Architecture Assessment Handout #2

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Ancient Greece and the Classical Orders of Architecture Quiz

Name the architectural order that goes with each description.
1. Elaborately decorated capital with leaves. ________________________________
2. The oldest architectural order. _____________________________________________
3. Order in which capitals are decorated with scrolls. ______________________
4. Originated in the western Dorian region of Greece. ______________________
5. Named after Corinth, a city in Greece. _____________________________________
6. Originally placed on the ground without a base. _________________________
7. The more slender of the three columns. ___________________________________
8. Originated in Ionia, a region settled by Greeks. ___________________________
9. The Parthenon is the finest example of this order. _______________________
10. Order of Architecture is.
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