Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Francigenum ("French work") with the term Gothic first appearing during the later part of the Renaissance. Its characteristics include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings, such as dorms and rooms.

It is in the great churches and cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings that the Gothic style was expressed most powerfully, its characteristics lending themselves to appeals to the emotions, whether springing from faith or from civic pride. A great number of ecclesiastical buildings remain from this period, of which even the smallest are often structures of architectural distinction while many of the larger churches are considered priceless works of art and are listed with UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. For this reason a study of Gothic architecture is largely a study of cathedrals and churches. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What time period did Gothic architecture begin?
2. What country?
3. It continued until when?
4. What was this era known as?
5. What does that translate to?
6. Was this during medieval times?
7. Which part?
8. When was the word Gothic first seen?
9. What continent is it most prevalent?
10. Is it in churches there?
11. What about cathedrals?
12. What kind of buildings are still around from that time?
13. What organization lists some of the churches?
14. As what?
15. What do people think of them as?
16. How many are left?
17. Are they all big?
18. Are the small ones important?
19. Is the flying buttress considered Gothic?
20. What's another characteristic?
Answer: 1. 12th-century
2. France
3. into the 16th century
4. Opus Francigenum
5. "French work
6. yes
7. high and late
8. later part of the Renaissance
9. Europe
10. yes
11. yes
12. many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings, such as dorms and rooms
13. UNESCO
14. World Heritage Sites
15. priceless works of art
16. A great number
17. no
18. yes
19. yes
20. ribbed vault

One evening,June Griffith was on her way to pick up her son.Almost immediately,she realized that she had gone the wrong way.She'd driven onto railroad tracks and the underside of her car was caught.

As Griffith tried to remove the car,its headlights attracted the attention of a passerby,Jordan Ricks,a college student.He ran over.

Ricks,22,tried to appear calm as he instructed Gdmth to remove the car.Both of them could now see the wheel between the rails and the uneven track bed.Ricks put his hands under the front fender and gave it a push.It didn't move.

He pushed it again with all his strength,Still,no movement.

From about 50 feet away,a group of students from the nearby university watched the scene.Ricks signaled to them,and five of the guys came over.

He directed them to different sides of the car,and they all put their hands under the flame.

"One,two,three" Ricks yelled.They all pushed.

"One,two,three!" he yelled again.The car didn't move.

At that moment,they felt the ground begin to shake.Then four dings signaled an on coming train,apd the railroad gates dropped down.In the distance,an unclear line of light appeared,followed by the loud noise of a horn .

The guys started yelling,"Get out of the car!Get out of the car!"But Griffith felt _ .

When Griffith glanced in the mirror,she saw the train lights approaching.But she worried that the Arthritis in her feet would prevent her from escaping in time and that her car would bedamaged.One of the students,Tommy Stackhouse,20,saw her shocked face and knew he had to act.He reached for the car door and forced it open.

The train was just a few hundred feet away.In the last few seconds,Stackhouse grasped Griffith's arm and pulled her from the car.His friend,Frank DiPietrapaul,18,grasped her other arm,and the pair pulled Griffith aside.

They watched as the train,crashed into the car,cutting it into half its original size and sending metal pieces flying.Griffith sat crying as the police arrived and sorted through the ruins--and wrote her a ticket for no attention to driving.Eventually,the students went home.

A few days later,a reporter asked the young men and Griffith to reunite at a local coffee shop.There a tearful Griffith hugged her rescuers."These boys are heroes,"she would later tell anyone who would listen."They saved my life."

Ricks feels only grateful for the outcone."It was one of those moments," he says,"when we could have been gone together.It makes you think how precious life is." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was it that made June Griffith realize something was wrong?
2. Who was it that ran over to help her initially?
3. How old was he?
4. What was it the group of men yelled at her ones it was realized a train was getting near?
5. What was it Griffith saw when she glanced in the mirror?
6. How many students came and helped when Rick Signaled them?
7. Who was it that reached for the door and forced it open?
8. How old was he?
9. What did the police write Griffith a ticket for?
10. Where did a reporter ask the young men and Griffith to reunite?
Answer:
1. she had gone the wrong way
2. Jordan Ricks
3. 22
4. "Get out of the car!Get out of the car!"
5. the train lights approaching
6. five
7. Tommy Stackhouse
8. 20
9. no attention to driving.
10. local coffee shop