrust of weight to its _____(1)______. With a _____(2)______, the horizontal part of the structure supports all the weight above it.

Which of the following is not true?

The round structure which is usually topped with a dome is best-known as a ____________, although it can also be referred to as a library.

The photograph above shows an example of a _________________.

When the Romans first began constructing arches like the one above, they were _________________

A vault springs from a(n) _____________, which is supported by both a solid wall and four columns.

The part of an arch that projects slightly from the wall and the point where the arch springs from is called the __________.