What is the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome made of?

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• 1. (Points: 5) What architectural feature distinguishes the Islamic dome from the Byzantine dome? a. the minaret dome b. Masjid-i Jami dome c. The Melon Dome d. the Great Mosque of Kairouan Dome 2. What is a clerestory? a. openings to let in light b. stained glass c. two rows of parallel columns d. where ceremonies were held Save Answer 3. (Points: 5) Who was born in the city of Mecca? a. Abu Bakr b. Muhammad c. Muawiyah d. Saladin Save Answer 4. (Points: 5) Who wrote the Consolation of Philosophy? a. Boethius b. Theodora c. Charlemagne d. Justinian Save Answer 5. (Points: 5) The Hagia Sophia was intended to awe the worshipper with what twin majesties? a. God and the chief queen b. the king and queen c. God and the emperor d. the emperor and his prince Save Answer 6. (Points: 5) What problems was the Roman empire having when Diocletian became emperor? a. urban population was declining b. army payroll draining the state treasury c. A new religion, Christianity, was threatening d. all of the above Save Answer 7. (Points: 5) What allows the Hagia Sophia dome to be supported over a square base? a. pendentives b. the Greek Cross floor plan c. arches d. post and lentils Save Answer 8. (Points: 5) Who invented paper? a. the Arab Spanish b. the Syrians c. the Christian Europeans d. the Chinese Save Answer 9. (Points: 5) What Church inspired Charlemagne's Royal chapel? a. Hagia Sophia b. Constantine's Basilica c. Sta. Maria Maggiore d. San Vitale Save Answer 10. (Points: 5) Who made Cairo, Egypt the new center for Islam from 1165 to 1250? a. Muawiyah b. Muhammad c. Saladin d. The Crusaders Save Answer 11. (Points: 5) Under what rulers did Muslim instrumental music win its freedom? a. Seljuk Turks b. The Spanish c. Mongol sultans d. the Umayyad Save Answer 12. (Points: 5) Rome's Eastern Empire was called the... a. Classical Empire b. Medieval Empire c. Byzantine Empire d. Greek Empire Save Answer 13. (Points: 5) What is structure is an example of a teaching mosque? a. Ibn Tulun mosque b. the Masjid-i Jami c. Dome of the Rock d. the Alhambra mosque Save Answer 14. (Points: 5) What church father believed that knowledge of the classics was necessary in the new world a. St. Ambrose b. St. Augustine c. St. Joan d. St. Jerome Save Answer 15. (Points: 5) The Byzantine style grew from what sources? a. Greek, Oriental, German b. French, German, Asian c. Roman, Oriental, Greek d. Asian, Spanish, Islamic Save Answer 16. (Points: 5) What is Muhammad's flight called? a. Kaaba b. Medina c. Hegira d. movement Save Answer 17. (Points: 5) What has arms of equal length? a. pendentives b. the Byzentine style c. The Christian Cross d. the Greek Cross Save Answer 18. (Points: 5) What old policy did Diocletian reverse? a. He reversed a policy to include slave wealth in the census b. Now included women and their wealth in the census c. made all children join the army d. reversed the no women in the military policy Save Answer 19. (Points: 5) What was the structure that Constantine built? a. attic b. basilica c. an atrium d. a nave Save Answer 20. (Points: 5) What did the Edict of Milan do? a. Stopped the Great Persecution b. took political power from the Christian churches c. allowed Bishops to pay Roman taxes

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  These might help: 4. - a. Boethius 7. - pendentives 8. - What method? 9. - d. San Vitale 10. - Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb 12. - c. Byzantine Empire 13. - The Red Mosque 14. - b. 15 - Architecture or Art? 16. - Arabic for "flight" is "hijrah" 17. - crux immissa quadrata 19. Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Old Saint Peter's Basilica 20. - d. proclaimed religious toleration