Exam 2: Indigenous Religions: North America and Africa

Myths of North America never accounor the origins of subsistence activities like hunting and farming.

Historically, Native North American people mostly conveyed their religious views through _______.

In many traditional African governments, civic authorities were-and in some cases still are-believed to be semidivine.

According to some native traditions, what extraordinary powers can humans possess?

Who had a vision of the Supreme Being who told him that through religious rites such as the Ghost Dance and ritual singing, Indians could raise the dead and free the land of whites?

In what year did the UN General Assembly adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

The Sky Vault is a world inhabited by men, animals, and plants.

African religions generally are attuned to which of these?

A common method for divination in indigenous religions is

According to ________ myth, there is another world under this, and it is like ours in everything-animals, plants, and people-save that the seasons are different.

Estimate which of Ninian Smart's dimensions of religion (Chapter 1) would be most helpful in a description of one of the indigenous religions discussed in this chapter.

In many African communities ____________ are qualified to navigate the delicate moral and social balance between the good and evil forces exerted on the human realm.

In African religions certain herbs are sacred, and pharmacological teachings remain embedded in priests' and diviners' knowledge.

Clair Farrer describes contemporary Native American peoples on reservations in the American West and Southwest as living in the _____________

There is no technology allowed on Indian reservations in the United States. This allows them to live aparrom the contemporary world.

In what year did the Massacre at Wounded Knee occur?

In 15,000-20,000 BCE people now called Native Americans arrive in North America.

The negative stereotype of the bigot portrays Native Americans as violent, inhuman, illiterate "savages" who can be killed and caged with impunity.

According to Article 3 of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People, indigenous peoples do not have the right to self-determination and must become modernized.

What is the estimated percentage of membership the Yoruba religion has lost during the last half century?