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Mythological Allusions

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Greek mythology
Theism
Twelve Olympians
Religion
Roman goddesses
Aphrodite
Venus
Apollo
Eros
Goddess

Alex Dale Per.6 9/11/12 Alex Dale Per.6 9/11/12 MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSIONS: APHRODITE/VENUS: Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of beauty, love, pleasure and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. *models of beauty and love APOLLO: Greek god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. *to be in association with Apollo means to be a physically perfect male. ARCADIA: A mountainous region in Greece which was inhabited (and supposedly the birthplace) by Pan, the god of the forrest, as well as his dyrads, nymphs, other spirits of nature, and shepherds. *refers to a vision of farming/raising livestock and harmony with nature, or a utopia.

Africa And The Atlantic World

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World History
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States of pre-colonial Africa
Earth
Political geography
Ethnic groups in Angola
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Queens regnant
Regents
Atlantic slave trade
Kingdom of Ndongo
Kingdom of Kongo
Angola
Religion
Environment
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slavery

Africa and the Atlantic World Africa and the Atlantic World States of West and East Africa Characteristics Songhai Empire Africa and the Atlantic World Africa and the Atlantic World The Kingdom of Kongo Contact with Europe Effects of the Slave Trade Africa and the Atlantic World The Kingdom of Ndongo (Angola) Contact with Portuguese The Slave Trade Queen Nzinga Africa and the Atlantic World Islam and Christianity in Africa Islam Christianity Africa and the Atlantic World Social Changes European contact New sources of food led to population growth 1500: 34 million 1600: 44 million 1700: 52 million 1800: 60 million Africa and the Atlantic World Population Growth in Africa Africa and the Atlantic World Slavery in Africa Islamic slave trade

AP Human Geography KBAT 6 Religion

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Human Geography
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Religion
Anthropology of religion
Paganism
Spirituality
Culture
Polytheism
Major religious groups
Animism
Ethnic religion
Folk religion
Monotheism
Syncretism

GEOGRAPHY OF RELIGION KNOW animism autonomous religion branch cosmogony denomination diocese ethnic religion fundamentalism ghetto hierarchical religion interfaith boundary intrafaith boundary monotheism pilgrimage polytheistic religion religion sect secularism shamanism syncretism traditional religion tribal religion universalizing religion Zionism BE ABLE TO ? identify the following characteristics of all major religions a. point of origin b. method of diffusion c. current distribution d. landscape expression ? map the religious regions of the United States ? discuss the major branches, their origins, and their current distributions for the following religions a. Christianity b. Islam c. Buddhism

AP Human Geography KBAT 5 Language

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Human Geography
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Linguistics
Interlinguistics
Languages
Lingua franca
Esperanto
Mediterranean Lingua Franca
Pidgin
Dialect
Multilingualism
Religion

GEOGRAPHY OF LANGUAGE KNOW accent dialect Esperanto extinct language ideogram isogloss isolated language language branch language language group language family lingua franca literary tradition mono-, bi-, multi-linguality official language orthography pidgin standard language toponym trade language vernacular BE ABLE TO ? Discuss the importance and role of language as an element of culture ? Explain how languages are classified and related ? Map the distribution of major language families worldwide ? Show the division of Europe into the following language groups and give specific examples from each a. Germanic b. Slavic c. Romance ? Describe the following characteristics of English

ch 10 outline

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1st millennium
Tang Dynasty
Religion
Sui Dynasty
Buddhism
Humanities
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ch 10 inner and east asia

CHAPTER 10 Outline I. The Early Tang Empires, 618?755 A. Reunification Under the Sui and Tang 1. The Sui Empire reunified China and established a government based on Confucianism but heavily influenced by Buddhism. The Sui?s rapid decline and fall may have been due to its having spent large amounts of resources on a number of ambitious construction, canal, irrigation, and military projects. B. Buddhism and the Tang Empire 1. The Tang emperors legitimized their control by using the Buddhist idea that kings are spiritual agents who bring their subjects into a Buddhist realm. Buddhist monasteries were important allies of the early Tang emperors; in return for their assistance, they received tax exemptions, land, and gifts. C. To Chang?an by Land and Sea

Midterm Vocab for World Geography

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Human behavior
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Social philosophy
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Religion
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1. Culture- The accumulated habits, attitudes, and beliefs of a group of people that define for them their general behavior and way of life; the total set of learned activities of a people. 2. Multicultural- Many cultures, based on many ethnic and religious traditions. 3. Social Class- The arrangement of people in society in economic or cultural groups. 4. Social Mobility- Refers to the degree to which an individual or group's status is able to change in terms of position in the social hierarchy. 5. Gender Roles- Is a theoretical construct in the social sciences and humanities that refers to a set of social and behavioral norms that, within a specific culture, are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific gender.

Chapter 1 Outline

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Environmental Science
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Earth
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Environmentalism
Sustainability
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Natural environment
Religion

Chapter 1: Introducing Environmental Science and Sustainability *Rachel Carson demonstrated how human activities in one context (pesticides) could profoundly alter wildlife. Thus, human activities alter the environment that sustains life on Earth. Human Impacts on the Environment Earth is remarkably suited for life Vast supply of water, habitable temperature, sunlight, etc. Earth?s abundance in natural resources allows organisms to evolve Raw materials provided 3.8 billion years ago (life exists on earth) Human activities disrupt global systems (ie. climate change) Increasing Human Numbers Driver of all other environmental problems is large population in cities (ie. 2007 Tokyo ? 35.7 million) Worldwide: 3 billion people 1960 ? 6.9 billion people currently

Ch. 11 AP Art history Gardners Art

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Monotheistic religions
Christianity
Europe
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Early Christianity and Judaism
Culture
Religion

Chapter 11 ?Pagans, Christians, And Jews ? The Art of Late Antiquity AP Art History Online Mrs. Boehler Jewish Subjects in Christian Art 1. Why did the Old Testament play a big role in Christianity? Because ejesus was a Jew and so many Jews converted to Christianity. 2. Briefly explain the story of each of the following Old Testament subjects listed below: b. Abraham and the Three Angels: Sarah was old, but she was promised by angels that she would have a child. c. Sacrifice of Isaac: Abraham was told to trust god and he was willing to kill his son, but God idnt make him do it. d. Daniel: Daniel was shut in a cave with lions bit God protected him.

AP European History Scientific Revolution

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Scientific revolution
Renaissance
Galen
Humanism
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Scientific method
Aristotle
Religion

Chapter 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution Background to the Scientific Revolution Medieval Science dominated by religious beliefs Renaissance Humanists Contradictions of Aristotle and Galen Renaissance Artists and their impact on scientific study Close observations of nature Perspective and anatomical proportions very inaccurate; used animals to compare with humans Technical Problems not logical and was very spiritually based; inaccurate Mathematics Hermetic Magic the belief that the world is a living embodiment of divinity. Math and magic could solve the world?s problems Alchemy the math and magic Toward a New Heaven: A Revolution in Astronomy Aristotle, Claudius Ptolemy, and Christian theology Geocentric Universe

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