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HUMANITIES REVIEW GAME
SAME RULES AS LAST TIME
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Identify the term: a style that draws inspiration from the Near East.
Orientalizing style
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Post beam triangle construction
Greek architecture that the includes the post (column), the beam (lintel), and the triangular-shaped area (pediment) Post beam triangle construction
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The study of how people process and document the human experience.
Humanities
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An archaic Greek statue of a young man, standing and often naked.
Kouros
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An early period of art or culture, especially the 7th–6th centuries BC in Greece.
Archaic
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An archaic Greek statue of a young woman, standing and clothed in long loose robes
Kore’
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The upper or crowning part of a column, on which the entablature rests
Capital
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The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. The investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. Epistemology
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A broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
Frieze
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If you got it, guess the rebus.
Shoot the basket If you got it, guess the rebus.
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A type of emotional songlike poetry that expresses the feelings of the speaker.
Lyric poetry
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A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries. Fresco
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If you got it, guess the rebus.
Shoot the basket If you got it, guess the rebus.
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A stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar used especially in ancient Greece. Lyre
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A poet traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition.
Bard
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If you got it right, shoot the basket.
Guess the rebus If you got it right, shoot the basket.
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An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. Homeric Epithet
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A poem that tells a story. It has a plot, setting, and characters.
Narrative poem
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The type of poem in which the speaker is other than the poet
Dramatic poetry
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A long narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet. Epic poem
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Excessive pride or self-confidence, a quality of the epic hero
Hubris
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A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries. Fresco
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A word that means led or ruled by women
Matriarchal
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The undeciphered primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization.
Linear A
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vertical burials Shaft grave
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Greek deities who lived underground and were associated with peasant life the seasons the cycles of nature and fertility. Chthonian deities
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Any of the twelve Greek gods regarded as living on Mount Olympus.
Olympian deities
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A small group of people having control of a country organization or institution.
Oligarchy
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A syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek.
Linear B
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The study and nature of the physical universe.
Natural philosophy
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A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Myth
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Who influenced the early Greek language, culture and religion?
The Minoans
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Name one of the 3 features of Greek city-states
acropolis- a high fortified point agora- a market area chora- agricultural surrounding land
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How were Sparta and Athens different?
Sparta was war-like, Athens was reasonable
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The ancient Greek poet who wrote The Odyssey.
Homer
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