WR Ch. 2 Test: Native American Religions

What best describes Native American religions?

polytheistic

The Lakota (Sioux) belief in the Wakan Tanka is an example of the abstract understanding of the

High God

This is true of Native American hunting practices

Native Amercian hunters prayed to the spirit of the animal before the hunt.

Compared to Native Amercian European, how did Europeans who came to the Amercias look upon nature and the land

as something to be exploited upon and used

The Wintu Tale in the textbook details

the Europeans irreverence when it came to the natural world

This concept refers to cultural and religious rules of avoidance

taboo

What is one reason for the revert attitude that the Native Amercian cultures have toward nature?

tress, rocks, rivers, plants and animals are often believed to be spiritually alive

During mentruation, a woman was kept away from ordinary society becasue

she was thought to possess unusual power.

What is the best way to describe the purpose of Native American ceremonies and rituals

they are a means of renewing the partnership between humans and the spirit world

This ritual in which a young person is sent into the wilderness alone to seek a vision from the spirit world is known as a

vision quest

This ritual, preformed by the native people of the Great Plains, requires self-torment or sacrifice

Sun Dance

A collection of animal hides, bones, plants & minerals that are believed to be a source of spiritual power.

Medicine Bundle

This is true of medicine men and women in Native Amercian culture

they are empowered to heal and can also curse and bring sickness.

Native Amercians smoke tobacco by placing it in a

pipe

Why is peyote a part of some Native American religious ceremonies?

because of its profound sensory & psychic experiences.

This group blends Christianity and the peyote use and boasts 225,000 members.

Native American Church

To the traditional Native Americans, what was the cause of sickness?

poison

According to Native Amercian Belief, the land of the dead is often portrayed as

a continuation of this current life on another plane of existence.

Traditional Native Americans believe that soul exists in the land of the dead

for as long as the living remember the deceased

Amoung the Yaqui of Arizona, why is Jesus Christ often associated with the deer

because both represent a sacrifice so humans may live and prosper

What kind of philosophies and religious movements do non-native people express a growing interest in Native American arts & religion?

New Age

This religion, popular among the tribes in the Great Plains, combined elements of traditional Native American religions with Christianity?

Ghost Dance

What group appeals to Native Americans because its members believe that Native Americans are children of the lost tribes of Israel and that Jesus preached in the Americas after his resurrection?

mormons

Which of the following is true of Native American religious leadership

Native American religions do not have a priesthood

the vision quest is a reward by which a young person seeks

to gain special power