Adv. World Lit.-Unit 1 Review

What were the three earliest civilizations to settle in ancient Mesopotamia?

A.D. stands for ____ in Latin, or "the year of the lord."

The _________ were a group of people that recorded their history in a sacred text that we know as the ______. 2 answers

The international standard to designate years on a traditional reckoning of the year ____ was born.

the epic hero often receives help from a god or some other supernatural force

Muhammad taught people to recognize ____ as the only God.

The book involves the ____ of the world and the origins of the Jewish people.

In between what two rivers did the earliest southwest Asian civilizations settle?

elaborate comparisons using "like" or "as"

The epic hero, Gilgamesh, was on a quest to find the secret to ______.

Rumi's most famous work is called the _____.

The original test of the epic was written in ______.

In the beginning, humans were said to be created "in God's _____."

the plot of an epic that centers on the hero's struggles against an obstacle or series of obstacles

Rumi is widely considered one of the greatest ____ mystic poets the world has ever known.

the story begins "in the middle" of things

the hero's adventure often takes the form of a perilous journey in search of something valuable

Gilgamesh was a "demi-god," meaning he was ____ man and ____ god.

possesses great strength and intelligence; often occupies an elevated position in society

"And on the seventh day the waters of the ___ came upon the earth."

"Of every clean animal...take ___ pairs...and of every animal that is not clean, ___ pairs..."

"God called the dry land __, and the gathering water He called __. And God said that this was good."

During one of Muhammad's meditations, he claims to have been visited by the angel _____.

B.C. stands for _____ _____.

Around _____ B.C. is the earliest date for biblical writings.

stories about heroes that were originally sung or recited as entertainment at feasts

Around _____ B.C. is the latest date for biblical writings.

God instructed Noah, "Make yourself an ___ of gopher wood..."

The Book of Genesis is the ____ book of the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament.

"Then the man said, 'This one at last is bones and flesh of my flesh. This one shall be called ____, for from man..."

Rumi's father served as a school teacher in an ____ religious school.

Sufism embraced mysticism and the extreme practice of ____-____, whether by food, water, or sleep.

A long narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero who is engaged in a dangerous journey.

The term "Genesis" literally means "in the ____."

___________ means "the land between two rivers."

stock descriptive words or phrases (man-killing Hector)

The ____, or agreement, made between God and the Hebrews.

The name of the first human God created was _____.

this reflects the importance of its characters and theme

Rumi was the found of the Sufi order known as the "______ _____"-whose hypnotic dancing was the means to enlightenment.

The earliest written text about King __________ is written.

Between 2000-1600 B.C. the __________ of __________ was written.

After his father's death, Rumi took over his teaching position and became a "____ master."

____ was the only human to have "found favor with the Lord."

written by a specific author, usually borrowing the style and characteristics of the folk epic

"Now the ____ was the shrewdest of all the wild beasts that the Lord had made."

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written for a ____ king.

The Book of Genesis is divided into two parts. What are those two parts?

"That," God said to Noah, "shall be the sign of the ____ that I have established between Me and all the flesh..."

appeal for supernatural help in telling the story

In 570 A.D. ________, the founder of Islam, was born in Mecca.