Cultural Literacy For Test Two Flashcards
Knee-jerk reaction
Immediate reaction without thought
Judas Iscariot
According to the Christians disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Romans reference of the true betrayal
Vladimir Lenin
Key leader who helped with the Soviet union dictators and executions
Joseph Mcartney
The senator of Wisconsin who wrote and accuse people in politics and celebrities being communists and his info was based on lies therefore he gave people bad reputations
Nom de plume
The name of the pen a fake name used to be a writer
Passè
The past old and out of fashion
Quid pro quo
One in exchange for another
Reparation
Paying for the damages mainly used in war
Vice versa
The other way around in the reverse order
Tenderfoot
New it something starting to learn usually referenced freshman
Unilateral
One-sided
A wildcat strike
Strike/protest with the with the authority of a union parentheses illegal in most states parentheses
Xena phobia
The fear of different cultures because they’re strange/foreign
Yom Kippur
Judaism holiday where you asked for forgiveness to their God and the fast and pray
E pluribus unum Unum
Latin. Out of many one having many states coming together for one nation. Referring to the United States when the colonies became one country :-)
Savonarola, grolamo
Monk of the Renaissance era, criticize the pope. Charged with heresy, was hanged and burned
Robert Oppenheimer
One of the main scientists who developed atomic weaponry later.did not want the spread of atomic war therefore he was a very known advocate for peace
Humanism
Man and his capabilities are the central concern. no religious affiliation
Agnostic
You cannot prove that God exists so therefore you do not believe
Atheism
Do not believe in God, no religion
Uncle Tom’s cabin
The book that upset this out because it describes the true horrors of slavery cause a main division between the north and south
Hue and cry
To say something is going on, public Claremore
Carcinogen
The cancer-causing agents that can be found in cigarettes food basically anything
Panacea
Remedy for all diseases, evils or difficulties; cure for all; universal
We have met the enemy and they are ours
In the war of 1812, Oliver Perry commander. Battle on Lake Erie here he sends a message to land to say we’ve got the enemy and we’re going to win
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Teddy Roosevelt! Be peaceful but make sure you can back up what you say or have force
Zen
Buddhism; attainment of the state of spiritual enlightenment called Satori.. I the mighty!
Taj Mahal
Memorial, too much of A former Indian leaders wife which was his favorite headed to 20 years to build and eventually it became this huge wonder of the world. Shaw Johahn
Rosetta Stone
The language teacher? A stone with three different languages, which was the key turning the Egyptian the hydrographic’s included Egyptian language and Greek language
Legal tender
Money by law that must be excepted for something example the US dollar
Scotland Yard
The jail and Great Britain. Reference of jail now
Mein Kampf
Hitler’s Diery translated to my struggle between the Bible for the Nazis
Vaudeville
Type of entertainment from the late 1800s to the 1930s before TVs. Performances included unrelated acts groups together
I think therefore I am
Based on a philosopher Descartes I am able to think therefore I exist
Francis Scott Key
Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner originally a Poem upon a British prison ship, in the war of 1812 was
A double entendre
Something that has double meaning, for mature audiences usually inappropriate
The model T
The first car made on the assembly line. This process and the car was revolutionary because it started the assembly line and any factory and it was affordable
Catharsis
The release of pent up emotions like crying exercising drawing
