Subject |
Date Published |
Contributer |
Language |
Total Questions |
File Name |
Humanities |
14th February 2009 |
Jenny Hill |
USA |
78 |
wbe37.zip |
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Nemo James - Singer Songwriter
culture |
The sum total of traditions techniques material goods and symbol systems that people have transmitted invented or developed |
cuneiform |
One of humankinds earliest systems of writing consisting of wedge shaped marks impressed into clay by means of a red stylus |
dolmen |
A stone tomb formed from two posts capped by a lintel |
hieroglyph |
The pictographic script of ancient Egypt |
hominid |
Any of a family of bipedal primate mammals including modern humans and their ancestors the earliest of which is austolopithecus |
ideogram |
A sign that represents and idea or thing |
lost wax |
A method of metal casting in which a figure is modeled in wax then enclosed in a clay mold that is fired the wax melts and molten metal is oured in to replace it finally the clay mold is removed and the solid metal form is polished |
megalith |
A large, roughly shaped stoned often used in ancient architectural construction |
phonogram |
A sign that represents a sound |
pictograph |
A pictorial symbol used in humankinds earliest systems of writing |
polychrome |
Having many or various colors |
post and lintel |
The simplest form f architectural construction consisting of vertical members (posts) and horizontals (lintels) |
prehistory |
The study of history before written records |
stele |
An upright slab or pillar |
canon |
A set of rules or standards used to establish proportions |
cosmology |
The theory of the origin evolution and structure of the universe |
dynasty |
A sequence of rulers from the same family |
fresco |
A method of painting on walls or ceilings surfaced with fresh moist lime plaster |
hypostyle |
A hall whose roof is supported by columns |
lyric |
Verse that is meant to be sung rather than spoken |