World Religions Ch.2 Indigenous Religious Traditions Review

Question 1

The hundreds of various Yoruba deities who are the main objects of ritual attention, including Orishna-nla, Ogun, & Esu:

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Orishas

Question 2

Native peoples of Australia:

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Aboringines

Question 3

Common language among the Northern Plains Indians:

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Sign Language

Question 4

Feathered serpent who presided over a golden age of cultural brilliance; Toltec god:

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Quetzalcoatl

Question 5

Most visited archaeological site in America:

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The Aztec Pyramids

Question 6

Western Sioux also known as:

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Lakota

Question 7

For Aborigines, behind every ritual lies:

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myth

Question 8

The foundation of Aboriginal religion is the concept of:

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the Dreaming

Question 9

Ruled as priest-king on earth for the Aztecs under Quetzalcoatl:

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Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

Question 10

Most indigenous religions believe that the boundaries between the human and supernatural realms are

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easily crossed over

Question 11

Super-natural beings who emerged and roamed the Earth giving shape to landscape and creating various forms of life:

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Ancestors

Question 12

A cottonwood tree is used as the center axis mundi of a vision quest.

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False

Question 13

Prepares for the great annual bison hunt:

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The Sun Dance

Question 14

Riffles enabled the Plains Indians to become great hunters of bison.

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False

Question 15

Lakota ritual that celebrates new year and prepares the tribe for the annual bison hunt:

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Sun Dance

Question 16

Poetic language of the Aztecs:

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Nahuatl

Question 17

System of social ordering dictates specific objects/activities are set aside for specific groups & forbidden to some:

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taboo

Question 18

The understanding of the nature of the universe:

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cosmology

Question 19

Capital city of the Aztec empire:

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Tenochtitlan

Question 20

Ancestors left behind symbols of their presence in the forms of:

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natural landmarks

Question 21

The supreme god of the Yoruba:

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Olorun

Question 22

When does an Aborigine possess the spiritual essence of his/her totemic totem?

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Before birth

Question 23

Seeking spiritual power through an encounter with a guardian spirit or other medium, following fasting & self-denial:

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Vision Quest

Question 24

End of the Aztec empire is mostly credited to:

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Hernan Cortes

Question 25

A type of supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course of life:

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Trickster Figure

Question 26

A vision quest's goal is to ensure greater success in hunting, curing the ill, and ________.

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Warfare

Question 27

Lakota trickster figure:

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Inktomi

Question 28

Aboriginal religious life seeks to maintain harmonious relationships among the supernatural, the human world, and ______

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the world of nature

Question 29

Recreating the mythic past of the Dreaming in order to tap into its sacred power is done through:

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rituals

Question 30

An entity such as a mountain, that is believed to connect the heavens and the earth- center of the world:

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Axis Mundi

Question 31

Use of techniques- throwing bones/shells to interpret the pattern- for gaining knowledge about an individual's future:

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Divination

Question 32

Natural entity, like animal or a feature of the landscape, that symbolizes an individual or group and has significance:

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totem

Question 33

Refers to 16 separate deities, referring to the four compass directions:

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Wakan Tanka

Question 34

The mythic time of Australian Aboriginal religion when the Ancestors inhabited the earth:

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the Dreaming

Question 35

Sacred Elements of religious worship include: time, space, objects, __________, people, and actions.

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language

Question 36

Lakota name for the supreme reality, often referring to sixteen separate deities:

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Wakan Tanka

Question 37

Which outside group arrived in Australia and interrupted the Aborigines:

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The Europeans

Question 38

The Yoruba god _________ first began to create the world in in the city of Ife.

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Orisha-nla

Question 39

Unites many tribes across North America:

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pan-Indian religion

Question 40

Ritual practitioners who specialize in the art of divination:

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Diviners

World Religions Ch.2 Indigenous Religious Traditions Review

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World Religions Ch.2 Indigenous Religious Traditions Review

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