Chinese mythology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

World scholars cup history latest update graded A myth any traditional story consisting of events that are ostensibly historical, though often supernatural, explaining the origins of a cultural practice or natural phenomenon mythological cosmology a way of explaining the origin, the history and the evolution of the cosmos or universe based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition, usually including an act of creation by a creator deity or a larger pantheon oral tradition a form of hu...

Praxis 5038 Latest 2023 Graded A+ The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, african am lit, modernist stream of consciousness, multiple perspectives and deliberate fragmentation, BLACK LIT, gospel, jazz, blues, vernacular. Bluest Eye makes statement of internalized racism to most vulnerable in community- a young girl. Keeps people who wound girl human. Beloved Toni Morrison, like Sethe, Americans must confront ghosts of the past and slavery in order to address its legacy which manifests in racial discrimin...

Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods correct answers Hunter-gatherer and agricultural revolution Mesopotamia (c. 3500-c. 2350 BCE) correct answers Formed at the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - Invented writing, military expertise, city-states, Code of Hammurabi. Sumer constructed dikes and reservoirs. Invention of writing in 3500 BCE marks the beginning of civilization. Iraq Shatt Al - Arab - largest Date Palm forest Ancient Egypt (c. 2711-c. 1090 BCE) correct answers Influence of geography, h...

ESRM 101 Quiz 1 Why do we need a whole class on humans and forests? - 1) Cultural and Spiritual Values 2) Humans/Plants/Animals harvest & survive on food, water and energy from forests and their ecosystem services 3) Forests mitigate environmental & climate change impacts What does it mean to be an Anthropocene World? - Humans are the major drivers of change in our environments Is the Amazon Rainforest absorbing more or less carbon dioxide as time goes on? - Less/Decreasing Wh...

Shaman correct answer: Healer Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) correct answer: 3000 BCE Nei Ching correct answer: The Bible of TCM - first formal written record of TCM Emperor Huang Ti correct answer: 2697 B.C.E. - 2596 B.C.E. when Nei Ching was written Amma correct answer: A System of manual and energy techniques Ayurveda - Life-ayur/knowledge-veda correct answer: Is a health and treatment system that was derived and developed within India's Vedic culture around 1800 B....

1. The _________ is the system of rules and standards by which the admission of proof at trial of a lawsuit (criminal or civil) is regulated. a. Substantive law b. Common law c. Laws of evidence d. Procedural law - correct answer laws of Evidence The goals of a trial are to protect the rights of the individual and to a. gain a conviction or damages. a. gain a conviction or damages. b. protect society. c. determine the truth. d. make...

american landscapeDesigned landscape - correct answer can be highly symbolic and refer to events or people (memorials) or even to many relationships with the landscape, customs, and spiritually The American Landscape - correct answer a mosaic formed by a combination of natural and cultural processes Landscape - correct answer is a continuum of human intervention and interaction from wilderness, rural, suburban, and urban Vernacular Landscape - correct answer a. Limits of nature are more...

Praxis 5004 - World History and Economics (2023/2024) Already Passed Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods Hunter-gatherer and agricultural revolution Mesopotamia (c. 3500-c. 2350 BCE) Formed at the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - Invented writing, military expertise, city-states, Code of Hammurabi. Sumer constructed dikes and reservoirs. Invention of writing in 3500 BCE marks the beginning of civilization. Iraq Shatt Al - Arab - largest Date Palm forest Ancient Egypt (c. 2711-c. 1090 BCE) Influence...

ART HISTORY 100 EXAMS ELABORATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UNIT 2 — MILESTONE 2 Which of the following characteristics of this painting are traits of Romanticism? • Lines are clean and simple • Figure is idealized • Figure is arranged in shallow space; background has little depth • Choice of subject indicates a growing interest in the exotic CONCEPT Transition to Romanticism 2 What is the correct order of the four categories of painting, from most to lea...

Classical Period Acronym (BRTH PRD) - ANSWER-BRTH- Balance, Reason, Truth, Humanism PRD- Polytheism, Republic, Democracy Renaissance Period Acronym (RUSH RoCS - Michealangelos Rock sculpture) - ANSWER-RUSH- Reformation, University System, Scientific Expansion, Humanism RoCS- Rebirth of Classicism & Self fashioning Neoclassical & Enlightenment Period Acronym (CORDES- classical cords) - ANSWER-CORDES- Classicism, Order, Rationalism, Deism, Empiricism, Skepticism Romantic Period Acrony...