BGE Exploring Predictions and Prophecies pt 1 - 8

Who was Nostradamus?

• A French astrologer

• An Italian philosopher

• A Greek poet

• An Austrian monk

Why is Nostradamus famous?

• He designed the cards that were later developed in tarot cards

• He wrote a collection of 4-line poems that predicted the future

• He created the zodiac system

• He was the first to use a crystal ball to predict the future.

hat is the key message in the poem written by Horace, The Ode 1.11 by Horace (23 BCE)

• Life without regrets

• Never forget the future around the corner

• To live your life in the present

• Plan for the best but prepare for the worst

Who wrote the poem 'Fire and Ice' about the end of the world?

• Horace

• William Yeats

• Robert Frost

• Emily Dickenson

Anthropologists believe that this sort of divination is a practice as old as.........

• Stone Age

• Hominids

• Neanderthals

• Neolithic Humans

What does ornithomancy mean?

• the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.

• the practice of divination or soothsaying by observing the appearance or motion of water, especially in a still pool or liquid.

• the practice of divination using birds, primarily through their behavior, flight patterns, or vocalizations.

• 1. the practice of foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, (e.g. from the Bible).

What does bibliomancy mean?

• the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.

• the practice of divination or soothsaying by observing the appearance or motion of water, especially in a still pool or liquid.

• the practice of divination using birds, primarily through their behavior, flight patterns, or vocalizations.

• 1. the practice of foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, (e.g. from the Bible).

What does astrology mean?

• the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.

• the practice of divination or soothsaying by observing the appearance or motion of water, especially in a still pool or liquid.

• the practice of divination using birds, primarily through their behavior, flight patterns, or vocalizations.

• 1. the practice of foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, (e.g. from the Bible).

What does hydromancy mean?

• the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies interpreted as having an influence on human affairs and the natural world.

• the practice of divination or soothsaying by observing the appearance or motion of water, especially in a still pool or liquid.

• the practice of divination using birds, primarily through their behavior, flight patterns, or vocalizations.

• 1. the practice of foretelling the future by interpreting a randomly chosen passage from a book, (e.g. from the Bible).

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for seeing into the future?

• Ouija

• Fortune cookies

• Dowsing

• Palmistry