Quiz 1
According to Stuart Hall, what is culture about?
Shared Meanings
What is the capital city of the Aztec/Mexica empire?
Tenochtitlan
Where was José Díaz murdered on the night of August 1, 1942?
Sleepy Lagoon
What Texas city in 1936 was the site of a student-led strike?
El Paso
Decolonial Imaginary
Emma Pérez
What are the three elements of Praxis?
Theory, Action, and Reflection
What is the name of the artificial islands that the Aztec/Mexica designed to feed their nation?
Chinampas
What neighborhoods were part of the historic district of Chavez Ravine?
Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop
According to the Spanish Casta System, What is the name of people born from Spaniard descendants in New Spain?
Criollos
Retrofitted Memory
Maylei Blackwell
Who is quoted saying: "A Chicano is a Mexican-American with a non-Anglo image of himself."
Ruben Salazar
Corn, Squash, and beans are known by what other name.
Three Sisters
What law allowed the federal government to seize privately owned homes in Chavez Revine for public usage?
Eminent Domain
This key term can be described as "an underdog perspective— a view from los de abajo."
Rasquachismo
Conocimiento
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Which form of education fosters dialogue and ultimately humanizes students?
Problem-Posing Education
What European city holds Motecuhzoma’s crown?
Vienna
Community-based mutual aid societies created by Mexican immigrants.
Mutualistas
This term refers to the combination of art and activism and the ways in which art is a vehicle for advocating for social change.
Artivism
Encoding and Decoding
Stuart Hall
According to Chicanx and Latinx studies, how many major historical eras have shaped our familial and community histories?
4
What is the term that describes growing various interconnected crops that provide nutrients and natural protection from weeds and pests?
Polyculture
Refers to those knowledges and skills fostered through oppositional behavior that challenge inequality.
Resistant Capital
Aztec god who is depicted in David Botello’s mural Read Between the Lines (Cuídense Amigos.)
Quetzalcoatl
Praxis
Paulo Freire