Cahokians #2

a line the sun only crosses twice a year...due to that solar angle, every region of our planet will experience close to 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness usually on March 20

• Summer Solstice

• Spring Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Fall Equinox

No other date on the calendar witnesses more sunlight than the __________, and yet this is not the hottest day of the year for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere.

It's true that the days up here get progressively shorter after June 21st.

• Summer Solstice

• Spring Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Fall Equinox

Dec. 21 marks the ____________ in the Northern Hemisphere.

It's the shortest day of the year, and it's rooted in astronomical and religious significance.

• Summer Solstice

• Spring Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Fall Equinox

Sept. 22 marks the ________________, the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere.

It's the day when Earth is perfectly angled sideways to the sun and so day and night are of equal length.

• Summer Solstice

• Spring Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Fall Equinox

the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun's rays

• solar system

• sundial

• solar calendar

• sun star

a calendar whose dates indicate the season or almost equivalently the apparent position of the Sun relative to the stars

• solar system

• sundial

• solar calendar

• sun star

more than five of these were torned down and rebuilt by the Cahokians between 1100 and 1200 CE

• mountains

• Woodhenges

• Stonehenges

• pyramids

the Cahokians used these to keep track of the seasons of the years

• mountains

• Woodhenges

• Stonehenges

• pyramids

The Earth Mother goddess was...

• entwined with agriculture and natural fertility

• entwined with birth and death

• the bringer of maize

• the mother of humanity

The Cahokians had many more female deities than other Paleo-American civilizations.

• True

• False