Teotihuacan - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Lecture notes for Dr. Ebert's Mesoamerica Before Cortez course ANTH 0536, Spring 2023 at the University of Pittsburgh. Contains The Teotihuacan and Classical Period notes.

Fall of Constantinople meant correct answers Loss of the silk road+spices, silks, and gems from East The loss of the silk road drove correct answers European monarchies to expand their borders How do Archeologists believe people came to the Americas? (2) By 1492, how many natives lived there? correct answers -boat from Asia -Crossed Bering Land bridge from Siberia to Alaska -58-113 million Maya -Rule from -Built city of -Extended empire to ___ states -Developed advanced systems of...

Sophia Art History I - Milestone 3 Exam.You passed this Milestone 29 questions were answered correctly. 0 questions were answered incorrectly. Which of the following characteristics are present in this work of art? Shifting perspective; scroll painting Ji (spirit); linear perspective Neo-Confucianism; vanishing point Feng shui; triad 2 Which of the pre-Columbian sites below is located in South America? Palenque Tikal Tiwanaku Teotihuacan ...

Mesopotamia - correct answer A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. Fertile Crescent - correct answer The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10,000 years ago and the first known cities about 5,000 years ago. ...

Aztecs: Engineering an Empire Study Review Test. The Aztec civilization rivaled _______ in its sophistication. Aqueducts, pyramids, palaces and temples stood as tribute to the gods. - CORRECT ANSWER Rome Aztec sacrifices were important because without them they believed "the ____ would refuse to rise and the universe die" - CORRECT ANSWER sun The Aztecs were chased to a swampy island called Lake Texcoco. That large valley is now the site of modern-day . - CORRECT ANSWER Mexico City ...

The term Renaissance means? - correct answer Renewal or renewed interest The Renaissance came after the? - correct answer Black Death The Sistine Chapel is by the artist? - correct answer Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel is located in? - correct answer Rome Canterbury Tales is the story of a Christian Pilgrimage? - correct answer True The Tale of Genji is from which country? - correct ans...

AP World History Terms, Questions sections and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A+ Anchorages (what it is) - -Maritime commercial hubs Anchorages (significance) - -Exponentially facilitated the expansion of maritime trade Magnetic needle compass (what it is) - -Chinese inventions that accurate identified for houses and tombs, but over time, navigators used it for sailing Magnetic needle compass (significance) - -11th century sailors from Guangzhou (Canton) used it to find their way to...

Mexico 1. What resort is Mexico’s leading tourist destination. Cancun 1.No visit to Acapulco would be complete without a.Visiting the hotels on “Hotel Row” c. shopping at the Saturday Indian Ma keto b. sailing by the Arch. d. seeing the cliff divers at La Quebrad . 3.For what activity is Los Cabos a top spot? a. diving c. fishing b. golfing d. touring ruins 4.What attraction in Mexico City would you recommend to a visitor who has tim to see only one thing? a. the Museum of Ant...

HIST1301 Exam One qThe people who largely dominated much of the major islands of the Caribbean (those islands geographically are referred to as the Greater Antilles)? Taino A group of people that have no fixed home and who move about seasonally in pursuit of food, water, and other resources are known as Nomads 01:01 01:30 Why in such areas as the Great Plains or the Great Basin of North America did great cities not emerge by the Native American people that lived there? ...

CSET Spanish V Questions ACSET Spanish V Latino - ANS Denotes all persons living in the U.S. whose origins can be traced to the Spanish-speaking regions of Latin America, including the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Hispanic - ANS Created by the U.S. federal government in the early 1970s in an attempt to provide a common denominator to a large and highly diverse population with a connection to the Spanish Language. Considered a somewhat narrow indicat...