Fine Arts Flashcards

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1.__ was a legendary figure from ancient Greece who wrote a large collection of animal fables?

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Aesop

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. __ was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy

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A: Aeschylus

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__ is best known for his plays, and is often called the “Father of Comedy”

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Aristophanes

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__ is most known for developing his philosophical and scientific system and formal logic?

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Aristotle

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5: __ is best known for founding Confucianism, which has shaped modern chinese culture today?

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Confucius

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__ is known for developing the atomic theory, and was known as the “Laughing Philosopher”

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democrites

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: __ is known for founding the school of Cynicism and his radical lifestyle of extreme asceticism. (ex. living in a jar/barrel or living according to nature.)

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Diogenes

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__ was known for creating tragedies with psychological realism, complex characters, and emotions

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Euripides

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__ is the first mythical emperor of China, has a serpent’s body and he/her name means “the great bright one”

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Fuxi (Fook-si)

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10: _ was famous for being a physician and philosopher whose writings on medicine and anatomy,became the dominant medical authority in many places for over a thousand years, and made the Ganelic Formulation.

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Galen

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:_ was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city Ephesus, when it was part of Persia’s Empire’s most known for his ideas that everything is in a state of constant change (universal flux),that fire is the fundamental element of the universe, and for his concept of the unity of opposites.

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Heraclitus

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_ was most famous for being the “Father of History” and writing The Histories, a work that orderly documented the Greco-Persian Wars and provided cultural and geographical information about the ancient world. He is celebrated for his approach of seeking out and recording “inquiries” into events, and attempting to explain why things happened.

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Herodotus

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_ was a lyric poet who lived from 65 BC to 8 BCE. His work, which includes The Odes, Epodes, and Satires, is highly influential and often reflects on love, friendship, nature, and the Roman world under Emperor Augustus.

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Horace

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_ the central figure of Christianity, revered by most Christians as the incarnation of God the Son and the Savior of the world. He is a historical figure whose life, death, and resurrection form the basis of the Christian religion.

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Jesus christ/Jesus of Nazareth

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What group of tribes was decended from ancient isrealites and then renamed by God?

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12 tribes of Isreal

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What ancient man is considered the father of all abrahamic religions?

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Abraham/Abram

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What are the names of the first two humans created by God?

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a form of the Hindu deity Shiva, shown as half male and half female

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Ardhanarishvara

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What is a supernatural heavenly or supernatural being usually pictured with wings?

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Who are people chosen by God to spread his word after Christ’s ressurrection?

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What is the tower in Genesis chapter 11 that humanity built to reach the heavens?

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Tower of Babbel

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what period in jewish history was where the people of judah were exiled to babylon

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Babylonian captivity

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what palestinian city is the birthplace of Jesus Christ?

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Who is a chief pastor/overseer of diocese in a roman catholic church?

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what are the 66 chapters in the bible called?
The books of the bible
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what are the names of the sons of the first two humans?
Cain and Abel
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what is the name we have given to the moment god brought existance to the universe?
creation
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who was a prophet of god who was known for his wisdom and prohetic visions, and surviving the lion's den?
daniel
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who was the second king of Isreal, a prominent warrior, a poet, and killer of Goliath?
david
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What location if first mentioned in the book of Genesis, a paradise, and a garden?
Garden of Eden
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what is a book of the bible that is written as a letter from an apostle?
An epistle
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what book of the bible is the first part of the origin myth of the Isrealites, and the second book of the bible?
exodus
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what is someone called when they are not jewish?
A gentile
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who is someone that is selfless and aids people in distress, but also the name of a parable in the bible?
a good samaritan
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Jesus Christ, who guides people and keeps them safe, is also known as what?
Good Shepard
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The four books of the bible Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are know as the what in the bible?
Gospels
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what is the name of the christian doctrine stating that God is the father, the son, and the holy spirit?
The holy trinity
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What is the name of the City of God, the place chosen by God for his plan for the world?
Jerusalem
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who was a first century jewish preacher and religious leader, who is known as God on earth?
Jesus Christ/Jesus/Jesus of Nazereth
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what do we call the series of large-scale revolts of the jews against the romans between 66-135 B.C.E.
Jewish-Roman wars
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who was the man who preached and baptized people in the preperation of jesus, or saint John the forerunner?
John the Baptist