Folklore Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

TONS OF KNOWLEDGE BOWL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ From time to time a country allows political refugees to remain within its boundaries as protection from persecution or oppression. What six-letter noun describes this state of existence? Asylum The return of a criminal to a state in which an original crime was commited extradition another name for a pardon granted by a government to an individual or group amnesty Two-word name that refers to an individual who refuses to fa...

ODYSSEY: PART 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Laertes - -Which of the following characters is the father of Odysseus? a long narrative poem about important events in the history or folklore of a nation or culture - - Which of the following best defines an epic? Eating the Lotus will make the men forget about returning home. - -What danger to Odysseus' men do the Lotus-Eaters pose? civilized life in a law-abiding society - -In the next land we found were Cyclopes, giants, louts, wi...

Vampires - Mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead, a revenant, or a living being. Vrykolakas - The Greek term for vampire, or revenant. A tradition of placing objects on or near the corpse persisted in modern folklore, where a wax cross and piece of pottery inscribed with "Jesus Christ conquers" were placed on the corpse to prevent the body from becoming a vampi...

Vampires - Mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead, a revenant, or a living being. Vrykolakas - The Greek term for vampire, or revenant. A tradition of placing objects on or near the corpse persisted in modern folklore, where a wax cross and piece of pottery inscribed with "Jesus Christ conquers" were placed on the corpse to prevent the body from becoming a vampi...

Where did the world first urbanize, and why? How did urbanization spread around the world, geographically? Correct Answer: - Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia in 3625 B.C. between - agriculture led to the first cities How have shares of the world's population shifted between urban and rural areas over the past several decades? Correct Answer: - The world became majority urban population in the last 200 years from industrialization - 2008 marked majority urban - The rural population h...

Which of the following is a transition word a student should use when writing about cause and effect? - Answer- because At the beginning of the school year, Leila, a first-grade student, made approximations while reading. However, by the middle of the year, she was pointing to each word on the page as she read the book. What concept of print is Leila exhibiting? - Answer- voice-to-print match Which of the following would be considered a primary source? - Answer- first testimony A hyperb...

Exam 2 Fundamentals Cultural Assimilation – process that occurs when a minority group, living as part of a dominant group with a culture, loses the cultural characteristics that made it different Cultural Blindness – the process of ignoring differences in people and proceeding as though the differences do not exist Cultural Diversity – (1) coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial, and socioeconomic groups within one social unit; (2) diverse groups in society, with vary...

What is the nursing process? Know processes and examples of actions by which the nurse fit each element of the process. - Answer-Assessment: Recognize and analyze clues ex:) Patient reports that pain is a 5 on a 1-10 scale Diagnosis: Analyze clues and begin to prioritize hypothesis ex:) Pain Planning (outcomes and interventions): Prioritize hypothesis and generate solutions. ex:) The patient will state the level of pain is less than 4. Implementation: Take action on solutions generated e...

REFINEMENT OF A NURSING CONCERN INTO AN EVIDENCE 2 Refinement of a Nursing Concern into an Evidence-based Practice Proposal Nursing research has provided significant knowledge to the nursing practice. It has shaped health care and positively impacted the health of people all over the world by promoting health and healthy lifestyles and by advancing health care quality. Today’s complex health problems require a multiple discipline approach. One of these health problems is the use of opi...

Psychology of Personality Test - Questions and Answers It is typical of an archetype, according to Jung, that it includes both positive and negative aspects. Evidence for the collective unconscious given by Carl Jung included folklore, art, mythology, and psychosis. Which of the following is correct about Adler's concept of striving for superiority? Striving for superiority has its roots in a child's perception of his or her own inferiority. According to Adler, an inferiority complex is an u...