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Chapter 2 Test Flashcards

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Aborigines gods/leaders

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Ancestors: supernatural beings

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Aborigines location

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Australia

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Aborigines rituals

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totemism
initiation rituals: awaken young people to spiritual identity & redefine social identity

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Aborigines origins

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The Dreaming, when the Ancestors created everything: gave shape to landscape and created various forms of life

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Aborigines other features

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totems: natural form which Ancestors appeared
taboo: certain people forbidden from certain rituals

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Aztecs gods/leaders

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Quetzalcoatl: presided over golden age of cultural brilliance
Topiltzin/feathered serpent: earthly devotee, priest-king

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Aztecs location

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Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

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Aztecs ritual

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human sacrifice: divine forces in head & heart is potent nourishment for the sun & cosmos

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Aztecs origins

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Teotihuacan: origin of the entire cosmos, space & time

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Aztecs other features

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Age of the Fifth Sun: the last sun
4 directions & axis mundi: connected earthly realm to the many-layered heavenly & underworld realms
big cities

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Plains Indians gods/leaders

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Wakan Tanka: 16 separate deities

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Plains Indians location

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Rocky Mts., Mississippi River, Canada, Gulf of Mexico

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Plains Indians rituals

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vision quest: seeking spiritual power through an encounter with a guardian spirit
Sun Dance: celebrate the new year

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Plains Indians origins

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myths: celebrate activities of various supernatural beings
Inktomi: thought humans ways & customs

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Plains Indians other features

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axis mundi: center of the universe
nomadic
Lakota: remembered for Battle of Little Bighorn

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Yoruba gods/leaders

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Olorun(supreme god) & orishas (deities)

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Yoruba location

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Nigeria,Togo, Benin, Western Central Africa

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Yoruba origins

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orish-nle is the creator of everything

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Yoruba rituals

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divination: ritual to learn one’s future

20
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Yoruba other features

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lived in small cities
trickster figures: supernatural being tends to disrupt the normal course of life

21
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What historical coincidence contributed to the fall of Tenochtitlan?

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Cortez went to Mexico (wearing a feathered hat) and the Aztec mistook him for the Feathered Serpent & he conquered them

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According to the interpretation of the latest evidence, when and how do scholars think human beings first came to America?

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40,000 years ago, humans came over from Bering Straight from Russia and Asia

23
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Briefly describe the Yoruba understanding of the cosmos.

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there are 2 realms
- heavens: invisible home of gods & ancestors
- earth: world of normal experience - humans and tricksters

24
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What purposes are served by Aboriginal initiation rituals?

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they turn boys into men through spiritual awakening then rights & ceremonies

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