Describe a pendentive dome.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary. The dome rests on what is, in effect, a second dome. The top portion and the four segments around the rim of the larger dome are omitted so that four curved triangles or pendentives are formed.

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A. triangle B. cross C. dove D. circle

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Handel is associated with the ________ period.

A. early baroque B. late baroque C. late Renaissance D. late Classical

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The Qur'an (Koran) was revealed to what prophet?

a. Isaiah b. Jesus c. Abraham d. Muhammad

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The Stamp Act that Britain imposed on the American colonies taxed

a. marriage licenses. b. tea. c. academic degrees. d. postage stamps.

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