Chapter 6 Self-Quiz

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. According to Derry, which of the following elements is important for interpreting oral accounts rooted in Indigenous traditions? (Page 376)

Objectivity correct incorrect

Truth correct incorrect

Context correct incorrect

Authenticity correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about the term "Indigenous"? (Page 315)

It is universally defined. correct incorrect

It is open to interpretation. correct incorrect

It is restricted to scholarly use. correct incorrect

It is used in reference to extinct cultures and peoples. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about the practice of agriculture amongst the Mohawk people? (Page 323)

It was introduced by Europeans. correct incorrect

It was never adopted successfully. correct incorrect

It was well established prior to contact with non-Indigenous people. correct incorrect

It was not feasible due to climate. correct incorrect

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. When was the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted? (Page 324)

1947 correct incorrect

1998 correct incorrect

2001 correct incorrect

2007 correct incorrect

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. In the Kewa culture what do the terms ramani and lidi, respectively, differentiate between? (Page 326)

Taboo and sacred correct incorrect

True stories and fictional tales correct incorrect

Women and men correct incorrect

Past and future correct incorrect

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. With which geographical region are the origin stories of the "Earth Diver" genre associated? (Page 328)

North America correct incorrect

South America correct incorrect

Africa correct incorrect

Oceania correct incorrect

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. Within which culture is Amma venerated as the Supreme Being? (Page 328)

Maori correct incorrect

Navajo correct incorrect

Dogon correct incorrect

Iroquois correct incorrect

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. According to Derry, what might be a more accurate translation, (than that of "the Dreaming" used by nineteenth-century anthropologists), for describing Aborigines' notions of the time and place that preceded their own? (Page 329)

The time of the ancestors correct incorrect

The in-between time correct incorrect

Dawn of the earth correct incorrect

The Uncreated correct incorrect

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. What is the name of the "trickster" figure from the Yoruba tradition? (Page 334)

Nanabush correct incorrect

Eshu correct incorrect

Coyote correct incorrect

Tortoise correct incorrect

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. What does the "Bighorn Medicine Wheel" refer to? (Page 335)

A Cheyenne healer's traditional necklace correct incorrect

An oral story describing the curing of a famine from the Sioux tradition correct incorrect

A concept of circular time correct incorrect

A sacred ritual site correct incorrect

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. What does the term "liminal" denote? (Page 336)

An in-between state of existence correct incorrect

The state of the world before the emergence of human beings correct incorrect

The state of Indigenous cultures prior to contact with non-Indigenous peoples correct incorrect

The status of a full member of an Indigenous community correct incorrect

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. What was the purpose of the Ainu bear sacrifice ritual? (Page 339)

To gain protection from disease correct incorrect

To signal the beginning of warfare correct incorrect

To release the spirit of the Mountain God correct incorrect

To signal an end to hostilities correct incorrect

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. In Maori culture all weavers are traditionally what? (Page 340)

Elders correct incorrect

Female correct incorrect

Male correct incorrect

Unmarried correct incorrect

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. Totem poles are traditionally associated with which Indigenous cultures? (Page 344)

The Nuer and the Dogon correct incorrect

The Iroquois and the Cree correct incorrect

The Haisla, Nisga'a, and Tsimshian correct incorrect

All North American Indigenous people correct incorrect

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. Where are Maori carvings traditionally displayed? (Page 344)

In the ancestral meeting house correct incorrect

On the shoreline correct incorrect

In sacred groves correct incorrect

In a shaman's house correct incorrect

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. What was the ultimate result of the encounter between Columbus and the Arawak people? (Page 350)

New trade relations were formed correct incorrect

The Arawaks assimilated to Spanish culture correct incorrect

The Arawaks expelled the Spaniards from their island correct incorrect

A genocide of the Arawak people and culture at the hands of the Spanish invaders correct incorrect

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. The use of Indigenous symbols, or terms, by non-Indigenous peoples for marketing purposes are examples of what cultural phenomenon? (Pages 357 -- 359)

Tribute correct incorrect

Appropriation correct incorrect

Re-imagination correct incorrect

Revitalization correct incorrect

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. Among which Indigenous peoples did the Handsome Lake movement develop? (Page 362)

The Maori correct incorrect

The Haida correct incorrect

The Iroquois correct incorrect

The Crow correct incorrect

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. What ritual activity was promoted by the Paiute religious leader Wovoka in the late nineteenth century? (Page 365)

Potlatch correct incorrect

Sun Dance correct incorrect

Sweat Lodge correct incorrect

Ghost Dance correct incorrect

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. Within which Indigenous culture is the Blessingway ceremony performed? (Page 323)

Navajo correct incorrect

Iroquois correct incorrect

Cree correct incorrect

Sioux correct incorrect