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AP Literature Set 2 Flashcards

2866044772	alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables	0
2866044773	diction	A speaker or writer's choice of words (formal, informal, colloquial, full of slang, poetic, ornate, plain, abstract, concrete, etc.); diction has a powerful effect on tone	1
2866044774	figurative language	A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.	2
2866044775	hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor	3
2866044776	imagery	A technique a writer uses to create pictures in the reader's mind and to appeal to the senses of touch, taste, smell, or hearing.	4
2866044777	dramatic irony	..., In this type of irony, facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or a piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work	5
2866044778	irony	A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.	6
2866044779	verbal irony	A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant	7
2866044780	cosmic irony	Type of irony where it seems that God or fate is manipulating events so as to inspire false hopes, which are inevitably dashed.	8
2866044781	metaphor	A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.	9
2866044782	narrator	A speaker or character who tells a story.	10
2866044783	first person	The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can't tell us thoughts of other characters.	11
2866044784	third person limited	Narrator is not a character, but sees the world through only one character's eyes and thoughts	12
2866044785	third person omniscient	Point of view in which a narrator, with a godlike knowledge, is privy to the thoughts and actions of any or all characters.	13
2866044786	second person	A point of view that directly addresses the reader by using "you"	14
2866044787	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	15
2866044788	setting	The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.	16
2866044789	simile	A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"	17
2866044790	tone	Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices)	18

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AP Language: Review Set 2 Flashcards

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6470183344	Anachronism	The misplacement of a person, occurrence, custom, or idea in time; also sometimes refers to an individual or thing that is incorrectly placed in time.	0
6470183345	Catharsis	A cleansing or purification of one's emotions through art.	1
6470183346	Propaganda	Ideas, facts, or allegations spread to persuade others to support one's cause or to go against the opposing cause.	2
6470183348	Parody	A humorous and often satirical imitation of the style or particular work of another author.	3
6470183351	Ambiguity	A word or idea that can be understood in multiple ways; frequently refers to the condition of being obscure or difficult to understand.	4
6470183352	Alliteration: the repetition of similar sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words.	"Barber, baby, bubbles, and a bumblebee"	5
6470183353	Prose	Any composition not written in verse.	6
6470183354	Nostalgia	A yearning for the past or for some condition or state of existence that cannot be recovered.	7
6470183357	Satire	A work that ridicules the shortcomings of individuals, institutions, or society, often to make a political point.	8
6470183358	Diction	Specific word choice used in a piece of writing, often chosen for effect but also for correctness and clarity.	9
6470183359	Oxymoron: the association of two contradictory terms.	"Same difference;" "Jumbo shrimp;" "Soft rock."	10
6470183360	Metaphor: the comparison of unlike things without the use of like or as.	"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage."	11
6470183361	Logos	Greek for "wisdom" or "reason"; in the context of rhetoric, refers to the process of persuading by means of logic and reason, as opposed to style, authority, or emotion.	12
6470183362	Parable	A short narrative that illustrates a moral by means of allegory (in which literal meaning and symbolic meaning correspond clearly and directly).	13
6470183363	Sarcasm: a simple form of verbal irony, in which it is obvious from context and tone that the speaker means the opposite of what he or she says.	Saying "that was graceful" when someone trips and falls.	14
6470183364	Onomatopoeia: the use of words that sound like the thing or action to which they refer.	"Bow-wow. Crackle. Buzz. Zoom."	15
6470183365	Denotation	The explicit, literal meaning of a word.	16
6470183366	Imagery	Language that brings to mind sense-impressions, especially via figures of speech	17
6470183369	Pathos	From the Greek word for "feeling"; the quality in a work of literature that evokes high emotion, most commonly sorrow, pity, or compassion.	18
6470183371	Expository	An explanation of the meaning or purpose of a piece of writing, especially one that is difficult to understand.	19
6470183373	Anaphora: repeated use of a word or phrase at the start of successive phrases or sentences for effect.	"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills."	20
6470183376	Digression	To turn or move away from the main subject of discussion or the main argument in a piece of writing.	21
6470183377	Apostrophe: a direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea.	Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain, My Captain" was written upon the death of Abraham Lincoln	22
6470183378	Chiasmus: two phrases in which the syntax is the same but placement of words is reversed.	"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life."	23
6470183379	Stream-of-consciousness	Form of narration in which the narrator conveys a subject's thoughts, impressions, and perceptions exactly as they occur, often in disjointed fashion and without the logic and grammar of typical speech and writing.	24
6470183381	Caricature	In writing and literature, an author's exaggeration or distortion of certain traits or characteristics of an individual.	25
6596343243	Ethos	A means of convincing others of the character or credibility of the persuader. An appeal to one's sense of character or duty.	26
6596353059	Jargon	Language that comes from a specialized field that people within that field are familiar with (computers, sports, business).	27
6596355507	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. These can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical.	28
6596355854	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.	29
6596356478	Connotation	The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning.	30
6596358230	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.	31
6596360655	Semantics	The branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.	32

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AP English Literature and Composition Literary Terms Flashcards

Important literary terms frequently used on the AP Literature and Composition Exam.

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3757343090	Absolute	a word free from limitations or qualifications ("best", "all", "unique", "perfect")	0
3757343091	Adage	a familiar proverb or wise saying	1
3757343092	Ad Hominem Argument	an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue	2
3757343093	Allegory	a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions	3
3757343094	Alliteration	the repitition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words	4
3757343095	Allusion	a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize	5
3757343096	Analogy	a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way	6
3757343097	Anaphora	the repitition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences	7
3757343098	Anecdote	a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event	8
3757343099	Antecedent	the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers	9
3757343100	Antithesis	a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced	10
3757343101	Aphorism	a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance	11
3757343102	Apostrophe	a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction	12
3757343103	Archetype	a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	13
3757343104	Argument	a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work	14
3757343105	Asyndeton	a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjuctions	15
3757343106	Balanced Sentence	a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast	16
3757343107	Bathos	insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity	17
3757343108	Chiasmus	a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary")	18
3757343109	Cliche	an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off	19
3757343110	Colloquialism	informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing	20
3757343111	Complex Sentence	a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause	21
3757343112	Compound Sentence	a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjuctions	22
3757343113	Conceit	a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor	23
3757343114	Concrete Details	details that relate to or describe actual, specific things or events	24
3757343115	Connotation	the implied or associative meaning of a word	25
3757343116	Cumulative Sentence	a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifing clauses or phrases	26
3757343117	Declarative Sentence	a sentenece that makes a statement or declaration	27
3757343118	Deductive Reasoning	reasoning in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (The sun rises every morning; therefore, the sun will rise on Tuesday morning.)	28
3757343119	Denotation	the literal meaning of a word	29
3757343120	Dialect	a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region	30
3757343121	Dialogue	conversation between two or more people	31
3757343122	Diction	the word choices made by a writer	32
3757343123	Didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	33
3757343124	Dilemma	a situation that requires a person to decide between two equally attractive or equally unattractive alternatives	34
3757343125	Dissonance	harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds	35
3757343126	Elegy	a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme	36
3757343127	Ellipsis	the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context ("Some people prefer cats; others, dogs")	37
3757343128	Epic	a long narrative poem written in elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation	38
3757343129	Epigram	a brief, pithy, and often paradoxical saying	39
3757343130	Epigraph	a saying or statement on the title page of work, or used as a heading for a chapter or other section of a work	40
3757343131	Epiphany	a moment of sudden revelation or insight	41
3757343132	Epitaph	an inscription on a tombstone or burial place	42
3757343133	Epithet	a term used to point out a characteristic of a person. Homeric epithets are often compound adjectives ("swift-footed Achilles") that become an almost formulaic part of a name. Epithets can be abusive or offensive but are not so by definition. For example, athletes may be proud of their given epithets ("The Rocket")	43
3757343134	Eulogy	a formal speech praising a person who has died	44
3757343135	Euphemism	an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant	45
3757343136	Exclamatory Sentence	a sentence expressing strong feeling, usually punctuated with an exclamation mark	46
3757343137	Expletive	an interjection to lend emphasis; sometimes, a profanity	47
3757343138	Fable	a brief story that leads to a moral, often using animals as characters	48
3757343139	Fantasy	a story that concerns an unreal world or contains unreal characters; a fantasy may be merely whimsical, or it may present a serious point	49
3757343140	Figurative Language	language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)	50
3757343141	Flashback	the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative	51
3757343142	Flat Character	a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story	52
3757343143	Foreshadowing	the presentation of material in such a way that the reader is prepared for what is to come later in the work	53
3757343144	Frame Device	a story within a story. An example is Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in which the primary tales are told within the "frame story" of the pilgrimage to Canterbury	54
3757343145	Genre	a major category or type of literature	55
3757343146	Homily	a sermon, or a moralistic lecture	56
3757343147	Hubris	excessive pride or arrogance that results in the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy	57
3757343148	Hyperbole	intentional exaggeration to create an effect	58
3757343149	Hypothetical Question	a question that raises a hypothesis, conjecture, or supposition	59
3757343150	Idiom	an expression in a given language that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of the words in the expression; or, a regional speech or dialect	60
3757343151	Imagery	the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses	61
3757343152	Implication	a suggestion an author or speaker makes (implies) without stating it directly. Note: the author/sender implies; the reader/audience infers	62
3757343153	Inductive Reasoning	deriving general principles from particular facts or instances (Every cat I have ever seen has four legs; cats are four-legged animals")	63
3757343154	Inference	a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence	64
3757343155	Invective	an intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack	65
3757343156	Irony	the use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs	66
3757343157	Jargon	the specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group or profession	67
3757343158	Juxtaposition	placing two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast	68
3757343159	Legend	a narrative handed down from the past, containing historical elements and usually supernatural elements	69
3757343160	Limerick	light verse consisting of five lines of regular rhythm in which the first, second, and fifth lines (each consisting of three feet) rhyme, and the second and third lines (each consisting of two feet) rhyme	70
3757343161	Limited Narrator	a narrator who presents the story as it is seen and understood by a single character and restricts information to what is seen, heard, thought, or felt by that one character	71
3757343162	Literary License	deviating from normal rules or methods in order to achieve a certain effect (intentional sentence fragments, for example)	72
3757343163	Litotes	a type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite (describing a particularly horrific scene by saying, "It was not a pretty picture.")	73
3757343164	Malapropism	the mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sounds similar ("The doctor wrote a subscription")	74
3757343165	Maxim	a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage	75
3757343166	Metaphor	a direct comparison of two different things	76
3757343167	Metonymy	substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it ("The pen [writing] is mightier than the sword [war/fighting]")	77
3757343168	Mood	the emotional atmosphere of a work	78
3757343169	Motif	a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works	79
3757343170	Motivation	a character's incentive or reason for behaving in a certain manner; that which impels a character to act	80
3757343171	Myth	a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events	81
3757343172	Narrative	a story or narrated account	82
3757343173	Narrator	the one who tells the story; may be first- or third-person, limited or omniscient	83
3757343174	Non Sequitur	an inference that does not follow logically from the premises (literally, "does not follow")	84
3757343175	Omniscient Narrator	a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters	85
3757343176	Onomatopoeia	a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds	86
3757343177	Oxymoron	an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined	87
3757343178	Parable	a simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson	88
3757343179	Paradox	an apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth	89
3757343180	Parallelism	the use of corresponding grammatical or synitactical forms	90
3757343181	Paraphrase	a restatement of a text in a different form or in different words, often for the purpose of clarity	91
3757343182	Parody	a humorous imitation of a serious work	92
3757343183	Parethetical	a comment that interrupts the immediate subject, often to qualify or explain	93
3757343184	Pathos	the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity	94
3757343185	Pedantic	characterized by an excessive display of learning or scholarship	95
3757343186	Personification	endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics	96
3757343187	Philippic	a strong verbal denunciation. The term comes from the orations of Demosthenes against Philip of Macedonia in the fourth century	97
3757343188	Plot	the action of a narrative or drama	98
3757343189	Point of View	the vantage point from which a story is told	99
3757343190	Polysyndeton	the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural	100
3757343191	Pun	a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds bu different meanings	101
3757343192	Resolution	the falling action of a narrative; the events following the climax	102
3757343193	Rhetoric	the art of presenting ideas in a clar, effective, and persuasive manner	103
3757343194	Rhetorical Question	a question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer	104
3757343195	Rhetorical Devices	literary techniques used to heighten the effectiveness of expression	105
3757343196	Riddle	a question requiring thought to answer or understand; a puzzle or conundrum	106
3757343197	Romantic	a term describing a character or literary work that reflects the characteristics of Romanticism, the literary movement beginning in the late 18th century that stressed emotion, imagination, and individualism	107
3757343198	Round Character	a character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work	108
3757343199	Sarcasm	harsh, cutting language or tone intended to ridicule	109
3757343200	Satire	the use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions	110
3757343201	Scapegoat	a person or group that bears the blame for another	111
3757343202	Scene	a real or fictional episode; a division of an act in a play	112
3757343203	Setting	the time, place, and environment in which action takes place	113
3757343204	Simile	a comparison of two things using "like," "as," or other specifically comparative words	114
3757343205	Simple Sentence	a sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause	115
3757343206	Solecism	nonstandard grammatical usage; a violation of grammatical rules	116
3757343207	Structure	the arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work	117
3757343208	Style	the choices a writer makes; the combination of distinctive features of a literary work	118
3757343209	Surrealism	an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control	119
3757343210	Syllepsis	a construction in which one word is used in two different senses ("After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.")	120
3757343211	Syllogism	a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise ("All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal")	121
3757343212	Symbol	an object that is used to represent something else	122
3757343213	Synecdoche	using one part of an object to represent the entire object (for example, referring to a car simply as "wheels")	123
3757343214	Synesthesia (or Synaesthesia)	describing one kind of sensation in terms of another ("a loud color," "a sweet sound")	124
3757343215	Syntax	the manner in which words are arranged into sentences	125
3757343216	Tautology	needless repitition which adds no meaning or understanding ("widow woman," "free gift")	126
3757343217	Theme	a central idea of a work	127
3757343218	Thesis	the primary position taken by a writer or speaker	128
3757343219	Tone	the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience	129
3757343220	Topic	the subject treated in a paragraph or work	130
3757343221	Tragedy	a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle and which ends in ruin or destruction	131
3757343222	Trilogy	a work in three parts, each of which is a complete work in itself	132
3757343223	Trite	overused and hackneyed	133
3757343224	Turning Point	the point in a work in which a very significant change occurs	134
3757343225	Understatement	the deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is; a deliberate under-emphasis	135
3757343226	Usage	the customary way language or its elements are used	136
3757343227	Vernacular	the veryday speech of a particular country or region, often involving nonstandard usage	137
3757343228	Anapest	two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable	138
3757343229	Approximate Rhyme	(slant rhyme) the sounds are similar but not exactly the same	139
3757343230	Assonance	the repition of similar vowel sounds in a sequence of nearby words	140
3757343231	Ballad	a narrative folk song - oral stories passed on through generations alternating tetrameter and trimeter, usually iambic and rhyming	141
3757343232	Blank Verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter; bears a close resemblance to the rhythms of ordinary speech, giving poetry a natural feel	142
3757343233	Cacophony	the clash of discordant or harsh sounds within a sentence or phrase -for tongue twisters or poetic effect	143
3757343234	Consonance	the repitition of consonant sounds anywhere within words	144
3757343235	Continuous Form	form of poem in the lines follow one another without formal grouping; the only breaks being dictated by the units of meaning	145
3757343236	Couplet	a style of poetry defined as a complete thought written in two lines with rhyming ends (for example, heroic couplet is a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter)	146
3757343237	Dactyl	a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables	147
3757343238	Dactylic	the form of classical epic poetry - Homer, Virgil dactyl lines made from hexameters (6 feet)	148
3757343239	Didactic Poetry	poetry that is instructional or informative - main purpose is in conveying a message, not artistic technique	149
3757343240	Dimeter	two feet	150
3757343241	Dramatic Irony	a technique in which the author lets the audience or reader in on a character's situation while the character himself remains in the dark. In tragic plays - called tragic irony	151
3757343242	Feminine Rhyme	a rhyme consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable	152
3757343243	Foot	basic rhythmic unit into which a line of verse can be divided - when reciting verse, there usually is a slight pause between feet	153
3757343244	Free Verse	verse that does not conform to any fixed meter or rhyme scheme	154
3757343245	Haiku	a compact form of Japanese poetry written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables respectively	155
3757343246	Heptameter	seven feet	156
3757343247	Hexameter	six feet	157
3757343248	Iamb	an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable	158
3757343249	Iambic Pentameter	each line of verse has five feet, each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable - most popular metrical schemes in English poetry	159
3757343250	Internal Rhyme	a rhyme between two or more words within a single line of verse	160
3757343251	Masculine Rhyme	a rhyme consisting of a single stressed syllable	161
3757343252	Meter	the rythmic pattern created in a line of verse - four basic types: accentual, syllabic, accentual-syllabic, and quatitive	162
3757343253	Monometer	one foot	163
3757343254	Octameter	eight feet	164
3757343255	Pentameter	five feet	165
3757343256	Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet	poetic form with an octave ABBAABBA/ABBACDDC and then a sestet CDECDE/CDCCDC	166
3757343257	Quatrain	a four line stanza, has many variants such as the heroic quatrain (ABAB rhyme scheme)	167
3757343258	Refrain	group of words repeated at key intervals in a poem	168
3757343259	Rhythm	the pattern of sound created by the varying length and emphasis given to different syllables. Rise and fall of spoken language - candace	169
3757343260	Rhyme	creating a sense of musicality between lines of verse	170
3757343261	Scansion	the process of analyzing the number and type of feet in a line	171
3757343262	Sentimentality	a term used to describe the effort by an author to induce emotional responses in the reader that exceed the situation, especially pertains to such emotions as pathos and sympathy	172
3757343263	Sestet	a six line stanza	173
3757343264	Shakespearean Sonnet	a poetic form with three quatrains and a final couplet - ABAB CDCD EFEF GG	174
3757343265	Situational Irony	a technique in which one understanding of a situation stands in sharp contrast to another, usually more prevalent, understanding of the same situation	175
3757343266	Sonnet	a distinctive poetic style that uses system or pattern of metrical structure and verse composition usually consisting of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter	176
3757343267	Spondee	two successive syllables with light stresses	177
3757343268	Stanza	a division in poetry often named for the number of lines it contains, comparable to a paragraph in prose	178
3757343269	Stress	the emphasize or accent given to a syllable in pronunciation	179
3757343270	Symbol	something that represents something else	180
3757343271	Terza Ryme	a system of interlaced tercets linked by a common rhyme: ABA BCB CDC (hard to remain in English)	181
3757343272	Tetrameter	four feet in a line	182
3757343273	Trimeter	three feet in a line	183
3757343274	Trochaic/Trochee	a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable	184
3757343275	Verbal Irony	the use of a statement that, by its context, implies the opposite; sarcasm	185
3757343276	Villanelle	a nineteen-line poem made up of five tercets and a final quatrain in which all nineteen lines carry one of only two rhymes. There are two refrains. alternating between the ends of each tercet and then forming the two last lines of the quatrain	186

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7253835066	Allegory	Using character symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning ex. animal farm	0
7253835903	Alliteration	The repetition of sounds, especially consonants ex. "the soul selects her own society"	1
7253836812	Allusion	A reference to an outside source, such as a book ex: "plan ahead, it wasnt raining when noah built his ark"	2
7253837919	Analogy	Comparison of two different things or the relationship between them ex;ignorance	3
7253840550	Anecdote	short story	4
7253840942	Connotation	non-literal, associative meaning of a word	5
7253841461	Denotation	Strict, dictionary definiton of a word	6
7253841950	Diction	The writer's word choices in regard to effectiveness and clarity	7
7253843531	extended metaphor	a metaphor that is constant throughout the whole work ex. mark twain's life on the Mississippi	8
7253845904	Figurative language	Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning to get a special effect or meaning	9
7253848215	Flashback	A device to present events of the past	10
7253849059	Hyperbole	Speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement ex: bart stops to smell the roosevelts	11
7253850972	Irony	contrast of what is stated explicitly and what is really meant	12
7253851387	Metaphor	implied comparison of seemingly unlike things, suggesting some similarity	13
7253852612	Mood	emotional aura of a work	14
7253853173	oxymoron	contradictory words or phrases: jumbo shrimp	15
7253854009	Personification	giving inanimate objects human attributes and emotions	16
7253855924	Point of view	perspective in which the story is being told	17
7253856382	Pun	a play on wordsd	18

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5061368662	year in which Greece becomes unified completely	1831 CE	0
5061368663	Turkey is synonymous with	Anatolia	1
5061368664	Greece was first settled by	indo-europeans	2
5061368665	Greece was politically separated into different	city-states	3
5061368666	The geography around Greece (sea and mountains) provided the people with a sense of	isolaiton	4
5061368667	the island of the coast of the mainland	Peloponnesus	5
5061368668	traits shared by the Greek city states:	language, religion, festivals	6
5061368669	The Greek religion was both _____________ and _____________.	polytheistic, anthropomorphic	7
5061368670	civilization that lived in Crete	Minoans	8
5061368671	oldest known Greek civilization	Minoans	9
5061368672	Minoans were in the ______ age	bronze	10
5061368673	The civilization of the Minoans is comparable to	Harappa (Indus River Valley)	11
5061368674	The Minoan and Harappan civilizations are comparable because they both	have a written language we've yet to discover (our knowledge is based on archaeolgical remains only)	12
5061368675	The Minoan civilization is named after	a king discovered by archaeologists	13
5061368676	The Minoan palace was at	Knossos	14
5061368677	a style of art in which a painting was blended into the plaster of the wall	fresco	15
5061368678	The presence of a naked woman and snake indicates the	fertility goddess	16
5061368679	Minoan sport	bull-leaping	17
5061368680	The Minoan myth	the labyrinth and minotaur	18
5061368681	significant city-state subordinate to Minoan civilization	Athens	19
5061368682	Evidence of Minoan trade appears as far as	Egypt	20
5061368683	The fall of Minoan civilization could be attributed to either a ___________ or a ________________________.	tsunami, Mycanaean invasion	21
5061368684	For the period of 2000 - 1600 BCE, Mycenaean civilization	is static (doesn't develop)	22
5061368685	During the static period of Mycenaean civilization, farming is mainly	subsistence	23
5061368686	Mycenaeans refused to trade with those that weren't	strong and respected	24
5061368687	The civilization that was contemporary with the Hittites and beginnings of Persia	Mycenaeans	25
5061368688	The factor that made Mycenaean civilization less advanced than the Hittites	were still in the bronze age (hittites had iron)	26
5061368689	city-states subordinate to Mycenaeans	Tiryn, Athens, Mycenae	27
5061368690	The structure of the Mycenaean city-state	a fortress (high walls, lions)	28
5061368691	The fall of Mycenaean civilization occured around	1200 BCE	29
5061368692	it is debatable as to whether this war was real or not	The Trojan War	30
5061368693	comes immediately before the dark ages	The Trojan War	31
5061368694	Troy is real (true/false)	true	32
5061368695	location of troy	Anatolia (outskirts of Hittite empire, later becomes Persia)	33
5061368696	period in which Greeks colonized throughout the Mediterranean	Dark Ages	34
5061368697	term used for those that colonized throughout the Mediterranean during the Dark Ages	Dorians	35
5061368698	Two significant Greek colonies:	Ionia, Byzantium	36
5061368699	colony located in west Anatolian Persian territory	Ionia	37
5061368700	colony located in modern day Istanbul	Byzantium	38
5061368701	introduction of iron into Greek society occured during	The Dark Ages	39
5061368702	The change the greeks made to the Phoenician alphabet	added vowels	40
5061368703	The greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet during this period	the Dark Ages	41
5061368704	blind author of The Illiad and Odyssey	Homer	42
5061368705	The Illiad described the events of	The Trojan War	43
5061368706	The Odyssey described the events of	Odysseus's journey	44
5061368707	to teach by repetition	inculcate	45
5061368708	the two values stressed in Homer's epics	courage, honor	46
5061368709	carried copied of The Illiad and Odyssey around with him	Alexander the Great	47
5061368710	the economic, political, and social center of every city-state	polis	48
5061368711	the polis designated to Athens	acropolis	49
5061368712	The local market, usually located in the polis	agora	50
5061368713	Greek wealth was determined by	land ownership	51
5061368714	Athenian government evolves through several forms: _______, ________, ________, _______	monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy	52
5061368715	Were the rulers during transitions between Athenian forms of government	tyrants	53
5061368716	The period of Greek history in which tyrants were considered a good thing	Hellenic (classical) Greece	54
5061368717	sacrificed their own desires and took the responsibility of attempting to make the city better	old tyrants	55
5061368718	wrote a fair codified law	Draco	56
5061368719	favored the death penalty	Draco	57
5061368720	hates Harry potter, may or may not be a death eater	Draco	58
5061368721	modern term stemming from the Greek lawmaker, meaning harsh	Draconian	59
5061368722	expands the Greek economy	Solon	60
5061368723	used to expand the Greek economy	olive oil	61
5061368724	outlaws debt slavery	Solon	62
5061368725	opens the government to commoners	Solon	63
5061368726	group of land-owning men with the power to vote on legislation (Athens)	assembly	64
5061368727	the elite group who writes the legislation (Athens)	council	65
5061368728	those that weren't citizens of Athens:	foreigners (not born in athens), women, children, slaves	66
5061368729	created the first democracy	Cleisthenes	67
5061368730	creates the council of 500	Cleisthenes	68
5061368731	members of the council of 500 were picked by	lottery	69
5061368732	The Persian wars were fought between	Greece, Persia	70
5061368733	War that was started by Ionia wishing to become independent, and Persia being angered by Greeks defense of this matter.	Persian War	71
5061368734	The King of Persia	Dorius	72
5061368735	3 famous battles in the Persian war:	Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis	73
5061368736	won the battle of Marathon	Greece	74
5061368737	NIKE means	victory	75
5061368738	king of Persia during the battle of Thermopylae	Xerxes	76
5061368739	battle in which every last Spartan is defeated, and Athens is burned down	Thermopylae	77
5061368740	wins the battle of Thermopylae	Persia	78
5061368741	battle in which Persian ships are forced to move through a small channel in a single file line, where they are destroyed one by one by Athenian ships on their exit	Thermopylae	79
5061368742	won the Battle of Salamis	Greece	80
5061368743	results of the Persian War:	unified greece, formation of Delian league, pride, belief in democracy	81
5061368744	picked to say the Funeral Cration	Pericles	82
5061368745	a speech commemorating those that died so others can become free	Funeral Cration	83
5061368746	values inculcated by the Funeral Cration	courage, honor	84
5061368747	rebuild the city of Athens	Pericles	85
5061368748	tax money from various city-states collected after the Persian war used for	rebuilding Athens	86
5061368749	Greek architecture was	symmetrical	87
5061368750	art during the golden age displayed	perfection	88
5061368751	ideal form of teaching in which teachers teach by asking questions	Socratic Method	89
5061368752	teaches "question everything"	socrates	90
5061368753	reason Socrates was arrested	corrupting the youth	91
5061368754	choice offered to Socrates	be ostracized, commit suicide	92
5061368755	plant consumed by Socrates in order to commit cuicide	hemlock	93
5061368756	The lack of Socrates' resistance to his punishment shows	he did not fight democracy	94
5061368757	Socrates' most famous student	Plato	95
5061368758	hates democracy, believing it's mob rule	Plato	96
5061368759	The private schools for boys created by Plato	The Academy	97
5061368760	most important part of a government according to Plato	philosopher-king	98
5061368761	3 classes in perfect Platonian society	workers (to produce), soldiers (to defend), philosophers (to rule)	99
5061368762	role of women in Athenian society	to bear children	100
5061368763	rampant homosexuality stems from	man's admiration of man	101
5061368764	Plato's most famous student	Aristotle	102
5061368765	believes that any form of democracy can be good, but is bad in extremes	Aristotle	103
5061368766	The extreme form of constitutional democracy	anarchy	104
5061368767	the extreme form of aristocracy	oligarchy	105
5061368768	the extreme form of monarchy	tyranny (bad in this sense)	106
5061368769	The aristotle belief that everything should be taken in moderation	The Golden Mean	107
5061368770	a belief whose main ideas are similar to the teachings of both the Buddha and Confucius	The Golden Mean	108
5061368771	created syligism	Aristotle	109
5061368772	created the scientific method	Aristotle	110
5061368773	most famous student of Aristotle	Alexander the Great	111
5061368774	3 Athenian tragedians:	Aeschylus, Sophacles, Euripedes	112
5061368775	first writer	Aeschylus	113
5061368776	wrote Cepious-rex	Sophacles	114
5061368777	wrote social commentaries	Euripedes	115
5061368778	actors consisted only of	men	116
5061368779	father of geometry	Euclid	117
5061368780	invented the Pythagorean Theorem	Pythagoras	118
5061368781	believed all matter was made up of tiny atoms	Democritus	119
5061368782	father of Medicine	Hippocrates	120
5061368783	2 Athenian Historians:	Herodotus, Thucydides	121
5061368784	documented the history of the Persian wars	Herodotus	122
5061368785	believed in documenting events objectively in order to keep things accurate	Herodotus	123
5061368786	documented history of the Peloponnesian War	Thucydides	124
5061368787	believed in examining the source when reading	Thucydides	125
5061368788	Olympic held in ______ in honor of _____	Olympia, Zeus	126
5061368789	Sparta was completely _________	land-locked	127
5061368790	Spartan neighbors captured and used as labor	helots	128
5061368791	main worry of Sparta	Helot revolt	129
5061368792	The fear of a helot revolt led Spartans to	focus their efforts into the military	130
5061368793	"needs of the people subordinate to needs of the government" in	Sparta	131
5061368794	the awful conditions in which Spartan boys were kept in encouraged	resourceful, clever, strong soldiers	132
5061368795	Women had the most rights in	Sparta	133
5061368796	Spartans had no value for	socioeconomics (art, philosophy, science, math)	134
5061368797	caused Sparta's lagging behind as far as development	refusal to change from their military focus	135
5061368798	"I tried my best" is an invalid phrase in	Sparta	136
5061368799	form of rule in Sparta	2 kings ruling jointly	137
5061368800	28 member council of retired elders in Sparta	Gerousia	138
5061368801	had voting power in Sparta	Apella Assembly	139
5061368802	6 elected officials in Spartan government	ephors	140
5061368803	were thrown down a hill if not found healthy	Spartan babies	141
5061368804	war between Athens and Sparta	Pelopennesian War	142
5061368805	wins the Peloponessian War	Sparta	143
5061368806	Sparta's victory in the Peloponnesian war could be attributed to	the plague that hit Athens	144
5061368807	King of Macedonia who sent his son to be tutored in Athens	Philip II	145
5061368808	never lost a battle	Alexander the Great	146
5061368809	most of Alexander The Great's cities were named	Alexandria	147
5061368810	city that rivals and evantually surpasses Athens as an intellectual center	Alexandria (Egypt)	148
5061368811	successful tactic used by Alexander the Great	marrying his officers into the places he captures	149
5061368812	after Alexander's death, his empire was	cut into four pieces	150
5061368813	owned the piece of Alexander the Great's empire that ruled over Egypt	Ptolemy	151
5061368814	most famous pharoh of Ptolemy's rule in Egypt	Cleopatra	152
5061368815	created Cynics	Diogenes	153
5061368816	ignored social conventions and avoided luxuries	Cynics	154
5061368817	citizens of the world	Cynics	155
5061368818	lived a humble, simple life	Cynics	156
5061368819	created Epicureans	Epicurus	157
5061368820	avoids pain and pleasure	Epicureans	158
5061368821	all excess leads to pain	Epicureans	159
5061368822	created the Stoics	Zeno	160
5061368823	lived according to reason	stoics	161
5061368824	ignored pleasure and pain	stoics	162
5061368825	believed true happiness is found in great achievements	stoics	163
5061368826	art that was more realistic and allowed expression	Hellenistic Art	164

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7764071830	Abominate (v)	To have an intense dislike or hatred for (synonym = loathe despise) (antonym = relish, savor)	0
7764071831	Acculturation (n)	The modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group by contact with those of another; the resulting blend (synonym = adaptation)	1
7764071832	Adventitious (adj)	Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental; acquired, not congenital (synonym = extrinsic) (antonym = essential)	2
7764071833	Ascribe (v)	To assign or refer to, attribute (synonym = impute, credit)	3
7764071834	Circuitous (adj)	Roundabout, not direct (synonym = indirect) (antonym = straight, direct)	4
7764071835	Commiserate (v)	To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress (synonym = feel sorry for) (antonym = feel no sympathy for)	5
7764071836	Enjoin (v)	To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit (synonym = bid, charge) (antonym = alloy, permit)	6
7764071837	Expedite (v)	To make easy, cause to progress faster (synonym = accelerate, facilitate) (antonym = hinder, hamper)	7
7764071838	Expiate (v)	To make amends, make op for; to avert (synonym = redeem, make amends for, make reparation	8
7764071839	Ferment (n/v)	(n) A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical action (synonym = commotion, turmoil, unrest) (antonym = peace and quiet, tranquility)	9
7764071840	Inadvertent (adj)	Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental (synonym = accidental) (antonym = deliberate, intentional)	10
7764071841	Nominal (adj)	Existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously (synonym = titular, inconsequential) (antonym = actual, exorbitant)	11
7764071842	Noncommittal (adj)	Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position (synonym = cagey, uninformative, playing it safe) (antonym = positive, committed, definite)	12
7764071843	Peculate (v)	To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly (synonym = defraud, misappropriate)	13
7764071844	Proclivity (n)	A natural or habitual inclination or tendency (synonym = penchant, propensity) (antonym = inability)	14
7764071845	Sangfroid (n)	Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances (synonym = poise, self-assurance) (antonym = excitability, hysteria, flappability)	15
7764071846	Seditious (adj)	Resistance to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government (synonym = mutinous, rebellious) (antonym = supportive, faithful, allegiant)	16
7764071847	Tenuous (adj)	Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance; lacking a sound bias, poorly supported (synonym = flimsy, insubstantial, hazy, vague) (antonym = strong, solid, substantial, valid)	17
7764071848	Vitriolic (adj)	Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (synonym = withering, acerbic, mordant) (antonym = bland, saccharine, sugary, honeyed)	18
7764071849	Wheedle (v)	To use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end (synonym = inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk) (antonym = coerce, browbeat, intimidate, strong-arm)	19

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7601015689	Islam	The monotheistic religion of Muslims that was founded in the 7th century Arabia, based on the teachings of the Quran and Muhammad.	0
7601138539	Shiite/Shiat Ali	A member of one the two greatest religious division of Islam that regards Ali and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.	1
7601254483	Sunni Islam	is the largest denomination of Islam. Name comes from Sunnah.	2
7601299415	5 Pillars of Islam	Five basic acts of Islam like, Shahada: Faith, Salat: Prayer, Zakāt: Charity, Sawm: Fasting, and Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca.	3
7601331918	Koran/Quran	Meaning the "recitation", religious book of Islam.	4
7601346379	Hegira	Is the migration or the journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib.	5
7601361077	Theocracy	is a form of government in which a deity is the source from which all authority derives.	6
7601376593	Caliphate	is the political-religious state composing of the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion in the centuries following the death of Muhammad.	7
7601398912	Umayyad Caliphate/Dynasty	The dynasty was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Prophet Muhammad.	8
7601433613	Dome of the Rock	is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was initially completed in 691 CE/AD.	9
7601456771	Abbasid Caliphate/Dynasty	The dynasty was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.	10
7601555686	Muhammed	Is the prophet and founder of Islam.	11
7601736063	Mecca	City in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia that is also capital of the Makkah Region.	12
7601750617	Medina	Importance as a religious site derives from the presence of al-Masjid an-Nabawi.	13
7605768564	Baghdad	Capital and largest city in Iraq.	14
7605785756	Mohammad al-Razi	Persian, philosopher and physician. Is an important figure in medicine.	15
7605799332	Levant	Is the historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean. Mostly the region of Syria.	16
7605949901	Sufism	Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God.	17
7605998675	Mongols (related to Islam)	Islam in Mongolia is practiced by approximately 3 to 5% of the population.The earliest evidence of Islam in Mongolia is dated to 1254.	18
7606013397	Ottoman Turks (related to Islam)	The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting Empires in history. It was an empire inspired and sustained by Islam.	19
7606024616	Hadith	One of various books describing the words, actions, or habits of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.	20
7606032762	Sharia Law	Sometimes called Islamic Law, is the religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition.	21
7606082716	Umma	Ancient city in Sumer.	22
7606088015	Dar al-Islam	"home of Islam"	23

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7578416188	Geography	It deals with the study of the location , extent, distribution, frequency and interactions.	0
7578419790	Continent	It is defined as a large unbroken land mass completely surrounded by water.	1
7578428185	7 continents	Asia, Europe, Africa, South and North America, Oceania, Antarctica	2
7578430693	Glaciers	Are slow moving of ice	3
7578431389	Sea	a large body of water almost surrounded by land	4
7578432628	Strait	a narrow body of water between 2 large bodies of water	5
7578434662	Lakes	bodies of water surrounded by land	6
7578435715	Bay	a part of a lake or ocean which creates a semi-circular along the shore	7
7578437562	Cove	a small sheltered inlet	8
7578439668	Waterfall	a body of water falling from a river or a stream in an elevated area	9
7578441463	Gulf	a large bay	10
7578443275	Tigris & Euphrates	2 rivers that flourished along Mesopotamia	11
7578444370	Sumerians	Built ziggurats and made offerings	12
7578445866	Contributions of Sumerians	Sexagesimal system, Cuneiform, Principles of Algebra, Lunar Calendar w/ 12 months	13
7578452121	Akkadians	headed by Sargon The Great, who defeated the city-states of Sumer. Lasted for 200 years and was down due to famine and invasion	14
7578454837	Babylonian Empire	Headed by Hammurabi who invaded Mesopotamia	15
7578458043	Hittites	Occupied Anatolia (Present day Turkey), Herdsmen from Babylon, First group of people who used iron metals as their weapons	16
7578461225	Assyrians	Developed a strong army to fight invaders, known as one of the fiercest, most warlike people of all Ancient people	17
7578465032	Chaldeans	the rebirth of Babylon, developed the 13 belt of constellations called Zodiac, headed by Nebuchadnezzar, who made Babylon a city of wonders	18
7578467733	Persians	Came from the land of Eastern part of Persian Gulf (Iran)	19
7578469345	Zoroastrianism	Founded by Zoroaster, Persians' religion	20
7578470064	Zen-Avesta	Sacred book of Persians	21
7578471298	Phoenicians	Traded timber from cedar trees, purple cloth wore by kings	22
7578477060	Hebrews	The place Canaan was their ancient home. later called as Hebrews	23
7578478904	Contributions of Hebrews	Ten Commandments, Mosaic Law, Monotheism	24
7578485510	Indus	Modern day Pakistan	25
7578486556	Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa	2 cities that Indus occupied	26
7578489522	Suttee	When the husband dies, the wife should go with the husband, burning	27
7578491403	Caste System	Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra	28
7578495275	Contributions of Indian Civilization	Mud bricks, geometry, government	29
7578502311	Menes	First pharaoh	30
7578503747	Akhenaton	ordered the worship to only one god, ATON, god of sun.	31
7578514965	Tutankhamon	Youngest Pharaoh,restored the old religious beliefs and restored the worship of god Amun. known from the idea of mummification.	32
7578532588	Minoans	Lived on the island of Crete	33
7578533276	Palace of Minos and Knossos	complicated structures consisting of a honeycomb of various rooms surrounding a large courtyard	34
7578537428	Minoan Culture	Bull leaping and Art	35
7578538014	Theory One	Earthquake	36
7578538471	Theory Two	Volcano erupted at Thera	37
7578539453	Theory Three	War between Minoans and Mycenaean	38
7578541123	Mycenaean Age	Took control of Crete at Knossor by 1500 BCE	39
7578551645	Trojan War	Greeks vs. Troy	40
7578551646	Sparta	Obsessed with war	41
7578553511	Athens	Took the lead in the creation of democracy	42
7578554980	Alexander the Great	Was not an Athenian but a Macedonian, brilliant military strategist	43

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7573514178	Ancestral Pueblo	Formerly known as Anasazi, people established mixed agricultural and gathering, hunting society in southwestern part of North America	0
7573521344	Apedemek	Lion god of classical Meroë; his popularity shows a turn away from Egyptian cultural influence	1
7573521345	Axum	Classical-era kingdom-East Africa, present-day Eritrea, northern Ethiopia (100 to 600)	2
7573532153	Bantu expansion	Gradual migration from their homeland southern Nigeria, Cameroons into eastern and southern Africa (ca. 3000 B.C.E. Continued for several millennia). Agricultural techniques, ironworking technology gave them an advantage over the gathering and hunting peoples they encountered.	3
7573538703	Batwa	Forest-dwelling (Central Africa) adopted ways of Bantu neighbors while retaining distinctive features of their own culture; also known as "Pygmies."	4
7573543050	Cahokia	Dominant center important Mississippi valley mound-building culture, near present-day St. Louis, Missouri (900 to 1250 C.E.)	5
7573548212	Chaco Phenomenon	Major process of settlement, societal organization occurred in period (860-1130 C.E.)Chaco canyon (northwestern New Mexico) settlements large pueblos and building of hundreds of miles of roads (the purpose of which is not known).	6
7573552071	Chavín	Andean town center of large Peruvian religious movement (900 to 200 B.C.E.)	7
7573556079	Coptic Christianity	Egyptian variety of Christianity, belief Christ has only single, divine nature.	8
7573559324	Ezana	King of Axum (early 4th century C.E). - established Christianity in his state.	9
7573564654	Hopewell culture	Most important site (in present-day Ohio), elaborate and widespread of North American mound-building cultures; flourished from 200 B.C.E. to 400 C.E.	10
7573569389	Jenne jeno	Largest and most fully studied of cities of Niger Valley civilization.	11
7573573055	Maya	Major classical civilization of Mesoamerica; flourished from 250 to 900 C.E.	12
7573578126	Meroë	City southern Nubia center of Nubian civilization between 300 B.C.E. and 100 C.E.	13
7573580613	Moche	Important regional civilization of Peru, governed by warrior-priests; (100 to 800 C.E.)	14
7573583832	Mound Builders	Cultures developed east of Mississippi River distinguished by large earthen mounds, built 2000 B.C.E. -1250 C.E.	15
7573587829	Nazca	southern coastal Peru, became famous for underground irrigation channels and their gigantic, mysterious lines in desert-form of monkeys, birds, spiders, and other designs.	16
7573589928	Niger Valley civilization	Distinctive city-based civilization flourished (300 B.C.E.-900 C.E.) in middle western Africa, major cities like Jenne-jeno; civilization noteworthy for lack of centralized state structures-organized in clusters of economically specialized settlements.	17
7573593082	Pueblo	"Great house" large, apartment building-like structure that could house hundreds of people.	18
7573599117	Semi sedentary	Describes peoples eastern woodlands United States, Central America, Amazon basin, & Caribbean combined partial reliance agriculture w/ gathering& hunting.	19
7573602220	Teotihuacán	Largest city pre-Columbian America, population(100,000-200,000) built to plan in Valley of Mexico, (flourished 300-600 C.E.) governed or influenced much of surrounding region. Term means "city of the gods."	20
7573607651	Tikal	Major Maya city, with a population of perhaps 50,000 people.	21

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