Aeneas & Oresteia – History Final Exam
The key terms in these History final exam include Aeneas, Lavinia, Oresteia, Trojan prince Anchises and Aphrodite, Queen Dido of Carthage, Lavinium, King Latinus, Aeneid, Turnus, History, final exam.
Aeneas
Son of Trojan prince Anchises and Aphrodite
Queen Dido of Carthage
Fell in love with Aeneas and committed suicide when he left her
Lavinia
Wife of Aeneas , daughter of King Latinus
Lavinium
City founded by Lavinia
Aeneid
Has 12 books, first 6 books based on Homer’s Odyssey and last 6 on Iliad
Turnus
Lavinia’s suitor who opposed her marriage with Aeneas and was killed in their combat
Aeolus
Keeper of the winds
Aeolus
Gave Odysseus a leather bag containing winds that could prevent him from sailing home
Aerodynamics
Study of the forces acting on an object due to air, or some other fluid moving past it
Aeschylus
Earliest Greek tragedy writer whose plays exist in complete form
Aeschylus
Father of Greek tragedy
Oresteia
Aeschylus’ greatest work
Oresteia
Consists of 3 plays forming one drama
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Furies
Plays in Oresteia
Agent Orange
Military code name for a weedkiller used by US during the Vietnam War
Gerontology
Study of the aging process
Spiro Theodore Agnew
Nixon’s vice president
Agnosticism
Ultimate questions especially about God’s existence cannot be answered
Agnostos
“Not knowing”
Akbar
Greatest ruler of the Mogul empire
Akhenaton
Built a new capital named after him
Ikhnaton
Other name of Akhenaton
Nefertiti
Wife of Akhenaton
Horizon of Aton
Meaning of Akhenaton
Texas
Second largest US State
Albertus Magnus
German theologian, philosopher and scientist
Doctor Universalis
Called to Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
Teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas
Olympias
Princess of Epirus
Olympias
Mother of Alexander the Great
Bucephalus
Horse of Alexander the Great
Alfred The Great
Kept Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
First great work of English prose
Bronze
Alloy of copper and tin
Brass
Alloy of copper and zinc
Alma Mater
“Fostering mother”
Amazons
Greek “No Breast”
Cappadocia
Region of Asia Minor where Amazons lived
Saint Ambrose
Inspired St. Augustine to convert to Christianity and baptized him
Amritsar
Holy city of Sikhism
Andes Mountains
Longest chain of mountains in the world
Aneurysm
A balloon-like bulge that forms in a weakened area of the wall of an artery or vein
Arteriosclerosis
Hardening of the arteries
Anhydride
A chemical substance that forms acids or bases when combined with water
Animism
Belief that everything in nature has a soul
Annealing
Process of heating metals or glass and then cooling them
Anointing of the Sick
Sacrament formerly called “extreme unction”
Aphasia
Loss or partial loss of the ability to use or understand either spoken or written language
Asclepius
Son of Apollo by a mortal named Coronis who had healing powers
Johnny Appleseed
Name given to John Chapman, an American pioneer who planted large numbers of apple trees
Arachne
A skilled weaver in Greek mythology who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was transformed into a spider
Battle of Zama
Roman troops under Scipio the Elder defeated Carthage under Hannibal
Arson
Crime of burning a building or other properties
Artesian Well
Well that ground water under pressure; water rises to the surface without the aid of a pump if the aid of a pump if there is enough pressure
Shadowfax
Gandalf’s horse
Anduril
Aragorn’s sword
Succesos Felices
First Philippine newsletter
Tomas Pinpin
Imprinted the first Philippines newsletter
Domingo Landicho
Wrote “Bulaklak ng Maynila”
Mildred and Patty Hill
Wrote “Happy Birthday”
Ibong Adarna
First Filipino film in color
Gene Pool
Sum total of all the genes of all individuals in a population
Cristae
Folds in the inner membrane of a mitochondria
Tympanic Membrane
The eardrum
Clara Zetkin
Creator of International Women’s Day (March 8)
April 22
Earth Day’s date
Baliuag, Bulacan
First municipality
IL Canzoniere
Petrarch’s collection of sonnets and poems
Amalgam
Alloys with mercury
Electrum
Alloy of gold and silver
Alim
Oldest epic, resembles Ramayana
Likha/Larawan
Idols of stone, gold, or ivory representing dead relatives
Balata
Avenging the death of a relative
Jose Dela Cruz
“Huseng Sisiw
Maragtas
Narrates the Malay settlement of Panay in the Visayas
Tony Velasquez
Created “Kenkoy”
Charles M. Schulz
Created “Peanuts”
Jose Corazon de Jesus
“Huseng Batute”
Jose Corazon de Jesus
King of Balagtasan
Rogelio Sikat
Wrote “Impeng Negro” and “Tata Selo”
Jose Corazon de Jesus
Wrote “Bayan Ko”
Constancio de Guzman
Gave music to “Bayan Ko”
Muro Ami
Japanese-bred fishing method banned in 1986 due to damage to coral reefs
Juan Crisostomo Soto
Father of Pampango Literature
Roman T. Basa
Second supremo of the katipunan
Liwanag
Code name of Roman T. Basa
Enola Gay
American B29 aircraft which dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima
George Lucas
Created Star Wars
Charlie Brown
Snoopy’s owner
Beagle
Breed of Snoopy
Lualhati Bautista
Wrote “Dekada ’70”
La Vita Nuova
Dante Alighieri’s first work
Gemma Donati
Dante Alighieri’s wife
William Blatty
Wrote “The Exorcist”
Robert Ludlum
Wrote “The Bourne Identity”
Harper Lee
Wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Bill Gates
Wrote “The Road Ahead”
Francisco dela Cuesta
First priest to become governor general
Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Real name of Caligula
Euclid
Father of Geometry
Aeneas & Oresteia – History Final Exam