Module 6 &7

Question 1

Teotihuacan years? (started and ended)

Answer 1

200 BC to AD 750

Question 2

Where is teotihuacan located?

Answer 2

Basin of Mexico, Mesoamerica

2200 masl

Question 3

Main Temples at Teotihaucan?

Answer 3

Temples of Moon, Son and Quatzacoatl

Question 4

Meaning of word “teotihuacan”?

Answer 4

Place of gods, or place where gods are born

Question 5

Teotihuacan is divided into ? chronological periods

Answer 5

2

Question 6

What period was teotihuacan established in?

Answer 6

late pre-classic

Question 7

Peak of teotihuacan in what period?

Answer 7

Early Classic

Question 8

Area of teotihuacan? (km^2)

Answer 8

20 km^2

Question 9

Population of teotihuacan at peak?

Answer 9

100,000 people

Question 10

Teotihuacan experienced rapid increase in population in…?

Answer 10

3rd century AD

Question 11

Milton’s perspective of Teotihuacan?

Answer 11

• elite power and authority in Teotihuacan was coercive
• thinks people were forced to leave countryside and move to city
• thinks elites recruited labourers to build pyramids
• monumental architecture–> elite ideology and propaganda

Question 12

Cowgill’s perspective of Teotihuacan?

Answer 12

some coercion but mainly persuasion.

- people were attracted to the city: collective consciousness, civic pride, religious dimension

Question 13

Teotihuacan is referred to as an “axis Mundi”. Explain.

Answer 13

teotihuacan is cosmic centre

• has a culturally/symbolic importance
• has north-south and east-west axis (sacred geography)
• temples align with mountains

Question 14

Ciudadela? (teotihuacan)

Answer 14

The walled area surrounding the temple of Quetzalcoatl

- mean the “little city”

Question 15

Talud - Tablero architecture in Teotihuacan?

Answer 15

• facades of temples
• talud: sloping part
• Tablero: front facing panels (painted and carved with iconography)

Question 16

Where is the Pyramid of the moon located?

Answer 16

North end of avenue of the dead

Question 17

What mountain is behind the temple of the Moon?

Answer 17

Cerro Gordo

Question 18

Teotihuacan; mountains associated with?

Answer 18

water and fertility

Question 19

What were pyramids at Teotihuacan used for?

Answer 19

• were not dedicated to burials

- were places of ritual and performance

Question 20

Great Goddess associated with what temple?

Answer 20

temple of the Moon

Question 21

What mountain is behind the Pyramid of the Sun?

Answer 21

Cerro Patlachique

Question 22

Clover leafed caves under which pyramid?

Answer 22

Temple of sun

Question 23

Importance of caves in Teotihuacan?

Answer 23

creation myths

- first ancestors emerged out of caves in sacred mountains

Question 24

Iconography at Ciudadela?

Answer 24

Quetzacatl and Tlaloc

Question 25

Tlaloc?

Answer 25

rain and storm god, associated with fertility and destruction

Question 26

Quetzalcoatl?

Answer 26

bird and rattlesnake feathered serpent associated with military, violence and death

Question 27

Mesopotamia?

Answer 27

referred to as the cradle of civilization, "land between the rivers"

Question 28

Location of Mesopotamia?

Answer 28

Between Tigris and Euphrates

Question 29

Mesopotamian resources?

Answer 29

Industrial pastoralism, rich marshlands, grain

Question 30

Northern Mesopotamia is also called?

Answer 30

Assyria

Question 31

Southern Mesopotamia is also called?

Answer 31

Babylonia

Question 32

Southern Mesopotamia divided into 2 parts:

Answer 32

Akkad (North) | Sumer (south)