God Is Red: A Native View of Religion Multiple-Choice Quiz

. Deloria's primary goal in this chapter is to

describe the different rituals that must be performed at various sacred sites.

explain the role that different kinds of sacred lands have in Native American life.

distinguish the various gods recognized by different Native American tribes.

argue that God created Native Americans in the Americas, separately from other races.

. The purpose of the first type of sacred land, which is made sacred by human action, is to

provide a place for ceremonies by which people connect with and remember great events from their society's recent history.

create a site for building temples or other structures where people can encounter and interact with higher powers.

commemorate those who have sacrificed their lives for a noble cause, since each of us may someday have to do that.

celebrate important supernatural events that are recorded in a society's written or oral traditions.

. The primary difference between the second and third type of sacred land is that

the latter involve direct revelation by or communication with higher powers, whereas the former involve other kinds of supernatural intervention.

the former involve intervention by the spirits that are sacred to each tribe, whereas the latter involve supernatural forces recognized by all tribes.

the former involve supposedly supernatural events that are well documented historically, whereas the latter involve mere myths or legends.

the latter involve sites that the higher powers actively protect against trespassers, whereas the former do not

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