HISTORY 1301 Flashcards
(38 cards)
WHEN WAS THE EARTH CREATED?
13.7 BILLION YEARS AGO
WHEN WAS THE SUN CREATED?
4.6 BILLION YEARS AGO
WHEN DID PANGEA EMERGE?
240 MILLION YEARS AGO
WHEN DID DINOSAURS WALK THE PLANET?
160 MILLION YEARS AGO
WHEN DID THE DINOSAURS DISSAPEAR?
67 MILLION YEARS AGO
WHAT WAS THE BIG BANG THEORY OF CREATION?
CONNECTED WITH THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE
THE ANCIENT NAME FOR MEXICO IS?
TENOCHTITLAN
WHAT IS NAHUATL:
THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL PART OF MEXICO
MESOAMERICA REFERS TO A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE….
THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS AND OR CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
THREE GODS OF AMERICA:
QUETZALCOATL, TEZCATLIPOCA, …
MICTLAN IS?
THE PLACE OF THE DEAD
WHAT IS AZTLAN?
A MYTHICAL HOMELAND OF CERTAIN TRIBES WHICH MIGRATE TO MEXICO
1168 :
THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR
1375:
TENOCH DIED
MAY 24, 1064:
TIRA LEFT AZTLAN
1446:
LOCUSTS, LAKE TEXCOCO FLOODS THE CITY, A FAMINE HITS THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF MEXICO
1473: 1234
CIVIL WAR BREAKS BETWEEN TECH AND TLALOLCO
CIVIL WAR:
BETWEEN TENOCHTITLAN AND TARASCAN
WHAT WAS THE CIVIL WAR ABOUT?
THEY THOUGHT THEIR TAXES WERE HIGH ENOUGH
WHAT IS PAGANISM?
A WORSHIP OF NATURE
IDOLATRY
THE WORSHIP OF DEITIES AS A REPRESENTED BY FEARSOME STATUES
HOW MANY MAJOR CONTINENTS AND MAJOR RELIGIONS?
7 MAJOR CONTINENTS AND 5 MAJOR RELIGIONS
WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS A BLEND OF THREE ANCIENT CULTURES:
THE GREEKS, THE ROMANS, THE JEWS/HEBREWS
WHAT IS BYZANTIUM TODAY:
TURKEY
