chapter 11 and 12- power and people

Question 1

cataclysm

Answer 1

violent upheaval, disaster

Question 2

catastrophe

Answer 2

sudden disaster

Question 3

catholic

Answer 3

relating to all people. holos- whole, cat- completely involving everybody

Question 4

epithet

Answer 4

descriptive word or phrase describing a person- Richard the Lion heart

Question 5

epigraphy

Answer 5

study of ancient inscriptions

Question 6

parameter

Answer 6

limit or boundary

Question 7

paradox

Answer 7

a statement that seems to be contradictory but is true: less is more

Question 8

hermaphrodite

Answer 8

son of Hermes and Aphrodite- very handsome man who drank water from a fountain that was looked after by nymphs- one fell in love with him and begged to be put with him- so the gods physically put them together

Question 9

misandrist

Answer 9

hater of men

Question 10

android

Answer 10

resembling a man

Question 11

anthropomorphic

Answer 11

god, animals or objects in the shape of human

Question 12

anthropophagi

Answer 12

cannibals

Question 13

misanthrope

Answer 13

someone who distrusts or dislikes men

Question 14

bigamy

Answer 14

crime of marrying a person while still being legally married to someone else

Question 15

polygyny

Answer 15

married to more than one wife

Question 16

polyandry

Answer 16

married to more than one husband

Question 17

endogamy

Answer 17

marrying within one’s tribe

Question 18

geometry

Answer 18

in ancient rome used trays of sand at school- Achimedes was killed by a soldier because he was drawing in the sand and refused to stop.

Question 19

theogony

Answer 19

origin and descent of the gods

Question 20

panthean

Answer 20

all the gods, collection of important people

Question 21

hierocracy

Answer 21

rule by the sacred

Question 22

hagiology

Answer 22

the study of the lives and legends of saints

Question 23

hagiography

Answer 23

the writings of the lives and legends of saints