Exam 3 (Vocab)

Question 1

Mesoamerica

Answer 1

an area of high culture extending from central Mexico through the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, and Belize to the western sections of Honduras and El Salvador

Question 2

Talud and Tablero

Answer 2

Teotihuacan method to simulate mountain forms that uses taluds (Spanish, “inclined walls”) at the bases of the platforms supporting vertical, framed walls called tableros (Spanish, “pictures”), which may have been decorated with painting or sculptures

Question 3

Codex

Answer 3

an ancient manuscript text in book form

Question 4

Quetzalcoatl

Answer 4

Aztec deity associated with wind and air and represented by a feathery serpent

Question 5

Kiva

Answer 5

Ceremonial room between realms. Subterranean because there is the belief that humans emerge from a spiritual underworld.

Question 6

Coyolxauhqui

Answer 6

Aztec goddess of the moon

Question 7

Adena Culture

Answer 7

The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 to 200 BC, in a time known as the Early Woodland period

Question 8

Mississippian Culture

Answer 8

The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American civilization archeologists date from approximately 800 CE to 1600 CE, varying regionally. River valley

Question 9

Crest Pole

Answer 9

Totem poles that act like crests in European families. They can identify families, as well as tell stories or myths.

Question 10

Petroglyph

Answer 10

A rock carving, especially a prehistoric one.

Question 11

Kachina

Answer 11

A deified ancestral spirit in the mythology of Pueblo Indians