HIME 1

Other textbook for GT; resource book

AMSCO

Greek term for "tragic flaw" - the tragic hero's flaw or error in judgment which leads to their downfall

Hamartia

To be especially terse (short, abrupt) in speech or writing

Laconic

"excessive pride"; often the tragic hero defies fate and falls

Hubris

Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

Hegemony

Referring to a way of life by a person who lives under religious vows

Monacticism

"cleansing" the audience's emotional "purification" or "release" at the end of a tragedy

catharsis

System of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line

Patriarchy

The arrangement or classification of something into different groups

Stratification

Social organization based on livestock raising as the primary economic activity

Pastoralism

Relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve and opportunities

Egalitarian

To waste in a reckless or foolish manner

Squander

To force, exploit

Coerce

Type of democracy (indirect), representative with people electing representatives

Republic

State ruled by religion

Theocracy

Government system with one ruler (king/queen)

Monarchy

Combining or attempted combining of different religioins, cultures, or schools of thought

Syncretism

"god machine" or "god from the machine"; an unexpected resolution to a problem; A convention of Classical Greek theatre

Deus ex machina

relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land

Agrarian

A worker in a skilled trade (mostly making things by hand)

Artisian

buying and selling goods and products, especially on larger scale

Commerce

The imitation of reality within an art form

Mimesis

A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by appointed state officials rather than elected representatives

Bureaucracy

To combine something into a more effective, coherent whole

Consolidate

To deviate, to diverge from the main subject of a conversation or writing

Digress

Putting 2 things side by side to highlight similarties and differences

Juxtaposition

Social Economic Political Technology Interactions with the environment Culture

SEPTIC

CCOT, Comparison, Causation; ways to view things in a historical perspective

Historical Thinking Skills

Notes using AMSCO; reference material used for AP World Test; Workbook

Acorn book

Main textbook used for GT (notes)

Strayer