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gymnosperm

"Naked seeds", such as pine cones and other conifers.

anatta

"No self"; the doctrine that there is no soul or permanent essence in people and things.

Byzantine Empire

(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine.

sadhu

(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man

despondent

(adj.) depressed from loss of hope or confidence; utterly discouraged

bizarre

(adj.) extremely strange, unusual, atypical

eclectic

(adj.) made up of a variety of sources or styles

boisterous

(adj.) rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited

DNA

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix

RNA

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes

gene

(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain

haploid

(genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes

mutation

(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure

meiosis

(genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms

analogy

(n.) a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

dialogue or dialog

(n.) a written or verbal conversation between two or more persons

chronology

(n.) arrangement of events in time

decorum

(n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness

deduction

(n.) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect), a chain of reasoning that leads down to a necessary conclusion

antibody

(n.) substance manufactured in the body that works against germs or poisons produced by germs

alliteration

(n.) the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

cower

(v.) to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

deign

(v.) to do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity

accentuate

(v.) to emphasize, to stress, highlight, put stress on

bamboozle

(v.) to fool or cheat (someone)

aspire

(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

camouflage

(v.) to hide by blending in with surroundings (n.) the act of hiding by blending in with surroundings

commemorate

(v.) to preserve, honor, or celebrate the memory of

boycott

(v.) to refuse to buy something, use something, or take part in something as a way of protesting

divulge

(v.) to tell, reveal; to make public

Sources for Proverbs

* Poor Richard's Almanac by Ben Franklin "Haste makes waste" * Book of Proverbs in NT

Sources for Parables

* The pordical SOn *the Bible *New Testament * THe Gospels * Example: The GOod Samaritan" teaches the virtue of neighborliness

PARABLES

* a brief story teaching a moral lesson * contains a religious principle

TALL TALE

* an exaggerated untrue improbable story *the greater the exaggeration, the better * always a speck of truth in the exaggeration * originated in America

Examples of Myths

*How the Frog lost its tail (African) * The Bear (Cheyenne)

examples of tall tales

*Mike Fink * Stormalong * Paul Bunyan * Johnny Appleseed

PROVERBS

*a short wise saying used for a long time by many people *gives advice

Louis H. Sullivan

-American -Has been called "Father of Skyscrapers" & "Father of Modernism" -Some consider him the first modernist -"Guaranty Building" (pictured) -"World's Columbian Exposition" (collaborated with many architects around the country)

Robert Mills

-American -Neoclassical architecture -Student of Latrobe -First trained architect in America -Contributed w/James Hoban on the White House -Won Competition to build Washington Monument -Worked on many federal buildings in D.C. -Worked on many court houses -"Washington Monument" (pictured)

Philip Johnson

-American -Postmodern work -Founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art -Collaborated with Mies van der Rohe to build the Seagram Building -Became openly gay and has been called "the best-known openly gay architect in America" -"Glass House" -"Gate of Europe" -"Crystal Cathedral" (pictured)

Frank Lloyd Wright

-American -Sculptures were in harmony with nature -Named "Greatest Architect of All Time" by the American Institute of Architecture -"Falling Water" (pictured) -"Guggenheim Museum" -"Wright Home & Studio" -"Taliesin"

Thomas Jefferson

-American -Self-taught architect -Felt need to improve architecture around Virginia -"Monticello" (pictured) -"Poplar Forest" -"Virginia State Capital" -"University of Virginia"

William Strickland

-American -Student of Latrobe -Influenced by Greek Revival -"Second Bank of the United States" (pictured) -"Merchants' Exchange" -"National Mechanic Bank"

hieroglyphics

-Ancient Egyptian writing system -combination of pictures and symbols

William Thornton

-British-American -Proposed the first drafts for the U.S. Capital until Latrobe took over and modified details to the design -Designed houses for friends -"Woodlawn" -"Tudor Place" -U.S. Capital (pictured)

Frank Gehry

-Canadian American -Contemporary architect -Named "Most Important Architect of Our Time" by Vanity -Known for his with everyday objects and unusual materials -Style was referred to as Deconstructivism -"Walt Disney Concert Hall" -"Santa Monica Place" -"Frederick Weisman Museum of Art" -"Gehry Residence" (pictured)

Antoni Gaudi

-Catalan (ethnic group in North Spain) -Integrated ceramics, stained glass, & wrought iron -Lots of Catholic influence -Nicknamed "God's Architect" -Very meticulous in work focusing on details -"Casa Mila" -"Casa Batlló" -"Casa Calvert" -"Sagrada Famillia" (pictured)--never finished

Maya Lin

-Chinese American -Focuses on space being connected to surroundings and observer -Known for memorials -"Vietnam Veterans Memorial" (pictured) -"Civil Rights Memorial" -"The Wave Field"

I.M. Pei

-Chinese American -Often called Master of Modern Architecture -Combines modern feel with traditional designs -"Louvre" (pictured) -"Rock & Roll Hall of Fame " -"John F. Kennedy Library"

boers

-Dutch and French settlers in South Africa

John Vanbrugh

-English -Baroque style -Suddenly changed from playwrights to architecture -Had no formal training -"Castle Howard" (pictured) -"Blenheim Palace" -"Seaton Delaval Hall"

Inigo Jones

-English -First to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings -First significant British architect of the early modern period -"Banqueting House" (pictured)

Robert Hooke

-English -Influential in architectural designs in London -Helped make plans to redesign London after the Great Fire -Few of his buildings remain -"Monument to the fire" (pictured) -"Bethlem Royal Hospital" -"Royal Greenwich Observatory"

Nicholas Hawksmoor

-English -Prominent leading figure in the English Baroque style -Designed many buildings at Oxford -Parliament commissioned many architects of the time to rebuild 50 new churches around London but many architects fell through with the plan and the churches were left for Hawksmoor -Due to money only 12 churches were completed in which 6 were solely Hawksmoor -"Clarendon Building" -"Codrington Library" -"Christ Church" (pictured)

Christopher Wren

-English -Rebuilt 52 churches -Helped with reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1666 in London -"St. Paul's Cathedral" (pictured) -"Greenwich Hospital" -"Library, Trinity College"

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

-English -Work was inspired by the British Neoclassical movement -Influenced by Thomas Jefferson's style to devise an American Greek Revival style -Contributed to the build of the White House -"Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (first Catholic cathedral in U.S.) -"United States Capital" (pictured) -"Nassau Hall"

Eero Saarinen

-Finnish-American -Embraced many styles in his work -"St.Louis Gateway Arch" -"U.S. Embassy" -"TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport" (pictured) -"Dulles International Airport"

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

-French American -Know for renovating the Capital Building and designing most of D.C.'s layout

Walter Gropius

-German -Founder of Bauhaus School -Developed "International Style" --A sleek, modern style of architecture consisting of glass walls and steel structures -"Bauhaus" (pictured) -"Armchair F 51" -"Masters' Houses" -"Alan I W Frank House"

Mies van der Rohe

-German-American -Famous for his quotes about minimalism -Simple, sleek, & modern -"The Seagram Building" "860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments" -"Farnsworth House" (pictured) -"Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" -"National Gallery, Berlin"

Andrew Palladio

-Italian -Wrote the "Four Books to Architecture" which created the language of architecture -Style was a blend of Greek, Roman, & Renaissance -Focused heavily on symmetry, perspective, & harmony -"Villa Capra" aka "La Rotunda" (pictured) -"Church of San Giorgio Maggiore" -"Basilica Palladiana" -"Villa Barbaro"

Bruelleschi

-Italian Renaissance -Studied the ruins of Rome with Donatello -Developed linear perspective -Introduced safety for construction workers on the building of the Florence Cathedral -"Florence Cathedral" -"Foundling Hospital"(pictured)

Michelangelo

-Italian Renaissance -Worked for pope and Medici Family -"St. Peter's Basilica" (pictured) -"Medici Chapel" -"Laurentian Library"

phenotype

-actual physical result of a genotype

sex-linked gene

-allele inherited from a sex-chromosome -can cause human genetic disorder such as colorblindness or hemophilia

allele

-an alternate form of a gene for a single trait -can be dominant or recessive

heterozygous

-an organism with two different alleles for a trait

homozygous

-an organism with two of the same alleles for a trait

scribe

-ancient egyptian specially trained to read and write

egyptologist

-archaeologist -specializes in Ancient Egypt

imhotep

-architect of the first pyramid -second in command after pharaoh -later was made into a god

senet

-board game

voortrekker

-boer who traveled from British territory to the Boer republics

vein

-bundles of xylem and phloem -can be visible on the surface of a leaf

thebes

-capital city of Egypt during the New Kingdom

memphis

-capital of the Old Kingdom -near the border of Upper and Lower Egypt

phloem

-carry sugar throughout the plant

xylem

-carry water and minerals throughout the plant

amulet

-charm worn by ancient egyptians -believed to have magical powers

great zimbabwe

-city that ruled central Africa starting around 1200 CE

sodium

-combined with chlorine it makes table salt

spongy layer

-contains irregularly shaped cells -aids in photosynthesis

spongy layer

-contains irregularly shaped cells under the epidermis of the leaf -aids in the process of photosynthesis

palisade layer

-contains long cells under the epidermis (in the mesophyll) -aids in photosynthesis

palisade layer

-contains long cells under the epidermis of the leaf -aids in the process of photosynthesis

tap root

-covered in root hairs -single, large root that grows straight down -stores a large amount of food for the plant -ex: carrot

fibrous root

-covered in root hairs -slender and branch out in many directions -ex: wheat, barley, beans

mummy

-dead body preserved for the afterlife =most famous one is tutankhamen

rainforest

-dense forest in areas with heavy rainfall -in some of central and west Africa

sahara

-desert in North Africa

caste

-divison of people -social rank

Song

-eighth Chinese dynasty -China becomes a world leader in science and technology -inventions include gunpowder and compass

aksum

-empire on the Horn of Africa -also called axum -100 to 940 CE

ghana

-empire that ruled Africa from 300 to 1100 CE

mali

-empire that ruled West Africa from 1235 to 1600 CE -founded by king sundiata

soghai

-empire that ruled West Africa from 1464 to 1591 CE

swahili

-ethnic group in East Africa -language spoken by many East African nations such as Kenya and Uganda

seedless

-ex: club moss, fern, horsetail -as the name implies, does not have seeds but instead spores

Han

-fifth Chinese dynasty -paper and porcelain were invented -embraced Confucianism, poetry, and literature

woody

-firm, hard stem type

Xia

-first Chinese dynasty -not much known

hydrogen

-flammable and explosive gas -used in the Hindenburg blimp

blade

-flat part of a leaf

blade

-flat part of a leaf´s surface

photosynthesis

-food-making process in the plant

photosynthesis

-food-making process that occurs in the leaves -the recipe is carbon dioxide, chlorophyll, water, and light energy

phloem

-found closer to the outside of a stem -transports sugar, protein, etc. to all parts of the plant

carbon

-found in coal, gas, living things, ink,

potassium

-found in fertilizers

calcium

-found in limestone, marble, chalk

xylem

-found in the center of the stem -ex: growth rings of a tree -transports water and water soluble nutrients to all parts of the plant

Qin

-fourth Chinese dynasty -Shi Huangdi became the first emperor -construction of the Great Wall began -standards for weight, measures, money, and writing were set, unifying China

oxygen

-gas necessary for respiration and burning

osiris

-god of the afterlife

eye of horus

-good luck sign of the sun/moon -believed to protect from evil

arabs

-group from the middle east who invaded North Africa and conquered them in the 700s CE

gneophytes

-group of plants that possess characteristics from both gymnosperms and angiosperms -ex: tropical vines and several desert plants

caravan

-group of traders traveling across the desert -typically used camels

hyskos

-group who conquered Lower Egypt -they had superior weapons and chariots

ivory

-hard white material from animal tusks =used to make jewelry and other ornaments

auxin

-hormones that determine stem growth

gymnosperm

-include cycads and ginkgoes -produces seeds, but not flowers -have true roots, stems, and leaves

angiosperm

-include monocotyledons and dicotyledons, or monocots and dicots -have stamens, pistils, stigmas, sepals, filaments, styles, ovules, and ovaries -can be annuals, biennials, or perennials -have true roots, stems, and leaves

berber

-indigenous North African people

canopic jar

-jars that held the organs of the mummy =lungs, intestine, liver, stomach

kush

-kingdom that ruled sudan (south of Egypt) -1070 BC to 300s CE -also called Nubia

continent

-large continuous expanse of land =seven total

sarcophagus

-large stone box that held a mummy's coffin

cambium

-layer of cells that builds new xylem and phloem

cambium

-layer of cells that produce new xylem and phloem

parallel

-leaf vein pattern - multiple veins run parallel to one another until the end of the leaf where they taper together -ex: grass

pinnate

-leaf vein pattern -resembles the veins in a feather -has one main vein called a midrib running through the center with smaller veins branching from the midrib -ex: elm leaves

palmate

-leaf vein pattern -there is not one midrib, or main leaf vein, but 3-5 large veins that have small branches

nyama

-magical force in African traditional religion -thought to be used by artisans such as blacksmiths

amun

-main god of the new kingdom

nitrogen

-makes up 78% of the air

mansa musa

-mali emperor -one of the richest people in history -made a pilgramage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia

endosperm

-material that turns into the stored food for the seed -also known as the cotyledon

genetic engineering

-methods to change a gene's DNA -can be used in crop production, large volumes of medicine -changes how cells perform their normal functions

mesophyll

-middle part of the leaf containing the chlorophyll -part of the leaf where most food is made

mesophyll

-middle section of the leaf -contains chlorophyll and where most of the food is actually made in the leaf

adobe

-mud brick made from clay and straw =used to make walls and homes

sphinx

-mythological beast -body of a lion and head of a pharaoh/god -statues built to guard tombs

Yuan

-ninth Chinese dynasty -Mongols from the north finally defeat the Song after a long war -Kubla Khan established a harsher dynasty

lower egypt

-northern half of Ancient Egypt -end of the Nile River where it flooded into the Mediterranean

respiration

-occurs continuously -process that gets rid of extra water and oxygen and takes in carbon dioxide

respiration

-occurs continuously -releases oxygen during this process and takes in carbon dioxide

polygenic inheritance

-occurs when a group of gene pairs acts together and produces a specific trait -human eye color, skin color, height

self pollination

-occurs when pollen from the stamen goes to the pistil in the same flower

cross pollination

-occurs when pollen transfers from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower

hybrid

-offspring with different genetic information for a trait from each parent

palmate

-one of the 3 main leaf patterns -3 to 5 larger veins start at the bottom of the leaf and branch outward -ex: maple leaves

pinnate

-one of the 3 main leaf patterns -resembles the veins in a feather -main vein called the midrib goes up the center of the leaf and several smaller veins branch out from the midrib -ex: elm leaves

parallel

-one of the 3 main leaf patterns -veins run next to each other -as the name implies the veins do not run into each other until the end of the leaf -ex: grass

stomata

-openings on the underside of the leaf -carbon dioxide enters and oxygen exits through this cycle called respiration

stomate

-openings on the underside of the leaf -carbon dioxide enters the leaf and oxygen exits through cellular respiration

seed coat

-outer casing that protects the seed

epidermis

-outer layer of cells that protect the root

epidermis

-outer layer of cells that protects the root

epidermis

-outer layer of protecting cells on the leaf

epidermis

-outer layer of protective cells on the leaf

bark

-outer layer of woody stems

bark

-outer protective layer on woody stems

Five Dynasties

-peasant rebellion takes down the Tang dynasty -period of division

moors

-people of North Africa under Islam rule -709 CE and on

nomads

-people who travel from place to place in search of food and pasture for livestock

dynasty

-period of rule when a series of kings/pharaohs are all form the same family

Six Dynasties

-period of time where China was not unified under a single leader, but six

tutankhamen

-pharaoh famous for his tomb -one of the few untouched tombs full of treasure

papyrus

-plant that grew on the banks of the Nile =paper, boats, sandals, baskets, and rope

epiphytes

-plants that grow on the exterior of trees -do not leech food from the tree or harm the tree in any way -ex: ferns that grow on rainforest trees

carthage

-powerful North African city-state on Mediterranean coast -rivaled Rome between 650 and 146 BC

hatshepsut

-powerful queen -became one of the most successful pharaohs

zinc

-prevents rust -used in dry cell batteries

tropism

-process in which a plant grows toward a particular stimulus -includes photo, geo, thigmo, and hydro

thigmotropism

-process in which a plant responds/grows toward touch -ex: winding around a wooden stake, grow along a wall

geotropism

-process in which a plant responds/grows towards downward gravity

phototropism

-process in which a plant responds/grows towards light

hydrotropism

-process in which a plant responds/grows towards water

incomplete dominance

-production of a phenotype between two homozygous parents

nefertiti

-queen -famous for her beauty

sahel

-region between Sahara Desert and savanna grasslands

maghreb

-region of North Africa -Libya to Mauritania

delta

-region where the Nile River split into several branches before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea

islam

-religion that believes in Allah and the prophet Muhammed -spread to North Africa in the 700s BC

radicle

-root part of the embryo seedling

hydroponics

-science of growing plants in water instead of soil

grafting

-science through which a bud of one plant is inserted into an existing stem or trunk of another plant, and the bulb permanently becomes part of the other plant

Shang

-second Chinese dynasty -ruled most of the Yellow River -capital city was Yin

vizier

-second in command after the pharaoh

Tang

-seventh Chinese dynasty -period of peace and prosperity, sometimes known as the Golden Age of China -art, literature, and technology flourish -capital city Chang'an becomes the world's largest city

tuber

-short fleshy part of an underground stem from which new plants develop

Sui

-sixth Chinese dynasty -expanded on the Great Wall -built the Grand Canal

herbaceous

-soft, flexible stem type

muslim

-someone who follows Islam

upper egypt

-southern half of Egypt -got it's name because it's where the Nile River begins

petioles

-stalk-like particles -attach the leaf to the stem

petioles

-stalk-like particles that attach the leaf to the stem

fufu

-staple food of West Africa -made from yams

rosetta stone

-stone which had the same inscription in Greek and Egyptian -helpful in translating hieroglyphics

griot

-storyteller/musician/historian in West Africa

kora

-stringed instrument similar to a harp -played by griots

pyramid

-structure with four sides meeting at a point on top -Egyptians and Kushites built these for tombs of pharaohs

genetics

-study of how traits are inherited through alleles

pharaoh

-supreme ruler of all of Ancient Egypt -considered a god

ankh

-symbol carried by the pharaohs and gods which meant life

obelisk

-tall pillar monument -usually in pairs by the entrances of temples

Ming

-tenth Chinese dynasty -finished the Great Wall -built the Forbidden City, an enormous palace, for the emperor -overthrew the Mongols

book of the dead

-text that had magic spells to be used in the afterlife

germination

-the beginning of growth

genotype

-the genetic makeup of an organism

heredity

-the passing of traits from parents to offspring

akhet

-the season when the Nile River flooded

inundation

-the time when the Nile River actually flooded

Zhou

-third and longest dynasty in China's history -first to use Mandate of Heaven

dormancy

-time period in which a plant does not grow -ex: a seed before it gets a good condition to germinate

root hair

-tiny hairs that gather water and nutrients from the soil

pyramid

-tomb for Egypt's pharaohs -made from heavy stone and had four sides

punnett square

-tool to predict certain traits in offspring -shows the different ways alleles can be combined

recessive

-trait that is being overpowered by another trait -represented by a lowercase letter

dominant

-trait that overpowers another trait -represented by a capital letter

cedar

-tree from the land of Lebanon -wood was good for building =ships

chariot

-two wheeled cart pulled by horses -used in warfare

conifer

-type of gymnosperm -has needle-like leaves -produce seeds in cones -ex: pine, spruce, sequoia

taproot

-type of root -covered in root hairs -single, large root that grows straight down -stores a lot of food for the plant -ex: carrot

fibrous

-type of root -covered in root hairs -slender and branchy -ex: wheat, barley, beans

herbaceous

-type of stem -soft, green and flexible

woody

-type of stem -strong, firm, and hard

bulb

-underground part of the plant -puts down roots

bulb

-underground portion of the plant -puts down roots

lead

-used in automobile batteries, fishing weights, diving weights, -used to be used in paint before it was deemed too dangerous

chlorine

-used in bleach and to kill germs in swimming pools -paired with sodium in table salt

helium

-used in blimps and balloons because it is much lighter than air

nickel

-used in coins -one of the coins in the U.S. is named after this element

copper

-used in electrical wires, pots, pans, and pennies

silicon

-used in electronics and compounds for making glass

platinum

-used in jewelry

tungsten

-used in light bulb filaments

aluminum

-used in making airplanes, buildings, pots and pans,

gold

-used in making jewelry and other decorative pieces

neon

-used in many lights and signs

iodine

-used in open cuts and wounds to kill germs

bromine

-used in photography, medicines, insecticides,

uranium

-used in some nuclear reactions

silver

-used in tableware, jewelry, photography, medicine, coins,

iron

-used in the construction of buildings, steel, and machines

mercury

-used in thermometers (not digital thermometers)

chromium

-used on the bumpers of cars, household fixtures,

tin

-used to make cans

sulfur

-used to make sulfuric acid, medicines,

veins

-visible on the leaf´s surface -bundles of xylem and phloem

cuticle

-waxy layer found on some leaves -keeps excess water from evaporating

cuticle

-waxy layer found on some leaves that keeps the plant from losing water through evaporation

Mandate of Heaven

-what gave rulers their right to be in power by blessing them -the rulers had to be good and have justice to keep it

afterlife

-where ancient egyptians believed they would go when they died

giza

-where several pyramids were built -where the Great Sphinx was built

embryo

-young plant that develops from the zygote

In a play the director is responsible for:

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In folk and social dance, the dancers:

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Movements that travel from point A to point B are examples of what type of movement?

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One-point and two-point perspective in visual art create the illusion of depth by:

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The Native American rain dance would be considered a type of:

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When analyzing a piece of music, people use letters to describe the form (e.g. one type of Rondo form is ABACADA). The letters represent:

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When creating a dance or movement study floor patterns are created by:

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MICRO-

0.000001; one-millionth of the base unit

MILLI-

0.001; one-thousandth of the base unit

CENTI-

0.01; one-hundredth of the base unit

1squared

1³

√1

CUBIC CENTIMETER (cc) (ml)

1 cc=1 ml=0.001 L

2.2 lb

1 kg

KILOGRAM (kg)

1 kg=1,000 g

MICROGRAM (mcg)

1 mcg=0.001 mg=0.000001 g

MILLIGRAM (mg)

1 mg=1,000 mcg=0.001 g

10³

1,000

KILO-

1,000; one thousand of the base unit

where did kids hide?

1. under tablee 2. into bed 3. into stove 4. into kitchen 5 into cupboard 6. under washing-bowl 7. into clock case

FAHRENHEIT

1.8 x C + 32

Quadrant

1/4 of a circle or other plane figure

8,6

√100

10squared

100

28,96

100

80,60

100

√121

11, 60, __

11, __, 61

15,112

113

√144

12, 35, __

12, __, 37

11squared

121

5³

125

5,12

√169

13, 84, __

13, __, 85

√196

12squared

144

12,9

√225

1 ml

15 gtts 100 units

1 tbsp

15 ml

4squaerd

√256

16, 63, __

16, __,65

13squared

169

15,8

√289

√324

√361

14squared

196

Bugsy Malone

1976 British-American musical gangster film, very loosely based on events in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931 in the Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of gangsters

CENTIMETER (cm)

1cm=0.01 m=10 mm

MILLILITER (ml)

1ml=1cc=0.001 L

MILLIMETER (mm)

1mm=0.001 m=0.1 cm

√4

diploid

2 sets of chromosomes

12,16

√400

20, 21, __

20, __, 29

√441

6³

216

√484

15squared

225

√529

√576

1 cup

240 ml

20,15

5squared

7,24

√625

16squared

256

24,10

3³

28, 45, __

28, __, 53

17squared

289

21,20

Shape

2D, flat object. Has Length and width. Can be either Geometric or Organic.

kshatriyas

2nd in the caste system (warriors)

√9

3 , 4, __

3, __, 5

1 gallon

3,840 ml

1 fl. oz.

30 ml

18squared

324

33, 56, __

33, __, 65

16,30

7³

343

Find the value of 7 cubed, or 7 to the third power

343

6squared

36, 77, __

36, __, 85

19squared

361

35,12

15,36

39, 80, __

39, __, 89

vaishyas

3rd in the caste system (peasants, merchants, and traders)

2squared

√16

four noble truths

4 basic beliefs that were the foundation of buddhsim...1) All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. 2) The cause of suffering is nonvirtue, or negative deeds and mindsets such as hated and desire. 3) The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture. 4) The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path

The number of students in Mrs. White's third grade class is 28. If there are 12 boys, what is the ratio of girls to boys? Be sure to simplify your answer.

4 to 3 (order is specific)

32,24

20squared

400

9,40

21squared

441

The Parthenon

447 to 438 B.C. This is a sculpture and archietecture. It was made with marble. The building was made for the goddess Athena.

27,36

1 lb

454 g 16 ounces

Find the Least Common Multiple of 6, 8, and 16.

48, 55, __

48, __, 73

1 pint

480 ml

22squared

484

7squared

3,4

√25

1 tsp

5 ml

5, 12, __

5, __ , 13

48,14

8³

512

20,48

23squared

529

45,28

33,44

24squared

576

40,42

√36

1 dram

60 grains (gr)

11,60

25squared

625

4³

8squared

33,56

63,16

1 grain (gr)

65 mg

65, 72, __

65, __, 97

60,32

√49

7, 24, __

7, __, 25

9³

729

55,48

24,70

21,72

2³

√64

eight-fold path

8 steps to end suffering -- guide to behavior...1- Right Conduct, 2- Right Speech, 3- Right means of livelihood, 4- Right knowledge, 5- Right intention, 6- Right effort, 7- Right mindfulness, 8- Right concentration

8, 15, __

8, __, 17

48,64

Charlemagne

800 AD crowned by the Pope as the head of the Holy Roman Empire, which extended from northern Spain to western Germany and northern Italy. He was known as Charles the Great, he ruled most of what is now France and Germany. He united tribes in Central and Western Europe into 1 empire. He helped people see themselves as Europeans not as tribes.

9squared

13,84

39,80

3squarrd

√81

9, 40, __

9, __, 41

What is the largest two digit prime number that´s less than 100?

cotyledon

A "seed leaf" which develops as a part of the seed. It provides nutrients to the developing seedling and eventually becomes the first leaf of the plant.

Antonio Vivaldi

A 17th and 18th century composer who's become one of the most renowned figures in European classical music. The Four Seasons, Montezuma, Mandolin Concerto

Diego Velazquez

A 17th century Spanish painter who produced many renowned portraits as a member of King Philip IV's royal court. Las Meninas, The Surrender of Breda, Portrait of Innocent X

Sweeney Todd

A 1979 musical thriller written by Sondheim. Tells the story of a barber who teams up with Mrs. Lovett to seek revenge on the judge that raped his wife. He sets up a barber shop and slits the throats of his customers, sending them down a chute to Mrs. Lovett's bakery, where she cooks the bodies into savory pies.

Georgia O'Keeffe

A 20th century American painter best known for her flower canvases and southwestern landscapes. Jimson Weed, Cow's Skull with Calico Roses**, Lake George

Form

A 3D object. Has Length, Width and Depth. (Circle=2D; has no form. Sphere=3D; has form)

Rihanna

A Barbadian singer and songwriter. Diamonds, Stay, Umbrella

Antoni Gaudi

A Barcelona-based Spanish architect whose free-flowing works were greatly influenced by nature. Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, Casa Mila

Emily Dickinson

A Bird Came Down the Walk Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers Dying My Life Closed Twice Before it´s Close -She never married and rarely left her parents´ house. -She died of Bright´s Disease in 1886 (chronic inflammation of the kidneys) -Nicknamed 'the Belle of Amherst'

Samba

A Brazilian dance, recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival, performed in 2/4 tempo

Queen

A British rock band that formed in London in 1970. The classic line-up was Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, Don. Stop Me Now

Celine Dion

A Canadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman and occasional actress. My Heart Will Go On, Power of Love, Because You Loved Me

Frank Gehry

A Canadian-American architect known for postmodern designs. Guggenheim Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Louis Vuitton Foundation

Alvar Aalto

A Finnish architect and designer, as well as a sculptor and painter. Baker House, Finlandia Hall, Wolfsburg Cultural Center

Joan of Arc

A French military leader of the fifteenth century, a national heroine who at the age of seventeen took up arms to establish the rightful king on the French throne. She claimed to have heard God speak to her in voices. These claims eventually led to her trial for heresy and her execution by burning at the stake. Joan of Arc is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church

Edouard Manet

A French painter who depicted everyday scenes of people and city life. He was a leading artist in the transition from realism to impressionism. Olympia, Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Walter Gropius

A German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. MetLife Building, Werkbund Exhibition, US Embassy in Athens

Johannes Brahms

A German composer and pianist who wrote symphonies, concerti, chamber music, piano works, and choral compositions. Hungarian Dances, A German Requiem, Symphony No. 1

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

A German-born architect known as the leader of the International Style. Seagram Building, Barcelona Pavilion, Farnsworth House

El Greco

A Greek artist whose painting and sculpture helped define the Spanish Renaissance and influence various movements to come. His name literally means "the Greek." The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, View of Toledo, Laocoon

Franz Liszt

A Hungarian pianist and composer of enormous influence and originality. He was renowned in Europe during the Romantic movement. Hungarian Rhapsodies, La Campanella, Transcendental Etudes

Bob Marley

A Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. Three Little Birds, Sun Is Shining, One Love

Irving Berlin

A Jewish, Russian-born American composer and lyricist. Widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history, his music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. God Bless America, Puttin' on the Ritz, Alexander's Ragtime Band.

Zumba

A Latin type of dance fitness program which involves dance and aerobic elements

Frida Kahlo

A Mexican self-portrait artist who was married to Diego Rivera and is still admired as a feminist icon. The Two Fridas, Self-Portrait with Monkey**, The Wounded Deer

Mosque

A Muslim place of worship

Edvard Grieg

A Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers. Peer Gynt, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Holberg Suite

Triumphal arche

A Roman building type erected to emperors and generals commemorating victorious campaigns

Vaslav Nijinsky

A Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, cited as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. He, too, was a member of the Ballet Russe.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

A Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. Scheherazade, Flight of the Bumblebee, The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Anna Pavlova

A Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a member of the Ballet Russe in it's opening tour. She is known for playing the roles of the Dying Swan and Giselle.

George Balanchine

A Russian-born American ballet choreographer. He co-founded the School of American Ballet with Lincoln Kirstein and married Maria Tallchief.

Santiago Calatrava

A Spanish neo-futuristic architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter. He has offices in New York City, Doha, and Zürich. Turning Torso, World Trade Center PATH Station, Zubizuri

Le Corbusier

A Swiss-born French architect who belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture. Villa Savoye, Notre Dame du Haut, Ville Radieuse (unconstructed)

Clement Moore

A Visit from St. Nicholas

Rumba

A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance, in duple time, The Peanut Vendor, Originator: Monsieur Pierre (Pierre Zurcher-Margolle),

checking

A bank account you use to pay everyday expenses

Benedictine Rule

A collection of rules or guidelines for monks and monasteries; named for Benedict of Nursia; widely used in Europe in the Middle Ages

Extended Metaphor

A comparison developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.

Smile

A critical figure of speech in an argument when what is unknown is compared to something that is known using the word "like," "as," or "than" in order to better perceive its importance.

Cha-cha-cha

A dance of Cuban origin, the name is onomatopoeic, derived from the rhythm of the güiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers' feet, Originator: Enrique Jorrín in 1953.

Ludwig van Beethoven

A deaf German composer and the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. Eroica, Symphony No. 9, Fidelio

Figure of speech

A device used to produce figurative language. Many compare dissimilar things. Examples include apotrophe, hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron, paradox, personification, simile, synecdoche, understatement.

Allusion

A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of it.

Black Plague

A disease carried by fleas on rats that traveled to Europe from Asian trade ships. The Plague engulfed Europe during the Middle Ages. It killed about one-third of the population. This caused the feudal system died out and the middle ages to end.

Claude Monet

A famous French painter whose work gave a name to the art movement Impressionism, which was concerned with capturing light and natural forms. Water Lilies**, Poppies, Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son

The Daring Needle

A fantasy about a needle.

Zygote

A fertilized egg.

zygote

A fertilized egg.

onomatopoeia

A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Simple examples include such words as buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, and murmur.

Personification

A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.

Hyperbole

A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. (The literal Greek meaning is "overshoot.") It often has a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, it produces irony. The opposite of it is understatement.

Metaphor

A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.

pollen

A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants

ovary

A flower structure that encloses and protects ovules and seeds as they develop.

angiosperms

A flowering plant which forms seeds inside a protective chamber called an ovary.

Abstract Fraction

A fraction that contains one or more variables

Algebraic Expression

A group of numbers, symbols, and variables that express an operation or series of operations

tissue

A group of similar cells that perform the same function.

cambium

A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem and xylem cells.

Pierre Auguste-Renoir

A leading Impressionist painter who was one of the most famous artists of the early twentieth century. Luncheon of the Boating Party, Bal du Moulin de la Galette, The Umbrellas

Leonardo da Vinci

A leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance, known as one of the most multi-talented men in history. Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man**

Titian

A leading artist of the Italian Renaissance who painted works for Pope Paul III, King Philip II of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He was a major artist of the Venetian School. Diana and Actaeon, Venus of Urbino, Assumption of a Virgin

Donatello

A leading figure of Italian High Renaissance classicism, he is best known for his "Madonnas" and for his large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome. Judith and Holofernes, Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata, David (bronze)

Variable

A letter or symbol used to represent an unknown number in an equation

Fandango

A lively Spanish couples dance in triple time performed with castanets or tambourines, as well as guitars, noted in 6/8, but later in 3/8 or 3/4 time

Johann Sebastian Bach

A magnificent classical composer who is revered through the ages for his work's musical complexities and stylistic innovations. Brandenburg Concertos, Goldberg Variations, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565

Rhizoids

A mass of root-like threads.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A modern architect who developed an organic and distinctly American style. He designed numerous iconic buildings. Fallingwater, Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Robie House

Islam

A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia, means "submission to the will of Allah"

Prime Number

A number only having two factors, 1 and itself

Exponent

A number that indicates how many times the base is multiplied by itself

Composite Number

A number that is divisible by at least two factors

Term

A number, variable, product, or quotient in an expression

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea.

The Music Man

A phony traveling salesman's plans to con an Iowa town in 1912 are challenged by his love for the town librarian, Marian.

Hajj

A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims as stated in the 5 Pillars of Islam

Binomial

A polynomial with two terms

mitosis

A process of asexual reproduction in eukaryotic cells

Norman Foster

A prominent and prolific British architect known for his sleek, modern office buildings made of steel and glass. 30 St Mary Axe, Reichstag Building, Millenium Bridge in London

Bomba

A puerto rican tradition that emerged from the slave barracks. The rhythm and beat are played by a set of hand drums and a maraca. Dance is an integral part of the music: the dancers move their bodies to every beat of the drum, making bomba a very wild and rich dance.

Constant

A quantity whose value does not change

Rate

A ratio comparing two different units

hinduism

A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms

sexual reproduction

A reproductive process that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents

Henri Matisse

A revolutionary and influential artist of the early 20th century, best known for the expressive color and form of his Fauvist style. Dance**, Blue Nude, Portrait of Madame Matisse

cell wall

A rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support to the cell

Rock of Ages

A rock/jukebox musical, with a book by Chris D'Arienzo, built around classic rock hits from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of the decade. The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Europe among other well-known rock bands.

taproot

A root that is both the largest and primary root of a seed

Botanist

A scientist who studies plants.

germination

A series of events that results in the growth of a plant from a seed

Empty Set

A set containing no numbers

Analogy

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. It is sort of like an extended simile.

Justinian Code

A single, uniform code that compiled all Roman laws. It decided legal questions that regulated whole areas of Byzantine life (Example: Marriage, slavery, property, inheritance, women's rights, and criminal justice). Lasted for 900 years and influenced modern law codes.

Paradox

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. (Think of the beginning of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....")

Algorithm

A step-by-step procedure used when solving any mathematical operation

Merengue

A style of Dominican music and dance. Partners hold each other in a closed position, the official music and dance of the Dominican Republic by Rafael Trujillo

Black Figure Pottery

A style or technique of ancient Greek pottery in which black figures are painted on a red background.

Embryo

A term for the young plant that develops from the zygote.

rhizoids

A thin, rootlike structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients.

phloem

A tissue in plants that is used to transport dissolved sugars and other substances.

Punnett square

A tool to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the different ways alleles can combine

Pasodoble

A traditional dance from Spain march-like musical style, literal meaning in Spanish: double-step, typically played in bullfights, performed as a duple meter march

The Magna Carta

A treaty signed by King John of England in 1215. It protected rights against the Kings claims. Represented idea of limited government.

Salsa

A type of dance music that emerged in the 1960s combining elements of Cuban dance styles with jazz, rock, and Puerto Rican music.

Dependent Variable

A variable whose value depends on the value assigned to the independent variable

The Hundred Years War

A war fought between England and France over lands England possessed in France and feudal relationships. (1337-14543)

cuticle

A waxy covering on the surface of stems and leaves that acts as an adaptation to prevent water loss in terrestrial plants.

Adjective

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Preposition/Prepositional Phrase

A word or phrase that is specific to a nouns location.

Adverb

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

Pronoun

A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse, or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse.

Conjunction

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.

Verb

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.

Parody

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. It exploits peculiarities of an author's expression (propensity to use too many parentheses, certain favorite words, etc.) Well-written ones offer enlightenment about the original, but poorly written ones offer only ineffectual imitation.

Satire

A work that targets human vices and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule. Regardless of whether or not the work aims to reform human behavior, it is best seen as a style of writing rather than a purpose for writing. It can be recognized by the many devices used effectively by the writer: irony, wit, parody, caricature, often humorous, is thought provoking and insightful about the human condition.

Hairspray

A young teenage girl, Tracy Turnblad, helps her small town of Baltimore overcome racial boundaries as she deals with her own self image. Revolves around a TV show titled "The Corny Collins Show." Based on a 1980's film by John Waters.

Billy Elliot

About a boy who gives up boxing to learn ballet. Set during a UK coal miner's strike.

Miss Saigon

Adaptation of Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly." Tells of the doomed romance between an Asian woman and American man in 70s during Vietnam war.

Both candidates were hopeful. BOTH

Adjective

That child seems very bright. BRIGHT

Adjective

The bell rang too loudly for this small room. SMALL

Adjective

The lake seems calm. CALM

Adjective

The surface of the lake is very quiet. QUIET

Adjective

They were quite late. LATE

Adjective

Are you nearly ready for the party? NEARLY

Adverb

He said he did well on the test. WELL

Adverb

Overhead the stars twinkled brightly. OVERHEAD

Adverb

She just barely made it on time. JUST

Adverb

She spoke loudly at the pep assembly. LOUDLY

Adverb

The doctors remained somewhat hopeful. SOMEWHAT

Adverb

The salesperson always answers questions courteously. ALWAYS

Adverb

The daughter and niece of Hollywood directors, what American choreographed Appalachian Spring?

Agnes de Mille

What dancer choreographed Carousel, Brigadoon, and Paint Your Wagon?

Agnes de Mille

Rivera

Agrarian Leader Zapata

Chlorophyll

Aids in photosynthesis as well as giving the plant its color.

Lewis Carroll

Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There The Walrus and the Carpenter Jabberwocky

Ruth St. Denis

Alongside her husband Ted Shawn, what woman created the dance center, school, and festival, known as Jacob's Pillow?

Parallelism

Also referred to as _________ construction or ___________ structure, this term comes from Greek roots meaning "beside one another." It refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity. This can involve, but is not limited to, repetition of a grammatical element such as a preposition or verbal (ex, a country of the people, by the people, and for the people). The effects of it are numerous, but frequently they act as an organizing force to attract the reader's attention, add emphasis and organization, or simply provide a musical rhythm.

Maria Tallchief

America's first major prima ballerina, and was the first Native American to hold the rank. She played a role in many large ballet productions including the Firebird and the Nutcracker.

Wood

American Gothic

Edward Hopper

American painter known for his urban settings and anonymous everyday figures. Nighthawks, Chop Suey, Automat

Mary Cassatt

American who was one of the leading artists in the Impressionist movement of the later part of the 1800s, and is known for her portrayals of mothers with their young children. The Child's Bath, Little Girl in Blue Armchair, The Boating Party

Scott Joplin

An African-American composer and pianist known as the "King of Ragtime." Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, Solace

Robert Johnson

An American blues singer-songwriter and musician whose landmark recordings display talent in singing, songwriting, and guitar. Crossroad Blues, Me and the Devil Blues, Sweet Home Chicago

John Philip Sousa

An American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches. High School Cadets, Semper Fidelis, Battle Hymn of the Republic

Stephen Sondheim

An American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Anyone Can Whistle, Not a Day Goes By, Everybody Ought to Have a Maid

George Gershwin

An American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris

Samuel Barber

An American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. Adagio for Strings, Excursions, Vanessa

Aaron Copland

An American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid

John Williams

An American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws

Leonard Bernstein

An American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. Candide, Trouble in Tahiti, Mass

Duke Ellington

An American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death. It Don't Mean a Thing, Isfahan, Harlem

Phillip Glass

An American composer. He is considered one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. Einstein on the Beach, Akhnaten, Appomattox

Agnes de Mille

An American dancer and choreographer. Oklahoma, Carousel, Brigadoon

Isadora Duncan

An American dancer who gained fame in Europe until her tragic death when her scarf was caught in the wheel of a moving car.

Bob Fosse

An American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, director, screenwriter, film director and actor. He is best known for choreographing famous Broadway plays such as Chicago.

Nirvana

An American grunge rock band that was formed by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Smells Like Teen Spirit, The Man Who Sold the World, Come as You Are

Metallica

An American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California. Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets

Billie Holiday

An American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Strange Fruit, Gloomy Sunday, God Bless the Child

Miles Davis

An American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, widely considered one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century. Autumn Leaves, So What, Blue In Green

Martha Graham

An American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts. Appalachian Spring, Acts of Light, Snow on the Mesa

Charles Ives

An American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown. The Unanswered Question, Universe Symphony, Piano Sonata No. 2

Stevie Wonder

An American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Isn't She Lovely, Superstition, For Once In My Life

Roy Lichtenstein

An American pop artist best known for his boldly-colored parodies of comic strips and advertisements. Whaam!, Drowning Girl, Look Mickey

The Notorious BIG

An American rapper assassinated at age 24. Hypnotize, Juicy, Mo Money Mo Problems

Jay Z

An American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. Empire State of Mind, Run This Town, No Church In the Wild

Eminem

An American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor from Detroit, Michigan. Rap God, Not Afraid, My Name Is

Eagles

An American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. Hotel California, Take It Easy, Desperado

Aerosmith

An American rock band, sometimes referred to as "the Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band." Dream On, Sweet Emotion, I Don't Want To Miss a Thing

Jimi Hendrix

An American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, regarded as one of the most influential guitarists ever. Purple Haze, Hey Joe, Voodoo Child

Elvis Presley

An American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often called "the King of Rock and Roll." Can't Help Falling In Love, Jailhouse Rock, Blue Suede Shoes

Britney Spears

An American singer and actress. Toxic, ...Baby One More Time, Everytime

Aretha Franklin

An American singer and musician. She began her career singing gospel at her father's church as a child. Natural Woman, Respect, I Say a Little Prayer

Whitney Houston

An American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. I Will Always Love You, I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Diana Ross

An American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a member of the Supremes. Ain't No Mountain High Enough, I'm Coming Out, When You Tell Me That You Love Me

Madonna

An American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music. Like a Virgin, Vogue, Material Girl

Janet Jackson

An American singer, songwriter, and actress known for a series of innovative and provocative records. Rhythm Nation, Say You Do, That's the Way Love Goes

Beyonce

An American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. Single Ladies, Crazy In Love, Listen

Lady Gaga

An American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her self-empowering messages, fashion, and live performances. Poker Face, Bad Romance, Born This Way

Mariah Carey

An American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. All I Want For Christmas Is You, Without You, We Belong Together

Michael Jackson

An American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor, often known as the "King of Pop." Thriller, Smooth Criminal, Beat It

Dolly Parton

An American singer-songwriter, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Jolene, Islands In the Stream, 9 to 5

Bob Dylan

An American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Blowin' in the Wind, Make You Feel My Love, Like a Rolling Stone

Paula Abdul

An American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality. She is known for her album, Forever Your Girl, and for being a judge on American Idol.

Johnny Cash

An American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor and, author, who was widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Ring of Fire, I Walk the Line, Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Prince

An American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor, and has been a major figure in popular music for over three decades. 1999, When Doves Cry, Purple Rain

Taylor Swift

An American singer-songwriter. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. Shake It Off, Love Story, Blank Space

Arnold Schoenberg

An Austrian composer and painter, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. Pierrot Lunaire, Moses und Aron, A Survivor from Warsaw

Bye Bye Birdie

An Elvis-like rock star (Conrad Birdie) appears on the Ed Sullivan Show one last time after being drafted into the Army to the delight of his legion of teenage fans.

The Rolling Stones

An English rock band formed in London in 1962. The first settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. Paint It Black, Satisfaction, Angie

Led Zeppelin

An English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, Black Dog

Pink Floyd

An English rock band formed in London. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Comfortably Numb, Another Brick In the Wall, Hey You

The Who

An English rock band that formed in 1964. Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. Who Are You, Baba O'Riley, Eminence Front

Black Sabbath

An English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward. Iron Man, The Wizard, Paranoid

Adele

An English singer and songwriter who graduated from the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in 2006. Someone Like You, Rolling in the Deep, Hello

David Bowie

An English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, painter, and actor who has been a name in pop music for decades. Rebel Rebel, Space Oddity, Let's Dance

Elton John

An English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967. Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Rocket Man, Bennie and the Jets

Paul McCartney

An English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, originally a member of the Beatles, he went on to start a successful solo career. Ebony and Ivory, Live and Let Die, Maybe I'm Amazed

Orozco

An Epic of American Civiliaztion

An Irish rock band formed in 1976. The group consists of Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr. With Or Without You, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Ordinary Love

Renzo Piano

An Italian architect and engineer, who won the Pritzker Prize in 1998. Centre Georges Pompidou, New York Times Tower, The Shard

Gioachino Rossini

An Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces. The Barber of Seville, William Tell, La Cenerentola

Sandro Botticelli

An Italian painter of the early Renaissance-era whose talent was recently rediscovered due to it's original overshadowing by Michelangelo and da Vinci's works. The Birth of Venus, Primavera, Adoration of the Magi

Caravaggio

An Italian painter who is considered one of the fathers of modern painting. David with the Head of Goliath, The Calling of St. Matthew, Bacchus

seed

An adaptation of some terrestrial plants consisting of an embryo packaged along with a store of food within a protective coat.

Seussical

An adaptation of the books of Theodore Geisel, specifically the stories about Horton the elephant.

Pedantic

An adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone that is overly scholarly, academic, or bookish (language that might be described as "show-offy"; using big words for the sake of using big words).

Equation

An algebraic statement consisting of two algebraic expressions connected by an equal sign

Sex-linked gene

An allele inherited on a sex chromosome and that can cause human genetic disorders such as color blindness and hemophilia

Allele

An alternate form that a gene may have for a single trait; can be dominant or recessive

Venus de Milo

An ancient Greek statue of Venus, famous for its beauty, though tis arms were broken off centuries ago. The statue is now in the Louvre.

monocot

An angiosperm that has only one seed leaf.

dicot

An angiosperm that has two seed leaves

Estimation

An approximation or rough calculation of a number that is close to another number

Louis Sullivan

An architect dubbed the "father of modern American architecture." He is best known for being the mentor to the more-famous Frank Lloyd Wright. Auditorium Building in Chicago, Wainwright Building, Merchant's National Bank

Invective

An emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.

stylistic devices

An essay prompt that mentions this is asking you to note and analyze all of the elements in language that contribute to style-such as diction, syntax, tone, attitude, figures of speech, connotations, and repetition.

Interjection

An exclamation that typically starts a sentence.

Andrea Palladio

An influential Classical Italian architect in the 1500s. Villa Capra (a.k.a. La Rotunda), Teatro Olimpico, Basilica Palladiana

Rodgers and Hammerstein

An influential, innovative and successful American musical theater writing team. They created many famous Broadway productions during the "Golden Age" of musical theater. Oklahoma, The King and I, The Sound of Music

Hybrid

An offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent

Treemonisha

An opera about Tremonisha, who tries to drive our charlatans after Zodzetrick almost dupes her mother.

interdict

An order excluding an entire town, region, or kingdom from receiving most sacraments and Christian burial, a powerful noble who opposed the Church could face this, and even the strongest ruler gave in rather than face the interdict, which would cause revolts amongst the common people.

chloroplast

An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs

embryo

An organism in the earliest stage of development

Epidermis

An outer layer of cells, protects the root.

epidermis

An outer layer of cells, protects the root.

vedas

Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.

Jesus Christ Superstar

Andrew Lloyd Webber Rock musical about the last days of Jesus Christ.

Cats

Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on T.S. Elliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. 2nd longest play in Broadway history.

Monocot

Angiosperm (flowering plant) with one cotyledon inside its seed.

Michel Fokine choreographed The Dying Swan for what ballerina?

Anna Pavlova

What woman was the prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes soon after its formation in 1909?

Anna Pavlova

Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Anne Hutchinson

John Lennon

Another former member of the Beatles, he also wrote several songs on his own before he was killed in 1980. Stand By Me, Starting Over, Instant Karma

Reciprocal

Another name for the multiplicative inverse

Gothic architecture

Architecture of the twelfth-century Europe, featuring stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires, and pointed arches

Whistler

Arrangement in Grey and Black, Number 1

Who killed who first?

Arthur kills Mordred. @ Same time Mordred "kills" Arthur.

My Fair Lady

As part of a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering, phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforms cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a proper lady. After Eliza falls for Freddy Eynsforth-Hill, Higgins realizes he is in love with Eliza. Eliza returns to Higgins' home in the final scene. It is adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. By Lerner and Lowe

The Phantom of the Opera

At the Paris Opera in 1881, the mysterious Phantom lures the soprano Christine Daae to his lair. Christine falls in love with the opera's new patron, Raoul, so the Phantom drops a chandelier and kidnaps Christine. They kiss, but he disappears, leaving behind only his white mask. Adapted from the 1909 novel by Gaston Leroux, it is the longest-running show in Broadway history. Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Wolfgang Mozart

Austrian composer who created a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music. Requiem, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni

Sousa

Author of the autobiography, Marching Along.

Wicked

Based on Gregory Maguire's book of the same name. Tells the story of Elphaba and Galinda, the witches of Oz, and their unlikely friendship.

Chicago

Based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal." Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly are vaudeville performers who murder their significant others and become celebrities.

Footloose

Based on a 1984 film. Ren McCormack is an ordinary teen from the suburbs of Chicago who dances to relieve stress. He and his mother move to the small town of Beaumont, where dancing and rock n roll are considered the work of the devil.

Annie

Based on a comic strip of the same name. Tells the story of a spunky little orphan girl who is adopted by Daddy Warbucks.

Oliver!

Based on a novel by Charles Dickens that depicts an orphan boy in a ring of thieves.

Little Mermaid

Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen; Disney produced musicals about the story of Ariel and her undersea friends

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Based on the Bible story of Joseph and his coat of many colors. Joseph is his father's favorite son, blessed with prophetic dreams (visions). He is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. He endures many challenges which test his spirit and strength, including being thrown into jail, until the Pharaoh hears of his gift to interpret dreams. He becomes favored by the Pharaoh. His brothers eventually return after years of struggling, groveling at the feet of their brother that they don't recognize. Joseph tests their integrity, then reveals himself to them. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

Rent

Bases on Pucci's La Boheme. Written by Jonathan Larson, died of AIDS before the musical opened. He wrote about the people he lived with in Greenwich Village: struggling rock composers, junkies, strippers, & HIV-positive friends, all struggling to survive in NYC.

Foster

Beautiful Dreamer

The Lion and the Mouse

Being smaller than another doesn't mean you can't think big or do big things. Even the small can contribute.

The Two Goats

Being unwilling to compromise can lead to a dead end.

Mark Rothko

Best known as one of the central figures of the Abstract Expressionist movement in American art in the 1950s and '60s. Black on Grey, Orange Red Yellow, Black on Maroon

Richard Wagner

Best known for creating several complex operas, as well as for his anti-semitic writings. Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal and Lohengrin (parallels), Ride of the Valkyries

Georges Seurat

Best known for originating the Pointillist method of painting, using small dot-like strokes of color. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Bathers at Asnières, The Circus

What dancer performed alongside Shirley Temple in the films The Little Rebel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and The Little Colonel?

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Genetic engineering

Biological and chimical methods to change the arrangement of the gene's DNA to improve crop production, produce large volume of medicne, change how cells perform their normal functions

chromosomes

Bodies within the nucleus made in DNA and proteins called the histones

Twyla Tharp

Born in Indiana, she joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company, at the age of 22 in 1963. She went on to choreograph such musicals as Movin' Out and The Times They Are A Changin'?

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Born in Latvia, this Soviet dancer and choreographer defected to the west (through Canada) in 1974. What dancer gained fame in the United States with his performance of The Nutcracker on CBS with the New York City Ballet?

A Chorus Line

Broadway chorus auditions for a director who demands that his dancers share their most private memories and inner demons. Based on interviews with actual Broadway dancers. Considered "one of the best musicals ever"

West Side Story

Broadway musical about two gangs led by Riff & Bernardo (Sharks and the Jets) in New York during the 1950's. Tony and Maria are star-crossed lovers (ala Romeo and Juliet). Written by Leonard Bernstein.

boddhisatva

Buddhist concept regarding individuals who had reached enlightenment but who stayed in this world to help people.

Beach

Cabildo

Foster

Camptown Races

Ernest L. Thayer

Casey at the Bat

Joan Miro

Catalan painter who combined abstract art with Surrealist fantasy to create his lithographs, murals, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces. The Farm, Prades the Village, Portrait of Vincent Nubiola

Fall of Rome

Caused the Middle Ages to begin meant that there was no centralized government to protect citizens and provide services

dismal

Causing gloom or depression

vacuole

Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates

Chloroplasts

Cells that contain chlorophyll to aid in photosynthesis.

Charles Martel

Charles the "Hammer"; led the the Battle of Tours and saved Europe from the Islamic expansion. (732 C.E.)

Evita

Che Guevara narrates the life story of the title character. Tells the story of a singer and actress who marries Juan Peron, a man who who be elected president of Argentina. She becomes bery popular with the people by doing lots of charity before dying of cancer. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

Cellulose

Chemical compound made out of sugar. Provides structure and support in plants.

Carl Sandburg

Chicago -Didn't rhyme his poetry -He was born in Galesburg, Illinois

___________ is the point of greatest intensity in a drama.

Climax

Chivalry

Code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages. Ideals of knightly virtues, honour and of courtly love; came to known as 'gentlemanly conduct.'

Language

Communicating through Written Word Verbal Word

Neither Amy nor Danielle want to clean the house. NEITHER NOR

Conjunction

Our grass seems to grow rapidly, but your grass down not. BUT

Conjunction

Sarah and Christine are coming over my house. AND

Conjunction

They knew all of the answers because they studied. BECAUSE

Conjunction

While you work on your assignment, I will pass back papers. WHILE

Conjunction

conjunctions

Connects words and phrases; always followed by a comma Remember FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Frederic Chopin

Considered Poland's greatest composer, he focused his efforts on piano composition and was a strong influence on composers who followed him. Nocturnes, Waltzes, Etudes

Franz Schubert

Considered the last of the classical composers and one of the first romantic ones. His music is notable for its melody and harmony. Ave Maria, Winterreise, Symphony No. 8

A sentence

Contains a subject, predicate and is a complete thought. Starts with a capital and ends with some end punctuation.

spongy layer

Contains irregularly shaped cells that also help in photosynthesis.

Oklahoma!

Cowboy Curly McLain and sinister farmhand Judd compete for the love of Aunt Eller's niece, Laurey. Judd falls on his own knife after attacking Curly, and Curly and Laurey get married. Rogers and Hammerstein

Renoir

Dance at Bouvigal

Fred Astaire

Dancer best known for being partners with Ginger Rogers.

Ginger Rogers

Dancer best known for partnering with Fred Astaire.

Michelangelo

David

Five Pillars of Islam

Declaration of true Muslims. Expected to follow (principle of Salvation): belief in Allah, pray 5 times a day, giving of alms, fasting during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime. 1. faith, 2. prayer, 3. alms, 4. fasting, and 5. pilgrimage

Dominant

Describes a trait that covers over, or dominant, another form of that trait

Recessive

Describes a trait that is covered over, or dominant, by another form of that trait and seems to disappears

Homozygous

Describes an organism with two alleles that are the same for a trait

Heterozygous

Describes an organism with two different alleles for a trait

All of these technical elements are included in the mechanics of a dramatic production except:

Dialogue

Line

Distance between 2 points.

Emmett

Dixie

Jan Vermeer

Dutch Golden-Age artist who is best known for his Delft paintings and was often overshadowed by Van Gogh and Rembrandt until relatively recently. Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid, View of Delft

Piet Mondrian

Dutch painter who was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and is best known for his non-representational form termed Neo-Plasticism. Broadway Boogie Woogie, Composition with Red Yellow and Blue, Gray Tree

Devices or techniques used to enhance expression in music by altering the softness and loudness of sound is referred to as:

Dynamics

germination

Early growth stage of a plant embryo

Justinian

Eastern Roman emperor 527-565 CE; tried to restore unity of old Roman Empire; issued most famous compilation of Roman law

Carolina

Eight noblemen under Charles ll

Ruebens

Elevation of the Cross

Claude Debussy

Embracing nontraditional scales and tonal structures, he is one of the most highly regarded composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is seen as the founder of musical impressionism. Deux Arabesques, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn, Preludes

Francis Bacon

English artist best known for his post-World War II paintings, in which he represented the human face and figure in an expressive, often grotesque style. Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, Three Studies of Lucian Freud, Portrait of George Dyer Talking

The Beatles

English musical group consisting of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Ringo Star known for being a pioneer of rock, and overall the most commercially successful musical group ever. Let It Be, Come Together, Yellow Submarine

Equivalent

Equal in value

transpiration

Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant

According to legend, what was the name of King Arthur's sword?

Excalibur

possessive nouns

Expresses ownership. Examples: Blake's notebook, Alan's sock, Makayla's fruit roll-up

interjections

Expresses strong emotions. Followed by an exclamation point or a comma depending on the strength of emotion. Examples: Wow!, Yuck!, Yes, Holy cow!

CELSIUS (centigrade)

F - 32 / 1.8

spell the name of the capitol city of Kentucky

F-R-A-N-K-F-O-R-T

The Travelers & the Bear

Fable. ~ written by Aesop ~ weakness- frightened easily ~ weaker one- the soldier that hide from bear ~ lesson- Choice your friends wisely

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (lesson)

Fable. Appearances can be deceptive

Androcles (lesson)

Fable. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

The Goose With the Golden Eggs (lesson)

Fable. Greed oft o'er reaches itself

The Quarrel of the Quails

Fable. IN unity there is strength= Lesson

The Ant and the Grasshopper (lesson)

Fable. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity

The Wind and the Sun (lesson)

Fable. Kindness effects more than severity

The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle (lesson)

Fable. Pride goes before destruction

The Hare and the Tortoise (lesson)

Fable. Slow but steady wins the race

The Dog in the Manger (lesson)

Fable. Some begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves

The Thief and His Mother (lesson)

Fable. Spare the rod and spoil the child

The Bundle of Sticks (lesson)

Fable. Union gives strength

Edvard Munch

Famed Norwegian painter who established a free-flowing, psychological-themed style all his own The Scream, Puberty, Anxiety

Jackson Pollock

Famous 20th century artist who revolutionized the world of modern art with his unique abstract painting techniques. No. 5 1948**, Blue Poles, Shimmering Substance

The Loudest Noise in the World

Fantasy. ~Absolute silence is the loudest noise in the world

Mother Holle

Fantasy. German. Written by Grimm Brothers

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

Fantasy. mom goat tells went out to get food and warned kids of wolf.

Pistil

Female reproductive organ inside the flower of an angiosperm. Contains a sticky stigma where pollen lands.

egg

Female sex cell

fronds

Fern leaves with spores on the underside

zygote

Fertilized egg

Van Gogh

Field of Yellow Corn

Types of Nouns

Flip this card over (Sub-heading)

Angiosperm

Flowering vascular plants that produce fruits.

The term for the structure or design of a piece of music, such as opera, is:

Form

New France

France

New Orleans

France

What dancer began his career as a child on the Vaudeville circuit alongside his sister Adele? He went on to appear in such films as Top Hat, Shall We Dance, and Funny Face among many others.

Fred Astaire

What dancer was born with the name Frederick Austerlitz?

Fred Astaire

What famous American dancer was known for appearing often with actress and dancer Ginger Rogers?

Fred Astaire

In the world of classic cartoons, whose best buddy is Barney and wife is Wilma?

Fred Flintstone

Marcel Duchamp

French artist who was associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements, and broke down boundaries between works of art and everyday objects. Fountain, Nude Descending a Staircase, L.H.O.O.Q.

Paul Gaugin

French artist whose bold colors, exaggerated body proportions and stark contrasts helped him achieve broad success in the late 19th century. When Will You Marry?, Two Tahitian Women, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

Auguste Rodin

French sculptor who is known for creating several iconic works of bronze. The Thinker, The Kiss, The Gates of Hell

Euphemism

From the Greek for "good speech," these are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept - POLITICALLY CORRECT. Ex., Saying vertically-challenged instead of saying short.

Rhetoric

From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.

Oxymoron

From the Greek for "pointedly foolish," it is a figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox. Simple examples include "jumbo shrimp" and "cruel kindness."

Syllogism

From the Greek for "reckoning together," a _____ (or ____-ic reasoning or _____-ic logic) is a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises (the first one called "major" and the second called "minor") that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion. A frequently cited example proceeds as follows: major premise: All men are mortal. minor premise: Socrates is a man. conclusion: Therefore, Socrates is a mortal. This term's conclusion is valid only if each of the two premises is valid. They may also present the specific idea first ("Socrates") and the general second ("all men").

Sarcasm

From the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," it involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something. It may use irony as a device, but not all ironic statements are __________ (that is, intended to ridicule). When well done, it can be witty and insightful; when poorly done, it is simply cruel.

What dancer performed one of the most iconic scenes in American film in "Singin' in the Rain"?

Gene Kelly

What dancer starred in "Anchors Aweigh", "Cover Girl", and "An American in Paris" among other films?

Gene Kelly

Symbol/symbolism

Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. Usually it is something concrete -- such as an object, action, character, or scene - that represents something more abstract. However, (1) natural _____ are objects and occurrences from nature to represent ideas commonly associated with them (dawn standing for hope or a new beginning, a rose standing for love, a tree representing knowledge). (2) conventional _____ are those that have been invested with meaning by a group (religious _____ such as a cross or Star of David; national ones, such as a flag or an eagle; or group ones, such as a skull and crossbones for pirates or the scale of justice for lawyers). (3) literary _____ are sometimes also conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works and are more generally recognized.

This choreographer designed over 400 ballets. What man choreographed almost forty of his ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky?

George Balanchine

What Russian-born American choreographer and dancer co-founded the New York City Ballet alongside Lincoln Kirstein?

George Balanchine

What man choreographed Apollo, The Prodigal Son, and Serenade?

George Balanchine

Felix Mendelssohn

German Romantic composer, pianist and conductor A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March, Songs Without Words

George Handel

German who composed operas, oratorios and instrumentals. Messiah, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Give All to Love Concord Hymn The Conduct of Life -He was a critical part of the Transcendentalist Movement.

Sousa

Gladiator

I M Pei

Globally renowned architect born in China who travelled around the world designing several famous structures, a great number of which were in the U.S. Louvre Pyramid, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, El Paso Tower

chlorophyll

Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis

Chlorophyll

Green, light-trapping pigment in plant chloroplasts that is important in photosynthesis.

What American dancer starred in the movies "History of the World Part I", "Tap", and won a Tony Award for "Jelly's Last Jam"?

Gregory Hines

Picasso

Guernica

Rudyard Kipling

Gunga DIn Mandalay The Jungle Book

Gilbert and Sullivan

HMS Pinafore (The Lass that loved a sailor)

Vincent Van Gogh

He is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, although he remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. The Starry Night**, The Potato Eaters, Irises

hanuman

He is the incarnation of shiva and represents physical strength, perseverance, and devotion in Hindu religion. Helps Rama in the Ramayana fighting enemies and finding Sita. monkey god

helping verbs

Helps the main verb express an action or a state of being. Examples: have (laughed), been (doing), were (lost)

Carracci

Hercules at the Crossroads

Mambo

Highly Afro-Cubanized form of Latin dance music that was crystallized by Perez Prado but is today principally identified with 1950s New York Latin big bands like Machito and the Afro-Cubans and the bands of Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez.

Name the female, who in 2008, made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Hillary R. Clinton

Greek or Roman Temple

House of god or goddess that held a cult statue and offerings; they believed that gods were in residence at the temples

Color- Intensity

How bright or dull a color is.

Color- Value

How light or dark a color is.

e.e. Cummings

Humanity I Love You I Will Wade Out -He was quite famous for disregarding capitalization rules.

King Arthur fact?

If a man named Arthur? He would have lived 400-600 AD in Wales, England. A British (somewhat English) Legend.

Norman Rockwell

Illustrated covers for The Saturday Evening Post for 47 years. The public loved his often-humorous depictions of American life. Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, The Scoutmaster

Andy Warhol

Illustrator who was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time, using both avant-garde and highly commercial sensibilities. Campbell's Soup Cans**, Marilyn Diptych, Green Coca-Cola Bottles

Point of view

In literature, the perspective from which a story is told. There are three general divisions of it, and many subdivisions within those. (1) first person narrator tells the story with the first person pronoun, "I," and is a character in the story. This narrator can be the protagonist, a secondary character, or an observing character. (2) second person narrator talks to the reader using the second person pronoun "you" and its variations. (3) third person narrator relates the events with the third person pronouns, "he," "she," and "it." There are two main subdivisions to be aware of: a. third person omniscient, in which the narrator, with godlike knowledge, presents the thoughts and actions of any or all characters b. third person limited omniscient, in which the narrator presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all the remaining characters. In addition, be aware that the term carries an additional meaning. When you are asked to analyze the author's _______, the appropriate thing for you to address is the author's attitude.

Wit

In modern usage, intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights. This type of statement is humorous, while suggesting the speaker's verbal power in creating ingenious and perceptive remarks. It usually uses terse language that makes a pointed statement. Historically, it originally meant basic understanding. Its meaning evolved to include speed of understanding, and finally, it grew to mean quick perception including creative fancy and a quick tongue to articulate an answer that demanded the same quick perception.

Ovule

In seed plants, the female reproductive part that produces eggs.

The Crab and His Mother

Insisting another do what you're unable to do yourself.

Gilbert and Sullivan

Iolanthe ( The Pear and the Pad)

What dancer is noted for dancing barefoot and for her school that she opened in Paris in 1909?

Isadora Duncan

What dancer was killed when one of her flowing scares was caught in the spoke of a car in which she was a passenger, breaking her neck?

Isadora Duncan

What female American dancer that lived from 1877 to 1927 is considered to be the greatest forerunner in modern dance, despite not reaching any real popularity in the United States? She was a huge hit in Europe however, where she lived during most of her adult life (mostly in Paris though she spent some time in Russia as well).

Isadora Duncan

What female dancer was known for her use of flowing scarves - which ultimately played a role in her death?

Isadora Duncan

Shari'a

Islamic Law. Traditional Muslim law as set forth in the Qur'an and the examples set by Muhammad in his lifetime

The Sun and the Wind

It's not always the direct and blustering way that gets things done the best.

Who was the first African-American Major League baseball player?

Jackie Robinson

van Rijn

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph

What man has all of the following nicknames: "The Father of Soul", "The King of Funk", and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business"?

James Brown

Georgia

James Ogelthorpe

Les Misérables

Jean Valjean is a criminal who sets out to start a new life after being bestowed the kindness of a stranger. Set amongst a revolutionary time in France. Features many characters including Inspector Javert, Eponine, Marius, & Cosette. Based on a book by Victor Hugo.

Foster

Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair

Uncle Remus real name

Joel Chandler Harris

New Jersey

John Berkeley George Carteret

New Hampshire

John Mason

Jamestown

John Smith

Massachusetts Bay Colony

John Winthrop

El Paso

Juan De Onate

San Juan

Juan De Onate

Santa Fe

Juan De Onate

What dancer is considered the "Queen Mother of African-American dance"?

Katherine Dunham

What former dancer performed a hunger strike at the age of 82 to oppose the American foreign policy on Haiti?

Katherine Dunham

Stephen Foster

Known as "the father of American music", he was an American songwriter primarily known for his parlor and minstrel music. Oh! Susanna, Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home

Rembrandt

Known for his self-portraits and biblical scenes, this Dutch artist is considered to be one of the greatest painters in European history. The Night Watch, The Return of the Prodigal Son, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

untouchables

LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult

John Keats

La Bell Dame Sans Merci To Autumn Hyperion Ode to a Nightingale Ode on a Grecian Urn On First Looking into Chapman's Homer -He left a significant legacy to realm of poetry

bhagavad gita

Last 18 chapters of the Mahabharata, stressing the idea of proper conduct for one's status. contains the story of arjuna and krishna

Richard Strauss

Leading German classical composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras best known for his operas Salome, Elektra, Don Juan

Frond

Leaf of a fern that grows from the rhizome.

sepals

Leaflike parts that cover and protect the flower bud

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass I Sing the Body Electric Song of Myself -He cared for wounded soldiers during the Civil War

The Land and the People of Switzerland

Legend. ~Swiss legend ~topic= people of Switzerland, how made and cool = land of Switzerland, its mass beauty

The Piece of Straw by Yoshiko Uchida

Legend. ~ 1st = found the piece of straw ~2nd = ties a fly to it ~3rd = boy wants the fly to play with & famous mom gives young man three oranges. ~4th = woman faints and need juice, so woman uses the juice from oranges & gives 3 rolls of silk in return. ~5th = first roll of silk used for night in a hotel room: second roll used to buy fainted horse (whom he prays for): third roll used for night in another hotel. ~6th = trades horse for 3 rice fields (he rents out two) and also a farm house.

Beowulf and the Water Witch

Legend...

Two-dimensional (2D)

Length and width.

Three-dimensional (3D)

Length, Width, and Depth

Camelot

Lerner and Lowe musical about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

volume

Liter

Eugene Field

Little Boy Blue Wynken, Blynken, and Nod The Duel

Manet

Luncheon on the Grass

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Lyrical Ballads Kubla Khan The Nightingale -He was a close friend of Wordsworth -He attended Cambridge, but never graduated.

Intermediate Colors

Made by mixing a secondary with a primary. There are 6 intermediate colors- and the name always has 2 colors in it: Yellow-green, yellow-orange, red-violet, red-orange, etc.

Raphael

Madonna and Child

Raphael

Madonna of the Goldfinch

Thomas Aquinas

Maintained the basic belief that faith comes first; yet greatly expanded the eye given to reason.

The Golden Touch (King Midas)

Making money for money's sake is a misguided goal. Money doesn't buy a "rich" life by itself. If you have your sight on a goal, to the exclusion of those you love, you can bring great unhappiness.

Juxtaposition

Making on idea more dramatic by placing it next to its opposite. In art it is called chiaroscuro, where a bright white object is placed next to a black object and thus both are made more visible.

Stamen

Male reproductive organ inside the flower. Pollen grains form, and a filament.

sperm

Male sex cell

Geometric Shape

Man-made; perfect.

Joplin

Maple Leaf Rag

What woman was the prima ballerina absoluta of the Royal Ballet in England alongside Rudolf Nureyev?

Margot Fonteyn

The Sound of Music

Maria, a young woman studying to be a nun in Nazi-occupied Austria, becomes governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp. She teaches the children to sing and she and the Captain fall in love and get married. After Maria and the von Trapps give a concert for the Nazis ("Edelweiss"), they escape Austria ("Climb Ev'ry Mountain"). Rogers and Hammerstein

What American choreographed Appalachian Spring?

Martha Graham

What student of Ruth St. Denis founded a center of contemporary dance in New York City in 1926?

Martha Graham

What German dancer was considered a leader in the realm of expressionist dance and a symbol of Weimar Germany (1920's)?

Mary Wigman

Who created the Dresden School in Germany in 1920?

Mary Wigman

What exotic dancer was assassinated by firing squad during World War I on charges of spying?

Mata Hari

What choreographer created a dance company (named for himself) in 1953? It included the musician with whom he had a life-long collaboration?

Merce Cunningham

What Irish step dancer produced the shows "Lord of the Dance", "Riverdance", and "Celtic Tiger"?

Michael Flatley

What dancer and musician was known as the "King of Pop"?

Michael Jackson

What dancer was known for his signature move the "Moonwalk"?

Michael Jackson

What man choreographed Petrushka, Daphne et Chloe, and The Firebird for the Ballets Russes?

Michel Fokine

What man choreographed The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova in 1905?

Michel Fokine

What man choreographed The Firebird and Le Carnaval?

Michel Fokine

Anna Pavlova

Michel Fokine choreographed The Dying Swan for what ballerina?

Mikhail Baryshnikov

What Soviet-defector, danced in the films The Turning Point, White Nights, and Company Business?

Mikhail Baryshnikov

da Vinci

Mona Lisa

plural nouns

More than one of a noun. Examples: wombats, candies, mice

The incentive or desire of a character that causes certain behavior is ____________.

Motivation

Which technique is not used to create depth in a composition:

Movement

Action

Movement of people. Movement of the story.

Pitch

Moving from one distance of sound to another. High to low.

Hello Dolly

Mrs. Levi is a poor widow who has been hired by Mr Horace Vandergelder, the well known (unmarried) half a millionaire, first citizen of Yonkers, NY and owner of Vandergelder's Hay & Feed, to find him the ideal wife. That ideal wife is her. She arrives in Yonkers to whisk Horace's vertically challenged niece off to New York and away from marriage to an impractical, seven foot tall nincompoop artist with whom she is in love.

-T.S. Eliot

Murder in the Cathedral Old Possum´s Book of Practical Cats Ash Wednesday The Sacred Wood -He attended Harvard. -He left soon after and opted to become a British citizen.

The Producers

Musical about Bialystock and Bloom, two men who set out to make the worst musical ever in a get rich scheme gone wrong. Based on a movie by Mel Brooks.

Spamalot

Musical based on Monty Python & the Holy Grail

Guys and Dolls

Musical that premiered in 1950. Adapted from short stories of the 1920s that concerned gangsters, gamblers, and other characters from NY underworld.

Allah

Muslim God

Battle of Tours

Muslim expansion into Europe was stopped by Charles Martel in 732CE

Common Nouns

Names non-specific people, places, or things, and are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence.

Proper Nouns

Names specific people, places, things, or ideas, and always begin with a capital letter.

Count Nouns

Names things that can be expressed in plural form, usually with an -s.

Organic Shape

Nature-made; imperfect.

prior to being elected president, for which state did President Franklin D. Roosevelt serve as governor?

New York

Force

Newton

Louis Armstrong

Nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, he was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer who was one of the pivotal and most influential figures in jazz music. What a Wonderful World, La Vie en Rose, When the Saints Go Marching In

Gustav Klimt

Nineteenth century Austrian painter who is known for the highly decorative style of his works. The Kiss, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Danae

Liverworts

Nonvascular plant and are very similar to mosses.

This element of performance includes gestures, body alignment, and facial expression.

Nonverbal expression

What woman is known as the "Queen of Swing"?

Norma Miller

A guide directed us back to our hotel. GUIDE

Noun

Exercise should be a part of your daily routine. ROUTINE

Noun

Our holidays passed too quickly. HOLIDAYS

Noun

The beauty of the forest was amazing. BEAUTY

Noun

The horse ran down the street. HORSE

Noun

The posse drove the back robbers out of town. POSSE

Noun

The surface of the lake is very quiet. SURFACE

Noun

Pollock

Number 1 1950 ( Lavender Mist)

Polygenic inheritance

Occurs when a group of gene pairs acts together and produces a specific trat, such as human eye color, skin color,or height

(George) Gershwin

Of Thee I Sing

Foster

Oh Susanna

what famous geyser might you get to observe in Yellowstone National Park?

Old Faithful

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Old Ironsides -Graduated from Harvard

Godspell

One of a series of Broadway shows in which the Bible is used as source material for the story. It is the whimsical retelling of the last seven days of Christ, with Jesus in clown-like makeup sporting a Superman "S" on his shirt; his disciples are dressed like flower children.

stomata

One of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur.

Mimar Sinan

One of the greatest of the Ottoman architects. His many buildings include some of the most famous landmarks of the Turkish Empire. Süleymaniye Mosque, Selimiye Mosque, Topkapi Palace

Filippo Brunelleschi

One of the leading architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance, and is best known for his work on the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Santo Spirito, Pazzi Chapel

Grant Wood

One of the most famous American painters of all time who is popularly known for his iconic depictions of rural life and American revolutionary scenes. American Gothic, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Daughters of the Revolution

Lorenzo Ghiberti

One of the most important early Renaissance sculptors who is best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the Baptistery of Florence. St John the Baptist, North Doors, Pilate Washing His Hands

Shiite

One of the two main branches of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him. Relates to Shia Branch.

Sunni

One of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox (believing in tradition), and differing from Shia in its acceptance of the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad. Largest branch of Islam.

South Pacific

Opened in 1949. Created by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Based on two stories in James Micherner's Tales of the South Pacific. Set amid the life and death tensions of World War 2. Military nurse, Nellie Forbush, falls in love with French planer Emile de Becque; and L.T cable gives his heart to a Polynesian girl.

The King and I

Opened in 1951, Based on Anna Leonowens real life experiences tutoring the royal family of Siam in the 1860s. Clash of Easter and Western cultures.

Grease

Opened in 1972, 1950s rock n' roll score. "White trash" high school kids find friendship and romance during their senior year. Tackles themes like teen pregnancy and gang violence. "T-birds" and "Pink Ladies."

Secondary Colors

Orange, green, and violet. Made by mixing primary colors.

Multicellular Organisms

Organisms composed of several cells instead of just one cell.

Autotrophs

Organisms that produce their own food.

Tango

Originated in Río de la Plata, originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, performed in 2/4 or 4/4 rhythm

Phenotype

Outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype

Joseph Haydn

Over the course of his 106 symphonies, this Austrian composer became the principal architect of the classical style of music. The Creation, The Seasons, Symphony No. 45

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandus -He drowned to death in 1822

Diego Rivera

Painter and muralist who sought to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and native peoples of Mexico. Man at the Crossroads, The Flower Carrier, Agrarian Leader Zapata

Edgar Degas

Painter and sculptor who was a highly celebrated 19th century French Impressionist whose work helped shape the fine art landscape for years to come. Little Dancer of Fourteen Years, After the Bath Woman Drying Herself, Ballet Rehearsal**

Guard cell

Pairs of cells that surround stomata and control their opening and closing.

Pirates of Penzance

Parodying the members of the upper class who bought their military commissions and served as officers without qualifications. Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan

Patience (Bunthorne's Bride)

New Netherlands

Peter Minuit

New Amsterdam

Peter Stuyvesant/Peter Minuit

Composers have many techniques available to them to convey emotion in their works. Which one of the following elements best conveys anger?

Pitch

Space- Overlapping

Placing objects in front of or behind each other suggests depth.

Nonvascular plant

Plant that absorbs water and other substances directly through its cell walls.

Day-neutral plant

Plant that doesn't require a specific photoperiod and can begin the flowering process over a range of night lengths.

Short day plant

Plant that generally requires long nights-- 12 or more hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.

Long day plant

Plant that generally requires short nights-- less that 10-12 hours of darkness to begin the flowering process.

vascular tissue

Plant tissue consisting of cells joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body.

xylem

Plant tissue that transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves / flowers

Vascular plant

Plant with tube-like structures that move minerals, water, and other substances throughout the plant.

annuals

Plants that complete their life cycle in one year.

perennials

Plants that grow year after year and reproduce many times.

Vascular Plants

Plants that have a system of tube-like cells that carry materials throughout the plant. There are two types of vascular tissue in a in a vascular plant. The phloem carries food from one part of a plant to another.

nonvascular plants

Plants that have neither vascular tissue nor true roots, stems, or leaves (mosses, liverworts, hornworts)

Nonvascular Plants

Plants that have no internal tube-like structures to carry the sugar, water, and minerals throughout the plant. They also lack true roots, stems, and leaves.

seedless vascular plants

Plants that have vascular tissue but reproduce by spores (ferns, club mosses, and horsetails)

biennials

Plants that need 2 years to complete and life cycle.

photosynthesis

Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars

vascular plants

Plants with special tissues to transport food and water such as trees and flowering plants.

(George) Gershwin

Porgy and Bess (Catfish Row: crippled Porgy, gambler Crown, and cocaine-sniffing Sportin' Life love Bess, Porgy kills Crown)

Van Dyck

Portrait of Charles 1 Hunting

Tropism

Positive or negative plant response to an external stimulus such as touch, light, or gravity.

Paul Cezanne

Post-Impressionist French painter who is best known for his incredibly varied painting style, which greatly influenced 20th century abstract art. The Bathers, Still Life with Apples, Chateau Noir

I have been studying for two hours. FOR

Preposition

Tara is happy with her new work. WITH

Preposition

The elevator went up to the first floor. TO

Preposition

The horse ran down the street. DOWN

Preposition

The skier was careful near the trees. NEAR

Preposition

Put the painting over the mantle. OVER

Prepostion

The school closes at four p.m. AT

Prepostion

What color group creates all other colors on the color wheel:

Primary

Botticelli

Primavera

Avenue Q

Princeton (a puppet) has just graduated from college with a B.A. in English, and moves into an apartment in the only neighborhood he can afford, on Avenue Q, where his superintendent is actor Gary Coleman (one of the three non-puppet characters). Upset Wicked to win the 2003 Tony.

asexual reproduction

Process by which a single parent reproduces by itself

Photosynthesis

Process by which plants and may other producers use light energy to produce a simple sugar from carbon dioxide and water and give off oxygen.

Respiration

Process by which producers and consumers release stored energy from food molecules.

fertilization

Process in sexual reproduction in which male and female reproductive cells join to form a new cell

Incomplete dominance

Production of a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous parents

I learned that song in kindergarten. I

Pronoun

Jane, you read too rapidly. YOU

Pronoun

They must have left late. THEY

Pronoun

Who is listening to the radio? WHO

Pronoun

root cap

Protective layer of cells that cover the tip of the root.

Expansion of Islam

Rapid expansion was the work of early caliphs who spread the word through pilgrimages. Muslims allowed conquered people (especially Christians and Jews) to maintain their own religious practices but required those who did not convert to Islam to pay a tax (jizya). Positions of power and authority were reserved for Muslims. Islam spread quickly because and trading, and a promise of a new way of life.

Primary Colors

Red, Yellow, and Blue. Cannot be made by mixing other colors.

Collective Nouns

Refers to groups of people or things that are usually singular,

Abstract Nouns

Refers to states, concepts, feelings, or qualities.

Concrete Nouns

Refers to tangible things that can be perceived through the senses.

Non-Count Nouns

Refers to things that usually cannot be counted, and they are always considered singular.

Color

Reflected light off of an object.

Albrecht Durer

Regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His work includes altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts. Melancholia I, Knight Death and the Devil, Durer's Rhinoceros

Monk

Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities. They spent their time in prayer, work and meditation.

pronouns

Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his

Imitation

Reproduction of thoughts and ideas.

(George) Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue

Artists use this principle of art to create movement in a composition:

Rhythm

annual rings

Rings or layers of wood which represent one growth period of a tree. In cross section the rings may indicate the age of the tree.

Tommy

Rock Opera by the band "The Who"; tells of a young deaf, mute, and blind boy who is especially talented at pinball.

Carousel

Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about life in a small New England whaling village in the 1870's.

Rhode Island

Roger Williams

What Soviet dancer defected to the West in 1961? Nikita Kruschev attempted to have him killed by the KGB to prevent his defection.

Rudolf Nureyev

What man performed often with Margot Fonteyn as part of the Royal Ballet in England?

Rudolf Nureyev

What man served as the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet from 1962 to 1970?

Rudolf Nureyev

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer who wrote more than 100 works. The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Petrushka

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian-born painter who is credited as a leader in avant-garde art as one of the founders of pure abstraction in painting in the early 20th century. Composition I-X, Yellow-Red-Blue, Several Circles

Alongside her husband Ted Shawn, what woman created the dance center, school, and festival, known as Jacob's Pillow?

Ruth St. Denis

What female dancer and choreographer's schools was called Denishawn and included as one of its students, Martha Graham?

Ruth St. Denis

What teacher of dance and choreographer famously created "The Art of the Solo" in which each of her dancers would display a short solo performance during a show?

Ruth St. Denis

Ives

Second Piano Sonata: Concord Mass (this included movements like Emerson, Hawthorne, Alcott, and Thoreau)

Sousa

Semper Fidelis

What man dismissed Vaslav Nijinsky from the Ballet Russes in 1913 for personal reasons?

Sergei Diaghilev

What man founded the Ballets Russes in 1909?

Sergei Diaghilev

What man hired Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky for his ballet company?

Sergei Diaghilev

Germination

Series of events that results in the growth of a plant from the seed.

Cabaret

Set in the seedy Kit-Kat Club in Weimar Berlin, where the risqué Master of Ceremonies presides over the action. The British lounge singer Sally Bowles falls in love with the American writer Cliff Bradshaw, but the two break up as the Nazis come to power. Later a movie by Bob Fosse

Gametes

Sex cells.

Value

Shading; lights and darks. Helps to create form. For instance, when you apply value (which is shading) to a circle, you create a sphere because you made it appear 3D.

Which of the following is not a basic element of music but rather an element of art dealing with dimensions?

Shape

What is the difference between the elements shape and form?

Shapes are two-dimensional and forms are three-dimensional

comparative adjectives

Shows comparisons. Examples: older, safer, louder, more beautiful

superlative adjectives

Shows comparisons. Examples: oldest, safest, loudest, most beautiful

Shel Silverstein

Sick Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout The Giving Tree

Tone

Similar to mood, this describes the author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both. It is easier to determine in spoken language than in written language. Considering how a work would sound if it were read aloud can help in identifying an author's ____. Some words describing it are playful, serious, businesslike, sarcastic, humorous, formal, ornate, sardonic, somber, etc.

Maine

Sir Ferdinando Georges

Maryland

Sir George Calvert

Roanoke

Sir Walter Raleigh

bryophyta

Small land plants that produce spores and live a moist environment.

Bryophyta

Small land plants that produce spores and live in a moist environment that are held in the ground by rhizoids.

Pollen grain

Small structure produced by the male reproductive organs of a seed plant. Has a water-resistant coat, contains gametophyte parts that will produce sperm.

herbaceous stem

Softer, more flexible, and often green plant stems

Francisco Goya

Sometimes called the father of modern art, he was a Spanish artist who painted royal portraits as well as more subversive works in late 1700s and early 1800s. He is known for depicting violent scenes inspired by Spain's wars. The Third of May 1808, Saturn Devouring His Son, Nude Maja

Into the Woods

Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. The musical is tied together by an original story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a Witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey.

William Blake

Songs of Experience Songs of Innocence

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnets From the Portugese Aurora Leigh -Born an invalid with a spinal cord injury and a lung disease

St. Augustine

Spain

Salvador Dali

Spanish artist and Surrealist icon whose art is known for being somewhat odd The Persistence of Memory**, Swans Reflecting Elephants, Christ of Saint John of the Cross

Pablo Picasso

Spanish expatriate who was one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, as well as the co-creator of Cubism. Guernica**, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Three Musicians

Germinate

Sprouting into a new plant.

Raphael

St. George and the Dragon

petioles

Stalk-like particles that attach the leaves to the stem.

Van Gogh

Starry Night

Sousa

Stars and Stripes Forever

woody stem

Stem that contains wood and is thick and hard

Damn Yankees

Story of a fan of the Washington Senators who sells his soul to the devil to help his team beat the Yankees and win the AL Pennant.

Seurat

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Van Gogh

Sunflowers

Monet

Sunrise

Texture

Surface quality; how something feels (real texture) or how it looks like it feels (implied texture).

New Sweden

Sweden

Ovary

Swollen base of an angiosperm's pistil where egg-producing ovules are found.

Which type of balance is used to create a mirror image on each side of the central axis?

Symmetrical

The Hare and the Tortoise

Taking things for granted, smugness, or thinking too highly about yourself will cause you to miss your goal.

adverbs

Tells more about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, how many, when.

42nd Street

Tells the story of a young actress named Peggy Sawyer. Peggy arrives to the audition late and misses her chance to audition for a musical. Luckily, she catches the eye of the famous director, Julian Marsh, and he gives Peggy her big break. However, the show's aging leading lady, Dorothy Brock, quickly grows to dislike Peggy. On opening night, Ms. Brock falls and breaks her ankle. Panic spreads through the company, as the show is doomed for closure, until it is suggested that Peggy take the roll. In only thirty-six hours, Peggy learns twenty-five pages, six songs and ten dance numbers to become a star.

Hair

Tells the story of the "tribe", a group of politically active, long-haired hippies living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War. Claude, his good friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society.

adjectives

Tells us more about a noun. Describes the noun. Examples: green slow, five, stinky, tall, round

Which of the following elements addresses the speed of the beat?

Tempo

Like terms

Terms that have the same variables and the same corresponding exponents

Fiddler on the Roof

Tevye is a lowly Jewish milkman in Tsarist Russia, and his daughters are anxious to get married. Each of their marriages stretch Tevye from his cultural traditions.

Elements of Art

The "building blocks" of art.

Angelico

The Annunciation

Van Eyck

The Arnolfini Wedding

What dance company, started in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev, lasted until 1929? Later, another version of it was started by an associate in Monte Carlo in 1932.

The Ballets Russes

Renoir

The Bathers

Audubon

The Birds of America

Botticelli

The Birth of Venus

Michelangelo

The Creation of Adam

Dutch Forts and Trading Posts

The Dutch/Henry Hudson

Joplin

The Entertainer

Alfred Tennyson

The Lady of Shallot Oenone Morte d'Arthur

Giotto

The Lamentation of Christ

da Vinci

The Last Supper

da Vinci

The Madonna of the Rocks

Velazquez

The Maids of Honor

Gilbert and Sullivan

The Mikado (The Town of Titipu, where flirting is illegal; Nanki-Poo is supposed to marry Katisha but loves Yum-Yum, who is supposed to marry Ko-Ko)

Emma Lazarus

The New Colossus -It was chosen to be written on the base of the Statue of Liberty -She was born to a rich Jewish family

van Rijn

The Night Watch

Foster

The Old Folks at Home

Edward Lear

The Owl and the Pussycat the Jumblies A Book of Nonsense Nonsense Songs Laughable Lyrics

Acropolis

The Parthenon was built along with other structures on a sacred hill known as:

Gilbert and Sullivan

The Pirates of Penzance (The Slave of Duty, band of pirates swashbuckle amidst ordinary Englishmen in Cornwall)

Edgar Allen Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart Annabel Lee The Bells Lenore The Raven

Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken New Hampshire In the Clearing Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening The Death of the Hired Hand

Rockwell

The Saturday Evening Post

Raphael

The School of Athens

da Vinci

The Self portrait

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song of Hiawatha The Courtship of Miles Standish The Children's Hour Paul Revere's Ride

Williard

The Spirit of '76

Raphael

The Tempi Madonna

Bosch

The Temptation of St. Anthony

Goya

The Third of May, 1808

Ives

The Unanswered Question

Duration

The amount of time a sound occurs. Long (whole notes, half notes) or Short (quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes)

Negative Space

The area around the main objects in a picture.

Calligraphy

The art of beautiful writing

Mean

The average of a set of numbers

Greek Mythology

The body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece.

Theme

The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life. Usually it is unstated in fictional works, but in nonfiction, it may be directly state, especially in expository or argumentative writing.

papal supremacy

The claim of medieval popes that they had authority over all secular rulers.

Style

The consideration of this term has two purposes: (1) An evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other We can analyze and describe an author's personal _____ and make judgments on how appropriate it is to the author's purpose. _____ can be called flowery, explicit, succinct, rambling, bombastic, commonplace, incisive, laconic, etc. (2) Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors. By means of such classification and comparison, we can see how an author's _____ reflects and helps to define a historical period, such as the Renaissance or the Victorian period, or a literary movement, such as the romantic, transcendental, or realist movement.

Irony/ironic

The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true. It is often used to create poignancy or humor. In general, there are three major types used in language: (1) verbal - when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) meaning (2) situational - when events turn out the opposite of what was expected; when what the characters and readers think ought to happen is not what does happen (3) dramatic - when facts or events are unknown to a character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work.

Agnes de Mille

The daughter and niece of Hollywood directors, what American choreographed Rodeo (scored by Aaron Copland) and Oklahoma (scored by Rogers and Hammerstein)?

Allegory

The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some of these, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.

Range

The difference in value between the smallest and largest number in a set

Repetition

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern.

Manorialism

The economic system of the Middle Ages. Manors were self-sufficient; Land = Wealth; Trade was minimal

Reconquista

The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain), lasting from the 1100s until 1492.

pistils

The female reproductive part of a flower.

devices

The figures of speecb, syntax, diction, and other stylistic elements that collectively produce a particular artistic effect.

Quran

The final authority on all matters. Holy book of Islam. Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between ca. 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam.

blade

The flat part of the leaf.

Space- Detail and Color

The further away an object is from you, the less detail and color you can see. For instance, the closer you get to a sign, the easier it is to read what it says.

Space- Sizing and Placement

The further away an object is, the smaller it gets and the higher up on the page it goes. Look at what happens to each sphere as it gets further away...

Genotype

The genetic makeup of an organism

Space

The illusion of depth. There are 3 ways to show space: 1) Overlapping; 2) Sizing and Placement; 3) Detail and Color.

Energy

The intensity with which you engage with the piece.

Fronds

The large feathery leaves.

Muhammad

The last prophet believed by Muslims who talked to the Archangel Gabriel. He believed that God / Allah's words were given to Muhammad and collected by his followers and compiled in Quran. A prophet who introduced a religion called Islam in Arabia.

Texture

The layers of sound within a piece of music. Examples include: Just melody (monophony) or Melody and harmony (polyphony). Chords (3 or more notes played at the same time). Instruments can add to the texture of music: blaring, rough, smooth, choppy, disjointed, tight, rich.

paliside layer

The long cells under the epidermis ( in the mesophyll) that aid in the process of photosynthesis.

filaments

The long stalk-like parts that support the knob-like anthers where the pollen is produced.

Positive Space

The main objects in a picture.

Median

The middle number in a set of numbers

mesophyll

The middle part of the leaf containing chlorophyll and the part of the leaf where most of the food is actually made.

Corinthian Column

The most ornate of the Greek architectural styles, characterized by slender, fluted columns and capitals with an acanthus leaf design.

Ambiguity

The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

Fruit

The name given to the ripened ovary that surrounds and protects the seeds.

Color- Hue

The name of the color you see. For instance, the hue of the bottle in the middle is yellow.

Connotation

The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. They may involve ideas, emotions or attitudes

Base

The number that is raised in a power

Coefficient

The number that multiplies a variable or variables

Mode

The number that occurs most frequently

Additive Identity

The number zero

Doric Column

The oldest and simplest Greek style--its found on the Parthenon in Athens. This column features fluted sides, a smooth rounded top, or capital, and no separate base.

Stomates

The openings on the underside of the leaf where carbon dioxide enters the leaf and oxygen exits the leaf during photosynthesis

Form

The organization of music. Examples include: ABA (first section, second section, first section repeats) AB (first section, followed by second section) Rondo (ABACA - The A section always comes after each new section).

Bark

The outer protective layer found on woody stems.

Rhizomes

The part of the plant between the roots and the young leaves.

Diffusion

The passing of molecules from high to low concentration.

Heredity

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

Osmosis

The passing of water molecules across a membrane.

geotropism

The plant responds to gravity.

phototropism

The plant responds to light.

thigmotropism

The plant responds to touch.

hydrotropism

The plant responds to water.

Origin

The point (0,0) on a graph

Feudalism

The political and social hierarchy that included landlords, vassals, and serfs. Created by exchanging grants of lands (fiefs) in return for formal, written oaths of allegiance and promises of loyal service; greater lords provided protection and aid to lesser lords (vassals) in return for military service. Lords provided protection for serfs; serfs provided service for lords.

Absolute Value

The positive number that describes the distance of a number from zero on a number line

Mood

The prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work. Setting, tone, and events can affect it. It is similar to tone and atmosphere.

Chance

The probability something will occur

Pollination

The process by which pollen is transferred form the male reproductive structure (stamen) to the female reproductive structure (ovule)

Tropisms

The processes in which a plant grows toward a particular stimulus.

fief

The property or fee granted to a vassal for his maintenance by his lord in return for service.

Tone Color

The quality of sound, what the voice or instrument sounds like. This is also referred to as "Timbre" (pronounced tam-ber). * Examples include: light, airy, dark, mystical, rich, full, dancing, excited.

Alliteration

The repetition of beginning sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells"). The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage.

flower

The reproductive structure of an angiosperm

Photosynthesis

The scientific process whereby plants produce food by utilizing solar energy.

Imagery

The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions. On a physical level, it uses terms related to the five senses: visual, auditory, tactile, gustatory, and olfactory.

gametes

The sex cells.

Dynamics

The sound level at which music is played. Loud (forte, fortissimo) or Soft (piano, pianissimo). Medium is often called mezzo-piano (pronounced "met-so pi-ahno") or mezzo-forte (pronounced "met-so four-tay")

Gameophytes

The stage in the life cycle that produce the gametes

Sporophytes

The stage in the life cycle that produces spores, the cells which are capable of reproducing into a new entity.

gametophytes

The stage of life cycle that produce gametes.

sporophytes

The stage of life cycle that produce spores.

Denotation

The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color. (Example: the definition of knife- a utensil for cutting - Connotation - knife - such as knife in the back - anger fear violence betrayal.

Sporanzia

The structure in which reproductive cells are produced.

sporanzia

The structure in which reproductive cells are produced.

Genetics

The study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles

Botany

The study of plants.

Sori

The term for the clusters of spore cases that develop on the underside of a fern frond.

sori ( sorus )

The term for the clusters of spore cases that develop on the underside of a fern frond.

Dormancy

The time period during which a plant does not grow.

pollination

The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive structures in plants

Bulbs

The underground portions of the plant that put down roots.

scholasticism

The use of logic to resolve theological (religious) problems.

Colloquial/Colloquialism

The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing, they give a work a conversational, familiar tone. These types of expressions in writing include local or regional dialect.

Syntax

The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. It is similar to diction, but you can differentiate them by thinking of _____ as groups of words, while diction refers to the individual words.

Oscar Niemeyer

The work of this Brazilian architect demonstrates his appreciation for free-flowing design. Cathedral of Brasilia, Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum, Edificio Copan

fiddleheads

The young leaves that are coiled up.

Fiddleheads

The young leaves that are coiled up. They uncoil and become mature fronds and the plant ages.

The basic idea of the play is:

Theme

abstract nouns

These have no physical existence. They refer to ideas, emotions and concepts you cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. Example: love, time, fear, freedom

concrete nouns

These refer to people or things that exist physically and that at least one of the senses can detect. You can touch, smell, see, or hear them. Examples: cat, desk, baby, bike

Gertrude Stein

Things as They Are The Lost Generation

autotrophs

Things that produce their own food.

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

Thinking that the grass is always greener somewhere else. What's suitable for you may not be for someone else. Being satisfied with who and where you are.

George Balanchine

This choreographer designed over 400 ballets. What man choreographed almost forty of his ballets to the music of Igor Stravinsky?

Little Shop of Horrors

This comedy-horror rock musical about a hapless florist shop worker Seymour who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh, named Audrey II.

Ionic Column

This is a Greek column with short, fluted shafts and scroll-like decorations on its capital.

sentence structure

This looks at the types of sentences the author uses. Remember they are simple, compound, complex, and compound complex.

Dreamgirls

This musical features a young female singing trio from Chicago who become musical superstars. It is based on the real life stories of R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown and others.

Nike of Samathrace

This sculpture is in the Luvre, Paris. It was made of marble as most of the Hellenistic sculptures were. She symbolizes Winged Victory.

Rhetorical Question

This term's answer is assumed; it is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and is a significant tool in the study of rhetoric. One of the most basic purposes for it is cheerleading. They, therefore, propel an argument emotionally. They often look like extensions of a logical argument, but more often than not, they are setting you up to agree with the writer. As with a parallel syntax, they are excellent devices to use in the development of your own essay writing. A

Beach

This was the first famous US Woman Composer

Connecticut

Thomas Hooker

Rhizoid

Threadlike structures that anchor nonvascular plants to the ground.

Picasso

Three Musicians

Ives

Three Places in New England

The distinctive quality that distinguishes one voice from another is

Timbre

William Wordsworth

Tintern Abbey -He was educated at Cambridge -He co-authored ballads with Samuel T. Coleridge

A monochromatic color scheme uses one color plus its:

Tints and Shades

Stomata

Tiny openings in a plant's epidermis through which carbon dioxide, water vapor, and oxygen enter and exit.

Inference/infer

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented.

Pollination

Transfer of pollen grains to the female part of a seed plant by agents such as gravity, water, wind, animals.

House of Wisdom

Translation center/Center of learning established in Baghdad. Opened by a Caliph named al-Ma'mum in Baghdad. Important because it allowed them to keep records and learn about their history along with mixing culture.

Joplin

Treemonisha

Joyce Kilmer

Trees -Joined the National Guard and was killed in 1918

The Eagle and the Crow

Trying to be what you aren't

Born in Indiana, she joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company, at the age of 22 in 1963. She went on to choreograph such musicals as Movin' Out and The Times They Are A Changin'?

Twyla Tharp

What woman choreographed Deuce Coupe, a ballet to the music of the Beach Boys? She would often work with popular musicians of the time in creating musicals and ballets.

Twyla Tharp

palmate

Type of leaf vein

parallel

Type of leaf vein

pinnate

Type of leaf vein

Xylem

Type of vascular tissue that carries water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots to the stem and leaves.

Rhizome

Underground stem.

Seeds

Ungerminated plants

Mamma Mia!

Uses the music of Swedish rock band ABBA to tell about a mother and her daughter's wedding. Three men are invited to the wedding in a ruse by the daughter to find out which of the men is her father.

The Old Lion and the Fox

Using your head keeps you from making foolish or disastrous mistakes.

credit card

VISA or MasterCard

The degree of lightness and darkness of objects in a composition is called:

Value

Ives

Variations on America (including Browning, Emerson)

Gymnosperm

Vascular plants that do not flower. Produce seeds that are not protected by fruit (ex. Conifers).

What dancer performed in the ballets, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Petrushka, and Scheherazade? In fact, a statue of him as Petrushka adorns his grave.

Vaslav Nijinsky

What early 20th century dancer was noted for his ability to perforn an en pointe, a ballet move that historically was limited to women?

Vaslav Nijinsky

Who was the premiere male dancer of the Ballets Russes soon after its formation in 1909?

Vaslav Nijinsky

A dog is a very good pet. IS

Verb

Did you make your train on time? DID

Verb

He sees too many movies. SEES

Verb

I am an ardent musice lover. AM

Verb

Nicole's letters are always cheerful. ARE

Verb

She hoped for good weather. HOPED

Verb

The crowd became excited when the Tigers won the game. BECAME

Verb

The doctors remained somewhat hopeful. REMAINED

Verb

The papers were on the table. WERE

Verb

The storm raged furiously. RAGED

Verb

The train was late to the station. WAS

Verb

linking verbs

Verbs that don't show action. They link the subject to words or groups of words that identify or describe the subject. Examples: grew (large), tasted (delicious)

thich nhat hanh

Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk who preaches peace

Greco

View of Toledo

Sousa

Was in the Marines and headed the Marine Band

Sousa

Washington Post March

Spore

Waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism.

Cuticle

Waxy, protective layer that covers the stems, leaves, and flowers of many plants. Helps prevent water loss.

Monasteries

Were a community of monks and were built all over Europe in the Middle ages

Martha Graham

What American choreographed Appalachian Spring?

Gregory Hines

What American dancer starred in the movies "History of the World Part I", "Tap", and won a Tony Award for "Jelly's Last Jam"?

Mary Wigman

What German dancer was considered a leader in the realm of expressionist dance and a symbol of Weimar Germany (1920's)?

Michael Flatley

What Irish step dancer produced the shows "Lord of the Dance", "Riverdance", and "Celtic Tiger"?

George Balanchine

What Russian-born American choreographer and dancer co-founded the New York City Ballet alongside Lincoln Kirstein?

Rudolf Nureyev

What Soviet dancer defected to the West in 1961? Nikita Kruschev attempted to have him killed by the KGB to prevent his defection.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

What Soviet-defector, danced in the films The Turning Point, White Nights, and Company Business?

Merce Cunningham

What choreographer created a dance company (named for himself) in 1953? It included the musician with whom he had a life-long collaboration?

The Ballets Russes

What dance company, started in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev, lasted until 1929? Later, another version of it was started by an associate in Monte Carlo in 1932.

Michael Jackson

What dancer and musician was known as the "King of Pop"?

Fred Astaire

What dancer began his career as a child on the Vaudeville circuit alongside his sister Adele? He went on to appear in such films as Top Hat, Shall We Dance, and Funny Face among many others.

Agnes de Mille

What dancer choreographed Carousel, Brigadoon, and Paint Your Wagon?

Katherine Dunham

What dancer is considered the "Queen Mother of African-American dance"?

Isadora Duncan

What dancer is noted for dancing barefoot and for her school that she opened in Paris in 1909?

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

What dancer performed alongside Shirley Temple in the films The Little Rebel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and The Little Colonel?

Vaslav Nijinsky

What dancer performed in the ballets, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Petrushka, and Scheherazade? In fact, a statue of him as Petrushka adorns his grave.

Gene Kelly

What dancer performed one of the most iconic scenes in American film in "Singin' in the Rain"?

Gene Kelly

What dancer starred in "Anchors Aweigh", "Cover Girl", and "An American in Paris" among other films?

Fred Astaire

What dancer was born with the name Frederick Austerlitz?

Isadora Duncan

What dancer was killed when one of her flowing scares was caught in the spoke of a car in which she was a passenger, breaking her neck?

Michael Jackson

What dancer was known for his signature move the "Moonwalk"?

Vaslav Nijinsky

What early 20th century dancer was noted for his ability to perform en pointe, a ballet move that historically was limited to women?

Mata Hari

What exotic dancer was assassinated by firing squad during World War I on charges of spying?

Fred Astaire

What famous American dancer was known for appearing often with actress and dancer Ginger Rogers?

Isadora Duncan

Ruth St. Denis

What female dancer and choreographer's schools was called Denishawn and included as one of its students, Martha Graham?

Isadora Duncan

What female dancer was known for her use of flowing scarves - which ultimately played a role in her death?

Katherine Dunham

What former dancer performed a hunger strike at the age of 82 to oppose the American foreign policy on Haiti?

Jersey Boys

What is the title of the documentary-style musical that is based on a 1960s rock 'n roll, Franky Valley and the Four Seasons.

George Balanchine

What man choreographed Apollo, The Prodigal Son, and Serenade?

Michel Fokine

What man choreographed Petrushka, Daphne et Chloe, and The Firebird for the Ballets Russes?

Michel Fokine

What man choreographed The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova in 1905?

Michel Fokine

What man choreographed The Firebird and Le Carnaval?

Sergei Diaghilev

What man dismissed Vaslav Nijinsky from the Ballet Russes in 1913 for personal reasons?

Sergei Diaghilev

What man founded the Ballets Russes in 1909?

James Brown

What man has all of the following nicknames: "The Father of Soul", "The King of Funk", and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business"?

Sergei Diaghilev

What man hired Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky for his ballet company?

Rudolf Nureyev

What man performed often with Margot Fonteyn as part of the Royal Ballet in England?

Rudolf Nureyev

What man served as the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet from 1962 to 1970?

subject

What or who the sentence is mainly about. Every sentence must have one of these. Ex. The dog...

Martha Graham

What student of Ruth St. Denis founded a center of contemporary dance in New York City in 1926?

Ruth St. Denis

What teacher of dance and choreographer famously created "The Art of the Solo" in which each of her dancers would display a short solo performance during a show?

predicate

What the subject is doing or being in a sentence. Every sentence must have one of these. Ex. ...bit the mailman.

Twyla Tharp

What woman choreographed Deuce Coupe, a ballet to the music of the Beach Boys? She would often work with popular musicians of the time in creating musicals and ballets.

Norma Miller

What woman is known as the "Queen of Swing"?

Margot Fonteyn

What woman was the prima ballerina absoluta of the Royal Ballet in England alongside Rudolf Nureyev?

Anna Pavlova

What woman was the prima ballerina of the Ballets Russes soon after its formation in 1909?

debt

What you have if you borrow money

The Two Goats

When both people are stubborn, and neither wants to yield or compromise, then neither wins.

Time

When in history Period of the day

The Fox and the Crow

When you believe the flattery of others and think too highly of yourself, you can lose what you have.

Space

Where you perform (stage, chair, immediate surrounding area) Where action occurs (the distance between characters, settings)

Concrete

Which type of noun can refer to tangible that can be perceived through the senses? ex.) star flag ice cream song

Proper

Which type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing and always begins with a capital letter?

Common

Which type of noun names non-specific people, places, or things and are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence?

Count

Which type of noun names things that can be expressed in plural form? Ex.) dog/dogs hat/hats teacher/teachers

Abstract

Which type of nouns refer to states, concepts, feelings, or qualities? Ex.) loneliness equality joy beauty

Whistler

Whistler's Mother

Mary Wigman

Who created the Dresden School in Germany in 1920?

Vaslav Nijinsky

Who was the premiere male dancer of the Ballets Russes soon after its formation in 1909?

Integers

Whole numbers and their opposites

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Widely considered the most popular Russian composer in history. The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, 1812 Overture

Michelangelo

Widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel**, David, Pieta

Plymouth Colony

William Bradford- Governor, Miles Standish- Military Leader

Pennsylvania

William Penn

Louis Kahn

With designs that combined timeless forms and modern techniques, he became known as one of the leading American architects of the 20th century. Kimbell Art Museum, Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Yale University Art Gallery

verbs

Words that show action or a state of being. One of these is required in a sentence

prepositions

Words we use before nouns or pronouns to show their relationship with other words in the sentence. Example: behind (the tree), across (Maple Street), down (the stairs)

Figurative Language

Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.

Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward

Wrote the lyrics for Porgy and Bess

The Ants and the Grasshopper

You can't expect to be given everything without any effort or responsibility on your part.

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Circus

a Roman outdoor arena in which public games, such as chariot races, were held

Bolero

a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets, performed in 3/4 time, Originator: Maurice Ravel

savings

a bank account you use to save money

teller

a bank employee

prime

a bank's main interest rate

mahayana buddhism

a branch of buddhsim practiced in east asia (china) where guidance was seeked from boddhisatvas

ATM

a cash machine

The Pantheon

a circular temple in Rome built to all the gods, has a traditional front with the dome rising up behind it. Occulus is a hole in the roof (means eye)

Polygon

a closed figure made from a straight line segments and having three or more sides

Unity

a combination or ordering of parts in an artistic production that constitutes a whole or promotes an undivided total effect

mixture

a combo of multiple pure substances that is not chemically bound

Freeze

a command to cease all movement at once and to remain immobile in the shape the body presented when the signal word was given

Contrast

a diversity of adjacent parts in color, emotion, tone and style; diversity in energy qualilties

Shape

a frozen pose

Compass

a geometric tool used to draw circles, or construct other geometric constructions

Protractor

a geometric tool used to measure angles using the unit of degrees

krishna

a god of hinduism that helps arjuna in the mahabharata

ember

a hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire

mortgage

a house loan

multitude

a large indefinite number

swarm

a large number of bees; a large number of moving people, animals, or insects

MYTH

a legend or story usually attempting to account for something in nature

Transversal

a line that intersects two or more other lines

heterogeneous

a mixture that is not even in distribution

interest

a monthly fee on borrowed money

Percussive Movement

a movement quality that begins with a strong sharp impetus, expends energy in spurts, small or large explosions, stops suddenly at any point and then may start again

Swinging Movement

a movement quality that is characterized by a reaction to the force of gravity; a lifted body part releases and drops along a curved path and energy is added to the momentum of the drop to carry the body part upward on an arc where it suspends before returning on a downward path

Sustained Movement

a movement quality that is characterized by an even flow of energy resulting in motion that is ongoing and smooth; the initial impetus of energy creates an accent and the resultant movement quality carries a smooth and seamless nature

Vibrator Movement

a movement quality that results when extreme tension is applied to a boy part which responds with a series of fluttering, quivering movements

Suspended Movement

a movement that results when the initial force is expended for an instant and a momentary stillness in space is achieved

Quality

a movements distinctive property; sharp, sudden, smooth, sustained,swift, loose..

Ray

a part of a line that begins at a specified point and travels forever in a particular direction

recluse

a person who lives apart from society and often alone

fragrance

a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Midpoint

a point that divides a segment into exactly two segments of equal length

Contrapposto stance

a posture that places the body's weight on one leg and uses the other leg as support→helped to make the classical revolution, not stiff like Egyptian statues.

Sphere

a set of points in space that are given distance from a specified point

Line

a set of points that continue without end in both directions

knoll

a small rounded hill

homogeneous

a solution that is completely even in distribution

Cone

a space figure that is formed by connecting a circle to a point that is not in the same plane

Cylinder

a space figure with two circular bases that are identical in size and shape and parallel to one another

Chord

a straight line segment that touches two different points upon a circle, but does NOT go through the center of a circle

Rhythm

a succession of movement or sounds of various duration

Pattern

a symbol or motif in movement

Cube

a three dimensional figure having six sides, called faces, where each face is in the shape of a square

Degree

a unit of measurement used to measure angles and revolutions; there are 360 degrees in one complete circle

foresight

ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future

impending

about to happen

hasten

act or move at high speed

exasperation

actions that cause great irritation (or even anger)

gray, far-fetched, elegant, expensive

adjective

old, young, exhausted, nervous, inerested

adjective

conspicuous

adjective 1. Easily seen; obvious 2. Attracting attention; striking; remarkable

attentive

adjective 1. Giving attention to something 2. Paying careful attention to the comfort or concerns of others; considerate

apprehensive

adjective Anxious or fearful; uneasy

deft

adjective Quick and skillful; adroit

brackish

adjective Slightly salty

cunning

adjective Sly, crafty, or clever noun The quality of being sly, crafty, or clever

We will leave tomorrow. What p.o.s. is tomorrow?

adverb

especially, exceptionally, slightly

adverb

fully, somewhat, rather, quite

adverb

hardly, completely, very

adverb

nearly always, more heavily, incredibly early, quite agilely, rather haphazardly, most calmly

adverb

weekly, tomorrow, early

adverb

fosse

all that jazz

translucent

allowing light, butnot detailed images, to shine through

aluminum

tharp

americans we

electric current

ampere

tactic

an action that is planned to achieve a goal

Value

an attribute of color, its lightness or darkness; the value may be in the energy or within the dynamics

scarcity

an insufficient amount or supply; a shortage

variable

an interest rate that changes with time

fixed

an interest rate that stays the same

specimen

an item that is studied by scientists as an example of an entire set of things

dalits

another name for untouchables

fund

another word for money

Diagonal

any straight line that connects two vertices of a polygon but is not a side of that polygon

Pure Substance

any substance with definite properties

Matter

anything that has mass and takes up space

graham

appalachian spring

uncanny

arousing wonder and fear, as if supernatural; eerie

joffrey

astarte (classical)

ions

atoms with either a positive or negative charge either by gaining or losing an electron; written similarly to an exponent

Give the female form of the noun "aviator"

aviatrix

joffrey

ballets de paris (classical)

emerge

become known or apparent

reincarnation

belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death

robbins

bells are ringing

Size

big, small, narrow, wide

ailey

blues suite

Part

body parts

bejart

bolero (classical)

payment

borrowed money that you pay back at a regular interval

terse

brief and to the point; concise

tharp

brief fling

mille

brigadoon

robbins

broadway

bromine

sangha

buddhism's religious community

centi-

c 0.01

fosse

cabaret

calcium

robbins

call me madam

fetal stress

can occur during the birth process or after birth as an infant adjusts from a watery,dark, constant-temperature environment to its new environment.

luminous intensity

candela

vulnerable

capable of being harmed, damaged, or injured

malleable

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

carbon

limon

carlota

mille

caroseul

ignite

cause to start burning

repugnant

causing disgust or hatred; repulsive

chlorine

chop (past)

chopped

nijinsky

choreographed the afternoon of a faun

nijinsky

choreographed the rite of spring

nijinsky

choreographed till eulenspiegel

chromium

graham

clytemnestra

combine (past)

combined

and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so

conjunction

both...and, either...or, wehther...or, not only... but also, neither...nor

conjunction

elements

consisting of only one type of atom, this can not be broken; either an atom or molecules

monotonous

continuing in an unchanging tone; wearying

pavlova

coppelia (women)

copper

electric charge

coulomb

Pecos Bill

cowboy

brahma

creator god of hinduism

jamison

cry

samsara

cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

fosse

damn yankees

mille

dark elegies

graham

deaths and entrances

Positive space

definite forms and shapes

celsius temperature

degree Celsius $

Adjective (adj)

describes a noun (what kind, how many, which one)

Adverb (adv)

describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

vishnu

destroyer god of hinduism

tharp

deuce coupe

obscure

difficult to understand; partially hidden

Focus

direction of gaze

speed

distance/time km/h m/s

jamison

divining

farrell

don quixote (women)

pavlova

don quixote (women)

furtive

done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen

gusto

eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm

Identify the meaning of the three letter Greek prefix, "geo"

earth

graham

el penitente

compounds

elements that are in a specific ratio, and cannot be separated

luminous

emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating

Accent

emphasis that results in a beat being louder or longer than in another measure; a stress or one element over others, making it stand out

sociable

enjoying the company of others; friendly

one ultimate reality

every hindu's goal in life (moksha)

graham

every soul is a circus

meticulous

extremely careful; particular about details

mille

fall river legend

robbins

fancy free

Tempo

fast, medium, slow

misgivings

feelings of uncertainty, apprehension

pistil

female reproductive organ

Identify the bone found between the knee and hips, this makes up the thigh

femur

frond

fern leaves

embryo

fertilized egg that has attached to wall of the uterus.

robbins

fiddler on the roof

Congruent Figures

figures that are exactly the same size and shape

siddhartha gautama

founder of buddhism; known as the buddha and the enlightened one

Flow

free (continuous, fluid movement) or bound (restrained, controlled movement)

fry (present)

fries

Calamity Jane

frontier character

Daniel Boone

frontiersman

Davy Crockett

frontiersman

will have learned

future perfect

will have tested

future perfect

will have been identifying

future perfect progressive

will have been working

future perfect progressive

will be eating

future progressive

will be growing

future progressive

will be having

future progressive

will be writing

future progressive

density

g/mL or g/ccm

joffrey

gamelan (classical)

pavlova

giselle (women)

gold

tharp

grand pas: rhythm of the saints

zeal

great enthusiasm for or devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal

cosign

guarantee a loan for somebody else

robbins

gypsy

Mother Holle:: Widow

had two daughters. Loved Real daughter over step-daughter

baryshnikov

hamlet (classical)

spores

haploid cells

sperm

haploid sex cell formed in the male reproductive organs;in humans,male reproductive cells producted in the testws.

Metric rhythm

has a countable beat

pollen grain

has water-resistant covering and contains gametophyte parts that can produce the sperm

versatile

having varied uses or functions; flexible

helium

Ethan Allen

hero of the American Revolution

arjuna

hero prince in the bhagavad gita. helped by his chariot driver, krishna

frequency

herts

puja

hindu form of worship

menstrual cycle

hormone-controlled monthly cycle of changes in the female reproductive system that include the maturation of an egg and preparation of the uterus for possible pregnacncy

tharp

how near heavan

fosse

how to succeed in business without really trying

hydrogen

jamison

hymn

tharp

i remember clifford

dukkha

idea of suffering

By purpose, how is the following sentence classified, ¨Take out the trash, please.¨

imperative

Pythagorean Theorem

in a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the legs equals the square of the hypothesis, a squared + b squared = c squared

aqueduct

in ancient Rome, bridgelike stone structure that carried water from the hills into the cities.

uterus

in female humans,hollow,muscular,pearshaped organ where a fertilized egg develops into a baby.

hormone

in humans, chemical produced by the endocrine system, releases directly into the bloodstream by ductless glands;affects specific target tissue,and can speed up or slow down cellular activities.

fetus

in humans,a developing baby after the first two months of pregnancy until birth.

ovary

in plants,swollen base of an angiosperm's pistil, where egg-producing ovules are found; in humans,female reproductive organ that produces eggs and is located in the lower part of the body.

tharp

in the upper room

denis

incense

net

income after you pay taxes

gross

income before you pay taxes

Level

increments in which the body moves or holds a shape relaive to the ceiling and floor; high, medium, or low

ah, aha, boy-oh-boy, hey

interjection

whoa, whew, uh-oh, oops

interjection

yipee, wow, yikes, yahoo

interjection

iodine

iron

MYTHOLOGY

is the study of myths

charleston

jazz

fox-trot

jazz

jitterbug

jazz

robbins

jerome robbins'

Conjunction (conj)

joins words or groups of words

energy

joule

kilo-

k 1,000

temperature

kelvin

mass

kilogram

laban

kinetographie laban

limon

la malinche

taglioni

la sylphide (ballet)

disdain

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Hagia Sophia

large church constructed in Constantinople during the reign of Justinian

ganges river

largest river of the indian sub-continent; purest location ritually

shudras

last in the caste system (laborers and craftsworkers)

nijinsky

le spectre de la rose (classical)

lead

Mike Fink

legendary frontiersman

John Henry

legendary strongman

meter

length

nijinsky

les sylphides (classical)

pavlova

les sylphides (women)

graham

letter to the world

Skew Lines

lines that are in two different planes

Perpendicular Lines

lines that meet or intersect to form right angles

eavesdrop

listen without the speaker's knowledge

Casey Jones

locomotive engineer

kumbh mela

lonest religious event in history. based on a story of gods and demons fighting over a pot of immortality. the four drops from the pot are the four cities where this event is held

robbins

look ma i'm dancin

Paul Bunyan

lumberjack of legend

milli-

m 0.001

illuminate

make lighter or brighter

testes

male organ that produces spermand testosterone.

stamen

male reproductive organ

ailey

mass

the buddha

means, "Enlightened One" and former name: Suddhartha Guatama

Meter

measure or unit of a metrical verse

METER (m)

measures length 1 m=100 cm=1,000 mm

LITER (L)

measures volume 1 L=1,000 ml

GRAM (g) (gm)

measures weight 1 g=1,000 mg

mercury

limon

missa brevis

mix (present)

mixes

semen

mixture of sperm and a fluid that helps sperm move and supplies them with an energy source.

barefoot and flat-footed

modern dance

amount of a substance

mole

cash advance

money borrowed on a credit card

loan

money that you borrow

income

money that you earn

debit

money that you withdrew from your account

fee

money you pay to do something

Grendel

monster

menstruation

monthly flow of blood and tissue cells that occurs when the lining of the uterus breaks down and is shed.

ovulation

monthly process in which an egg is released from an ovary and enters the oviduct, where it can become fertilized by sperm.

Grimm's Fairytales

most famous of all fairytales in the world ~German~

transfer

move money between bank accounts

g to kg

move the decimal 3 places to the left

mcg to mg

move the decimal 3 places to the left

mg to g

move the decimal 3 places to the left

g to mg

move the decimal 3 places to the right

kg to g

move the decimal 3 places to the right

mg to mcg

move the decimal 3 places to the right

mcg to g

move the decimal 6 places to the left

mg to kg

move the decimal 6 places to the left

g to mcg

move the decimal 6 places to the right

kg to mg

move the decimal 6 places to the right

mcg to kg

move the decimal 9 places to the left

kg to mcg

move the decimal 9 places to the right

Non-Locomotor

movement around the body's axis; also known as axial movement

Pathway

movement on the floor or in the air; curved, straight, zigzag, diagonal

Collapsing Movement

movement that is characterized by a relaxed release into gravity, resulting in a folding or curling of he body downward; to suddenly lose force and energy

Locomotor

movement through space from one point to another

Improvisation

movement which is created spontaneously, ranging from free form to highly structured environments but always with an element of chance; is instant and simultaneous choreography and performance

farrell

mozartina

vagina

muscular tube that connects the lower end of a female's uterus to the outside of the body;the birth canal through which a baby travels when being born.

neon

nickel

nitrogen

aryans

nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; began the caste system

default

not pay a loan

unsightly

not pleasant to look at; unattractive

Tomorrow never seems to arive. What p.o.s. is tomorrow?

noun

audience, firefighter, cloud, Buddhism

noun

freedom, World Trade Center, Labor Day

noun

mother-in-law, pull-up, silk, yogurt

noun

peace, truth, artistry, excellence, beauty

noun

barricade

noun 1. A usually temporary structure set up, as across a route of access, to block the passage of an enemy or opponent 2. Something that serves as an obstacle; a barrier verb 1. To block an opening or passage with an obstacle or a barrier 2. To enclose or exclude someone by constructing a barricade

contortion

noun A sharp twist or bend in something

adversary

noun An opponent or enemy

commotion

noun Noisy activity or confusion

aplomb

noun Self-confidence, especially in a difficult situation; poise; assurance

concoction

noun Something that has been prepared by putting several things together; a mixture of ingredients

aptitude

noun The ability to learn or understand something quickly

defiance

noun The act of defying; open resistance to an opposing force or authority

circumference

noun The boundary of an area, an object, or a geometric figure, especially a circle

debris

noun The scattered remains of something broken, destroyed or discarded; rubble or wreckage

electric resistance

ohm

mille

oklahoma

robbins

on the town

Revolution

one 360-degree turn

Semicircle

one half circle; 180 degrees of a circle

ascetic

one of practices self discipline/abscence of luxury for a religious purpose

mahabharata

one of the two hindu epics, part of the bhagavad gita, tells the story of arjuna and krishna

ramayana

one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne

Choreogropher

one who creates dance

atman

one's individual soul

dharma

one's obligation in life in hindusim. determines karma

Non-metric rhythm

originates sometimes from nature, from things, or from our own breath rhythms

Jesse James

outlaw

egregious

outrageously bad; clearly wrong or illegal,

astaire

over the top

imperious

overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

oxygen

fosse

pajama game

fibrous roots

part of a root system in which roots branch to such an extent that no single root grows larger than the rest

pressure

pascal

had developed

past perfect

had studied

past perfect

had threatened

past perfect

had been checking

past perfect progressive

had been running

past perfect progressive

was hunting

past progressive

were preparing

past progressive

were studying

past progressive

pregnancy

period of development --usually about 38 or 39 weeks in female humans--from fertilized egg until birth.

nouns

person, place, thing, or idea

nijinsky

petrushka (classical)

upanishads

philosophical commentaries on the vedas

John Chapman (J. Appleseed)

pioneer

fosse

pippin

platinum

In animal coloring and camouflage, what characteristic is usually indicated by bright, vivid, flamboyant colors?

poisonous/ deadly

Which six-letter word refers to a Mexican blanket often slipped over the head and worn draped over shoulder?

poncho

ionic bonds

positive ions attract negative ions

potassium

potential of Hydrogen (concentration of H+ ions) how acidic/ basic 0-6 acidic 7 neutral 8-14 basic

about, above, among, around, as, at, against

preposition

according to, aside from, in place of, on account of, prior to

preposition

below, beneath, beside, between

preposition

from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, outside

preposition

in front of, beause of, in addition to

preposition

has started

present perfect

have cured

present perfect

have developed

present perfect

has been carrying

present perfect progressive

are studying

present progressive

graham

primitive mysteries

headway

progress toward a destination or a goal

I, me, you

pronoun

everyone, no one, everything, nothing

pronoun

he, him, his

pronoun

myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves

pronoun

she, her, hers

pronoun

they, them, their, theirs

pronoun

who, whom, what, whose

pronoun

tharp

push comes to shove

deposit

put money in the bank

denis

radha

Opposite Rays

rays that have the same endpoint but travel in opposite directions to form a line

shiva

rebirth god of hinduism

the Wolf:

recognized by rough voice and black feet ~ disguise himself

Noun (n)

refers to a person, place, thing, or idea

persistent

refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties

pertinent

related to the matter at hand; relevant

buddhism

religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama; taught that the way to find truth was to give up all desires

pristine

remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization; flawless

ailey

revelations

rinse (present)

rinses

graham

rite of spring

jamison

riverside

Which order of animals includes mammals that gnaw?

rodents

mille

rodeo

nijinsky

scheherazade (classical)

Buffalo Bill Cody

scout and showman

Betsy Ross

seamstress

time

second

balanchine

serenade

farrell

serenade (women)

Crusades

series of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free Holy Land from Muslims (temporarily succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and establishing Christian kingdoms), a war for the cross or holy war

Verb (v)

shows action (physical or mental) or state of being

Preposition (prep

shows the relationship of a noun to another word

stupas

shrines containing remains of the Buddha

silicon

silver

prothallus

small, green, heart-shaped gametophyte plant

caste system

social system that the aryans created with four levels. the untouchables are not part of this system

sodium

Shelf Space

space immediately around the body; also referred to as personal space or as a "space bubble"

General Space

space throughout the room; beyond personal space

jargon

specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

The colloseum

spectacle, battles, gladiators, entertainment, three levels, each level is a diff. greek order: 1st floor is doric, 2nd floor is ionic, 3rd floor is corinthian, the arches are very roman, seats 60,000 people, there was a roof and a basement, there was a retractable roof, floor was made out of wood, pictures of retired gladiators on the walls, retractable roof based on sailing

Weight

strong (heavy, firm, powerful) or light (gentle, soft)

monsoons

strong, seasonal winds

sulfur

russians

swan lake (ballet)

pavlova

swan lake (women)

fosse

sweet charity

jamison

sweet release

ovary

swollen base of the pistil where ovules are found

bejart

symphony for a lonely man (classical)

withdraw

take money out of the bank

Pronoun (p)

takes the place of a noun

jabber

talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

buck-and-wing

tap

soft-shoe

tap

taste (past)

tasted

Uncle Sam

term used to mean U.S.

canon law

the Church's own body of laws; this law applied to religious teachings, the behavior of the clergy, and even marriages and morals

potential

the ability to grow, develop, or improve

sabotage

the act of destroying or damaging something deliberately so that it does not work correctly

habitation

the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)

jostle

the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)

restitution

the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage

humphrey

the arc between two deaths

Choreography

the art of making dance

polytheism

the belief in more than one god

Direction

the course in which something moves; forward, backward, sideways, up, down

baryshnikov

the creation of the world (classical)

rameau

the dancing master (ballet)

Dynamics

the degree of energy, intensity, or power in the execution of movements; degrees of loudness and softness gives variety and meaning to music and dance

Counterclockwise

the direction around the circle that is opposite to the way the hands on a clock move

Circumference

the distance around a circle; its perimeter

Perimeter

the distance around the outer edges of a polygon; the sum of the sides of that polygon

Diameter of a Circle

the distance from one side of a circle to the opposite side, when traveling through the center of a circle

Radius of a Circle

the distance from the center of the circle to any point on the circle; one half the length of the circle's diameter

pavlova

the dying swan (women)

karma

the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation

ovule

the egg is produced in this

direct deposit

the electronic transfer of a payment directly from the account of the payer to the recipient's account.

Triangle Sum Property

the fact that the measures of all the angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees

nirvana

the final goal in buddhism; no suffering, desire, or greed

duncan

the first to revolt against ballet

momentum

the force or speed with which something moves

jamison

the four marys

moksha

the goal in hindusim; freed from the cycle of samsara

rama

the hero of the ramayana (epic). story of moral duty

Mount Olympus

the highest mountain in Greece, where the ancient Greeks believed many of their gods and goddesses lived

Understatement

the ironic minimalizing of fact, it presents something as less significant than it is. The effect can frequently be humorous and emphatic. It is the opposite of hyperbole.

sporophyte stage

the joining of haploid sex cells

robbins

the king and i

jatakas

the legends of Buddha's previous incarnations

joffrey

the masked ball (classical)

credit limit

the maximum you can borrow on your credit card

Area

the measure of space within a 2D figure; expressed in square units

Volume

the measure of the space within a three-dimensional figure; the amount of space occupied by a figure

limon

the moor's pavane

the number obtained by dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter; commonly accepted as 3.14

russians

the nutcracker (ballet)

theravada buddhism

the oldest school (traditional) of buddhism. being a monk was the best way to achieve nirvana. wisdom and meditation

borrow

the opposite of lend

mille

the other

Line

the path of moving through space or the contour of a shape

destination

the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

Vertices

the plural form of the word vertex

Vertex

the point where two line segments, or rays, join

stamina

the power to resist fatigue or illness while working hard; endurance

serenity

the quality of being calm, peaceful, or untroubled

Variety

the quality or state of having different forms or types, something differing from others of the same general kind

bejart

the rite of spring (classical)

Edge

the segment where two outermost sides of a three-dimensional figure meet and join

Circle

the set of points that is equidistant from a central point of a plane figure

Hypotenuse

the side opposite the right angle in a right triangle

Faces

the sides of a three-dimensional figure or solid

russians

the sleeping beauty (ballet)

fonteyn

the sleeping beauty (women)

atom

the smallest building block in matter; composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons

mille

the sound of music

Endpoint

the starting point of a line segment or ray

enlightenment

the state of gaining spiritual knowledge/awareness that frees one from the cycle of rebirth

Surface Area

the sum of the areas of the faces of a solid figure

pollination

the transfer of pollen grains to the female part of the plant

Line Segment

the two endpoints and the straight line distance between these two points; a portion of a line that begins at a specific point and ends at a different specific point

Legs

the two sides of a right triangle that are not the hypotenuse

mille

the wind in the mountains

graham

the witch of endor

Annie Oakley

theatrical performer and "dead shot"

Nouns

their function is to name people, places, things, or ideas

limon

there is a time

amniotic sac

thin,liquid-fiiled,protective membrane that forms around the embryo.

ominous

threatening or suggesting something bad is on the way

tin

subside

to become less active or violent

materialize

to become real or actual; to appear in physical form, especially suddenly

quell

to calm down; to put down or suppress; to put an end to

dispel

to cause to separate and go in different directions

Intersect

to cross one another

Bisect

to divide equally into two congruent pieces or parts

exhilarate

to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to syn- stimulate, excite, gladden ant- discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

replenish

to fill or make complete again; to add a new stock or supply to.

waft

to float easily and gently on the air; drift

muster

to gather or to bring together,

falter

to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline

diminish

to make smaller or less

waver

to move back and forth or to be unsure or weak

engross

to occupy the complete attention, absorb fully

recuperate

to return to normal health or strength; to recover

scurry

to run hurriedly with quick, short steps

kindle

to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire

jut

to stick out, to project

narrate

to tell a story or to describe a series of events

swagger

to walk in a way that makes it look as if you think you are important; strut

meander

to wander about, wind about; a sharp turn or twist

weather

to wear away or change, as in color or surface texture, by exposure to the wind, rain, and other conditions of the atmosphere

brahmins

top of the caste system (priests)

tungsten

Similar Figures

two figures that have the same shape and look alike, but are not always the same size

Parallel Lines

two lines in the same plane that are equidistant from each other, have no points in common, and never intersect or cross each other

molecule

two or more atoms that are chemically bound

Unison

two or more dancers performing the same movement at the same time

Angle

two rays that are joined together with a common endpoint

farrell

tzigane

outlandish

unconventional; strange

rhizome

underground stem

MILLIEQUIVALENT (mEq)

unit of measurement based on the number of grams of a drug in 1 ml of a normal solution

INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU)

unit of measurement of a drug in terms of its action, not its physical weight

Negative Space

unoccupied or empty spaces; surrounds positive space

uranium

proper nouns

used to name a specific person, place, or thing. These begin with a capital letter. Examples: Sarah, Los Angelas, Mars, Cafe Río

common nouns

used to name non-specific people, places, or things. Examples: house, dog, broom, happy

appear, grow, stay, taste, turn, sound, remain

verb

can, do, has, might, should, will, have, does

verb

has played, should borrow, might have seemed

verb

is reminding, didn't need, must wear, does dream

verb

is, am, was, were

verb

look, listen, duck, cover

verb

receive, arise, know, believe

verb

shall, did, could, may

verb

told, mailed, ate, laughed

verb

will go, can finish, is sweeping, will win

verb

counter

verb To do or say something in opposition to something else

bluff

verb To engage in a false display of strength or confidence, especially in order to deceive someone

banish

verb To force to leave a country or place; exile

brandish

verb To wave or exhibit something in a dramatic or threatening way

Identify the six-letter Latin word for "against" that is often used to describe two competitors in a sports match or opposing sides in a legal case.

versus (vs.)

havoc

very great destruction, ruin; great confusion and disorder

somber

very serious or sad

precipice

very steep or overhanging place; cliff

grueling

very tiring, calling for an extreme effort

baryshnikov

vestris (classical)

farrell

vienna waltzes

electric potential

volt

vigilant

watchful, careful

power

watt

robbins

west side story

sori

what fern cells are produced in

gametophyte stage

when cells in reproductive organs undergo meiosis and produce haploid cells

covalent bonds

when multiple atoms share electrons

Mass or Non-Count

which type of noun refers to things that usually cannot be counted? Ex.) flour weather milk

sita

wife of rama; the ideal woman

boil (future)

will boil

heat (future)

will heat

measure (future)

will measure

tallchief

woman of two worlds

denis

yogi

self-employed

you are your own boss

salary

your monthly wage

zinc

Joel Chandler Harris

~ American fable writer ~American journalist, fiction writer, folklorist ~ Best known for his pen name " Uncle Remus" stories ~ wrote "Tar Baby" -- 3 main characters; Brer Rabbit vs Brer Bear and Brer Fox

Camelot

~ Arthur's castle ~ associated with JFK's presidency ~ means perfect or almost perfect

Sir Kay

~ Arthur's step-brother ~ claimed he pulled sword from stone

Excalibur

~ Arthur's sword ~ made completely out of gold ~ given by the Lady of the Lake ~ taken by the Lady of the Lake

FANTASY

~ a play of the mind or imagination ~ a wild strange story ~ a fantasy combines fact with imagination ~ many times person characteristics are given to an object (personification)

Merlin

~ court wizard ~ great magical powers ~ could see into the future ~ brought Arthur to Sir Ector ~ leaves Camelot to live with Lady of the Lake

Uther Pendragon

~ killed in battle ~ Arthur's real father.

legends of examples

~ knights at the round table ~ Robin Hood ~ King Arthur ~ William Tell (shot an apple of his son's head) ~ "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving

Aesop

~ most well-known of all fable authors ~ a Greek slave ~ ability to tell fables saved his life ~ The Travelers & the Bear & A Lion & a Mouse

Arthur

~ pulled sword from stone ~ King of Britain ~ if he was a king (or tribal leader) he would be about 14 or 15 yrs old.

Round Table

~ sits 150 knights ~ no one more important

LEGENDS

~ story handed down from the past, which many people believe ~ closer to real life life than a fable is ~ handed down by word of mouth (never written) ~ often contains an element of fact/ truth. but sometimes totally untrue ~ applies to as story associated with a period in the history.

FABLES

~ story made to teach lesson ~ often about animals that can talk ~ plot moves very, very quickly ~ based on proverbs (well-known sayings) ~ one character has a weakness ~ always a message/lesson that comes through

Beowulf

~ very brave ~ young noble from Sweden ~ made Witch give up her life (killed her) ~ cuts off Grendel's (monster's) head (in the pool) ~loving ~tears off Grendel's arm on battle/kill him? ~SWEDEN

A Lion & a Mouse

~ written by Aesop ~ weakness- to full of self/self-centered ~ weaker one- Lion ~lesson?- Big help can come in small packages

Uncle Remus story

~ wrote Tar Baby. Brer Rabbit always out smarts Brer Bear & Brer Fox. Brer Rabbit gets stuck to a tar baby. Brer Bear & Brer Fox drop him in thorns to be mean. Brer Rabbit outsmarted his opponents again cuz he was freed from tar baby.

Wolf try three times

~1st try= kids noticed wolf's voice///wolf swallowed chalk ~2nd try= kids noticed his black feet///wolf asked baker to to rub some dough on his "hurt" feet, then wolf threatened a miller to put some white meal over his feet. ~3rd try= wolf got in.

Morgana LeFay

~Arthur's half-sister ~half-evil ~knows magic (not as much as Merlin) ~hated Guinevere

Guinevere

~Arthur's wife ~extremely extremely beautiful ~Queen of England/ Great Britain ~in love with Lancelot ~lives in convent to get away from society

When Beowulf leaves Witch's pool, he brought. . . ?

~Grendel's head ~hilt (handel) of the sword used to slice off Grendel's head. ~only the hilt cause some "Grendel acid" melted the sword

the Brothers of Grimm (Grim Brothers)

~Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm ~wanted to perserve German folktales ~accidental entertainers ~have books translated in more than160 languages

King Hrothgar

~King of Denmark ~ terrorized by Grendel

Mordred

~Morgana's son/Arthur's nephew ~always wears read (blood, tragedy, death) ~ evil, bad like mother.

The Sea Serpents Around Us by Lois and Louis Darling

~Scottish ~ Nessie, the lockness monster (nice, gentle) ~TARTAN means plaid ~Nessie is plaid (story says) ~ story about Nessie

Lancelot

~always wears white (purity) ~ raised by the Lady of the Lake ~greatest Knight at the Round Table ~in love with Guinevere ~saves Guinevere from being burned at the stake

Ichabod Crane

~country school master ~ town's lady's man ~from Connecticut ~tall and lanky ~ superstitious ~wanted a woman ~likes Katrina ~leaves town, scared away

Galahad

~died after seeing the Grail Legendary; ~purest of all knights. & ~saw the Holy Grail Reality; means your a gentleman

Lady of the Lake

~gives Arthur Excalibur ~we only see her arm and hand ~will put Marlin "asleep" ~ Lancelot was raised by her & King Ban ~takes back Excalibur

Mother Holle:: Mother Holle

~large teeth ~spoke kindly ~asked real daughter to help ~told real daughter to leave

Water Witch

~lived ib bottom of pool for a hundred years ~sharp nails (talons) ~ Grendel's mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mother Holle:: THE WELL

~lovely meadow ~sun shining ~thousands of flowers ~1 place/Bakers== bread"...take me out! or I shall burn..." ~2 place/Apple Tree== apples "shake me! We apples are all ripe..." ~3 place/Mother Holle's house== make bed&work in house

Holy Grail

~magical invisible cup ~only someone perfectly pure can see cup ~cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper ~took 7 years to find the Grail ~Merlin wanted the knights to look for Grail

Katrina VanTassel

~only child ~plump ~beautiful ~uses Ichabod to make Brom Bones jealous ~marries Brom Bones

Mother Holle:: Step (Cinderella) Daughter

~pretty & industrious(hard working) ~obliged to do all the work ~everyday she sat by the well (in highway) & spun &spun til her fingers bled ~took bread out of oven ~shook the apple tree ~at first scared of Mother Holle ~courage ~lived and served Mother Holle a while ~got homesick ~rewarded with gold(that rained)

Abraham Van Brunt (Brom Bones)

~self-appointed leader ~always ready for a fight ~ strong, funny, hero ~great knowledge and skill on horsemanship ~uses Ichabod's imagination& superstitious against him ~tells the story of the Headless Horseman ~is the Headless horseman ~laughs at the story of Ichabod leaving town

Sir Ector

~step=father of Arthur

FANTASY examples

~the Wizard of Oz ~Alice in Wonderland ~Gulliver's Travels

Hullo-Baloo

~the prince of Hub-Bub ~means noise

Hub-Bub

~the setting (place) ~means noise

Mother Holle:: Real Daughter

~ugly and idle ~lazy ~greedy ~did NOT take bread out of oven ~did NOT shake the apple tree ~not scared of Mother Holle ~assigned self to Mother Holle ~got lazy in making bed ~reward:pitch, which stuck to her as long as she lived.

What happens next?

~wolf found the first six kids &swallowed them whole. ~wolf goes to take a nap ~mom came home, found 7th kid, kid explained what happened. ~mom found wolf, cut open stomach, & rescued the six other kids ~kids find heavy rocks & put them in wolf's stomach, then mom sews wolf's stomach back together. ~wolf wakes up, leans over to get drink of water form lake, and rocks mack him fall over and wolf drowns.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ( the Headless Horseman)

~written by Washington Irving ~American legend.

The Piece of Straw

~young man lived in Toba (town) ~prays to Goddess of Mercury/ Ka Sama nnon- ~ Japanese

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