Unit 3 Flashcards
(28 cards)
According to the reading in Gill (2002), which of the following best describes a “myth?”
A story which embodies a profound truth
According to the reading in Gill (2002), which of the following is true of most indigenous origin stories?
They begin without explanation of how the primordial reality came to be
They mark the boundaries of experience and internal structures of a culture, but not necessarily their
chronological order
According to the reading in Gill (2002), what is a “culture hero”?
the one responsible for bestowing on a given people their material and spiritual heritage
According to the reading on Emergence by Bierhorst (2002), Emergence origin stories are common to all but
which of the following Indigenous communities?
Havasupai
According to the reading on Emergence by Bierhorst (2002), which of the following elements is NOT part of
the Navajo emergence story compiled in the 1970’s?
The lowest underworld is a kind of paradise, but greed begins to cause problems
According to the reading on Raven by Bierhorst (2002), A Tsimshian version of the Raven cycle explains the
origin of Raven in which of the following ways?
Raven was sent by Heaven as a shining youth to comfort grieving parents whose son had fallen sick and died
According to the reading on Turtle Island by Bierhorst (2002), what did the Turtle represent to the Iriquois?
The earth and kinship with the natural world
According to the reading on Turtle Island by Bierhorst (2002), which of the following is NOT one of the
elements of the origin of the earth in Iriquoisan cosmology?
Clouds come together and precipitate the land
According to “Big History”, who proposed that the Earth spins on its axis and moves around the Sun with the
other planets?
Copernicus
Approximately how old is the universe according to modern science?
14 billion years
According to the readings in “Big History” and the NASA/WMAP tutorial, approximately how long after
the Big Bang did the first atomic nuclei form?
3 minutes
According to the readings in "Big History" and the NASA/WMAP tutorial, which best describes Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anistropies (different properties in different directions)?
Small changes in temperature in the CMB at different locations
According to the readings in “Big History” and the NASA/WMAP tutorial, which of the following is NOT
true about the Cosmic Microwave Background?
Discovered in 1883
According to the readings in “Big History” and the NASA/WMAP tutorial, what did Edwin Hubble’s
observations show?
That galaxies outside the Milky Way are systematically moving away from us with a speed proportional to
their distance to us.
According to the readings in “Big History” and the NASA/WMAP tutorial, approximately how long after
the Big Bang did the first neutral atoms form?
300 thousand years
Cosmology
the science of the origin, development, and the properties of the universe
According to Ojibwe Stories, What is the origin of “Turtle Island?”
It was created from mud brought up in a flood and spread by the elements on the back of a turtle.
How did the Aztec gods create the world?
All the gods have to immolate themselves through the great fire.
The Egyption Origin story is an example of which kind of Origin Story?
Chaos
What animal created the world based on Inuit Origin Story?
Raven
The Navajo story of four worlds is an example of which kind of Origin Story?
Emergence
Who proposed the first Heliocentric model of the Solar System?
Copernicus
Who corrected the circular orbits of planets to elliptical, and made three laws of planetary motion?
Kepler
Who confirmed the Heliocentric model, and spent his life in conflict with the Church?
Galileo
