Exam 2: Encountering Indigenous Religions: Ways to Tribal Life

What is the overall purpose of indigenous religions?

Which of the following refers to a belief in an impersonal spiritual power and energy that permeates the world as a whole?

What is a common term for counteracting curses made by others?

The belief that individual spirits exist not only in people but also in all individual things in nature is:

Native religions lay most emphasis on:

The term mana stands for:

In the book Nature Religion in America, who argues that in America the term nature religion fits a whole range of American beliefs, from precolonial Native American religions to the contemporary "New Age" movement?

Which of the following statements is true of the place to which a particular indigenous tribe belongs?

Why is "traditional religion" an ambiguous term for the religions dealt with in this chapter?

For indigenous people, the term "place" has more than geographical significance.It is also significant because it:

Indigenous traditions around the world are commonly:

In the ghost dance movement, who are the "ghosts"?

In the context of the treatment of the dead ancestors in Yoruban religion, which of the following statements is true?

Yoruban main gods who control relations between the earth and the high god Olorun, and with whom humans have contact through myth and rituals are referred to as:

Myths about creation that explain the origin of all existence are called:

Which of the following elements is included in Yoruba rituals dealing with ancestry?

In the context of Polynesian religion in Hawaii, what term refers to a man who is both a cultural and religious leader?

Some Yoruba myths have a pair of gods as the gods who created the world, including Odudua and:

Indigenous peoples believe that:

Many followers of Vodou worship in Christian churches on Sunday mornings.