What is the relationship between the
humanities and technology? -
ANSWER -a) Technology has led to an Can include any system of ethics, values, and
increase in globalization by making the world beliefs. - ANSWER -Religion
smaller and connecting people together
through social networks via the internet.
b) Technology has increased our ability to Which discipline of the Humanities is
preserve, document and share works of art, primarily concerned with critical inquiry and
literature, and music in a way that is reasoned argument? - ANSWER -
unprecedented. Philosophy
What theme is found in multiple historical The Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of the
periods? - ANSWER -Individualism Norman Conquest of England fulfills which
purpose of art? - ANSWER -Art as
political propaganda
How do we identify themes in a literary or
artistic work? - ANSWER -Look for the
unifying or main ideas. What are the Humanities? - ANSWER -
The study of how the human race
understands and documents the human
What is true of myths? - ANSWER -a) experience through creative contributions in
They are traditional stories of a people or art, music, literature, philosophy, religion,
culture that are told to explain natural dance, etc.
phenomena and to record values and belief
systems from generation to generation.
b) They utilize archetypes and symbols to find What are examples of universal themes? -
a deeper understand of life. ANSWER -Love and the Hero
Part of public ceremony, ritual, or Brotherly or selfless love - ANSWER -
entertainment dates back to the earliest Agape
human civilizations. - ANSWER -Dance
A recurrent example or model of human
Stems from the early Greeks, with their behavior - ANSWER -Archetypes
development of tragedy and comedy. -
ANSWER -Theater
An experience of beauty that is its own
justification - ANSWER -Aesthetic
Concerned with the interplay of form and
function. - ANSWER -Architecture
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Passionate or sexual love - ANSWER - include a wide variety of narratives and
Eros archetypes. The monomyth focuses on the
hero's journey.
A myth that is embraced by a majority of
people throughout history. - ANSWER - Emphasized the themes of order and balance
Monomyth in its construction as a temple to the goddess
Athena, patron of Athens. - ANSWER -
The Parthenon
Why is E.O. Wilson's theory of consilience
important to the study of the Humanities? -
ANSWER -It reinforces interdisciplinary Applied reason and logical thought to ideas
study and facilitates the exchange of about government and how to live a good,
information necessary to create a more balanced life. - ANSWER -The Republic
holistic understanding of who we are.
An epic poem narrating the story of an ideal
How was Humanism reflected in the non- Greek hero who combined all the greatest
western world? - ANSWER -Ancient virtues of Greek culture, as well as showing
Chinese culture embraced principles in his interaction with the Greek pantheon of
Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored gods. - ANSWER -The Odyssey
Humanist principles.
A story of a man who lives his life not knowing
How does studying the Humanities increase the truth of his parentage and whose pride
cross-cultural communication? - ultimately causes him to ignore his flawed
ANSWER -It helps us to interact with humanity, resulting in the ultimate
and understand a variety of people from punishment of blindness and exile. -
different times and different places through ANSWER -Oedipus Rex
their creative contributions.
A play about heroic women who withhold sex
How does studying the portrayal of love over from their husbands in order to end the
time enhance one's understanding of Peloponnesian war and force a more
humanity? - ANSWER -The study of love democratic, egalitarian political climate. -
in all its form (eros, agape, and platonic love) ANSWER -Lysistrata
illustrates a distinction in types of love that
has captured the attention of artists.
Sappho's lyric poem "A Lament for Adonis"
represents what major theme of the Classical
What is the difference between a myth and a Period? - ANSWER -The theme of
monomyth? - ANSWER -Myths can humanism because it emphasizes human