Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Who were the first settlers in Central and South America?
|
nomads from the north moved into Central and South America around 6000 BC
|
|
What were the early settlers doing by 3000 - 2300 BC?
|
Evidence shows they were farming, making pottery and settling in villages.
|
|
What culture in Central America and Mexico were building platforms, temples and pyramids around 2000 BC?
|
Mayas
|
|
What were the Olmecs known for? (1400 BC – 200 AD)
|
hieroglyphics, a calendar, jade figures, carved stone heads
|
|
What metals were the Incas in Peru working with around 900 – 200 BC?
|
gold and silver
|
|
The Mayan ruin, Chichén Itzá, is known as El Castillo and has astronomical features that are amazing. Name one.
|
Solar calendar: shadows fall on next step each day;
structure is based on 365 days; shadows mark the equinoxes and solstices – slithering serpent |
|
Where are Mayan ruins found?
|
Guatemala, Mexico and Belize
|
|
What civilization was centered in Mexico City in the 15th and 16th centuries?
|
Aztecs
|
|
Name an Aztec ruler.
|
Montezuma (Moctezuma), Itzcoatl, Axayacatl, Motecuzoma, Tizoc
|
|
What Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs?
|
Hernán Cortéz
Hernán Cortés |
|
Who was Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz? (1648 – 1695) (Mexico)
|
She was a nun who wrote poetry and stood up for “women's rights” as far as she could in that day.
|
|
Who wrote the first novel of the Spanish Americas, published in 1816? What is it called?
|
Fernández de Lizardi
The Mangy Parrot El periquillo sarniento (The Itching Parrot) |
|
What was it patterned after?
|
Don Quixote, by Cervantes
|
|
What is the narrator's purpose?
|
On his dying bed, he wants to tell his children and grandchildren about the things he did wrong in life so that they will make better decisions than he made.
|
|
What is a “hacienda”?
|
ranch or farm
|
|
What is one of the novels that Ignacio Manuel Altamirano wrote? (1874)
|
El Zarco
|
|
Who was “El Zarco”?
|
“The blue-eyed bandit”, an outlaw in the time right before The French took over Mexico (1861-1863)
|
|
Who was Altamirano?
|
an Aztec Indian who wrote books, magazines and newspapers and became a politician in Mexico
|
|
Who is his “alter ego” in the novel?
|
Nicolás, the Indian blacksmith
|
|
Who was Octavio Paz? (1914 – 1998)
|
Mexican poet who helped define the Mexican identity
|
|
What is “The Labyrinth of Solitude”?
|
A book of poetry by Octavio Paz about the Mexican soul, history, and culture
|
|
Who was Juan Rulfo? (1917 – 1986)?
|
Mexican writer and photographer
(1917 - 1986) |
|
What is Pedro Páramo?
|
A novel written by Rulfo about a village in Mexico and it's history.
|
|
What literary element did Rulfo include that influenced other writers?
|
magical realism
|
|
Name 3 Mexican artists.
|
Velasco (1840 - 1912)
Posada (1852-1913) Ramos Martínez (1871 - 1946) Orozco (1883 – 1949) Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957) Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) Tamayo (1899 - 1991) Zuñiga (1912 – 1998) |