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,Chapter 1: Religions of the AmericasTRUE/FALSE
1. The Naskapi believe that all of life is activated by soul.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 20
2. Knowing how to influence souls was considered essential to the survival of the Naskapi.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 20
3. Naskapi women were not allowed to participate in hunting or fishing with the men.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 22
4. The Naskapi believed that humans and animals are closely related.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 22
5. The Naskapi had elaborate initiation rituals for adolescent males.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 22
6. It could be said that hunting and fishing was the religion of the Naskapi people.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 22
7. Powhatans made a strict distinction between medicine and religion.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 24
8. Powhatans believed in reincarnation.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 24
9. Powhatan priests were not allowed to use divination or magic to improve the tribe's odds over their
enemies.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 24
10. The Cherokee people welcomed the early European settlers to their land.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 25
11. The Cherokee people peacefully relocated to the Oklahoma Territory after Europeans found gold on
their land.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 25
12. The Cherokee forbade ordinary members of the tribe to hear or tell their creation stories.
, ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 25
13. The term "henotheism" best characterizes most Native American views of the Absolute.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 29
14. There are very few types of kachinas.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 27
15. The ancient city-states of Meso and South America were markedly inferior to those of Mesopotamia,
Egypt, and Greece.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 32
16. The Aztecs firmly believed that all of human life depended on the conquest and sacrifice of enemies.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 34
17. The Aztecs were known to practice human sacrifice, but never cannibalism.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 34-5
18. The Aztecs believed that the gods sacrificed themselves to restore the sun to the world.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 35
19. Ancient Incas thought that each tribe had been created by its own patron god.
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 36
20. Incan deities were believed to care only for the living; not for the dead.
ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: pg. 36
21. None of the religions of the Americas developed an enduring concept of one god (monotheism).
ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: pg. 41
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The Naskapi referred to the active, living soul of the individual as
a. Mantu.
b. Mista'peo.
c. Tsaka'bec.
d. Sedna.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: pg. 20
2. The Naskapi used the term Mantu to describe the soul of
a. nature, animals, and humans.
b. humans only.
c. animals only.
, d. nature only.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pg. 20
3. With the European invasion of the New World, tribal indigenous beliefs and practices were
a. destroyed completely.
b. compromised and adapted.
c. practiced in secret.
d. not changed at all.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: pg. 18
4. The Naskapi valued the shaman as one who could
a. influence and control souls.
b. control the weather.
c. alter the natural world.
d. act as the community medicine man.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pg. 20
5. According to Naskapi beliefs, where did souls of the dead reside between rebirths?
a. in the sea
b. in limbo
c. in heaven or hell
d. among the stars
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: pg. 21
6. The Powhatans were named after
a. the territory in which they lived.
b. a sacred tree that grew on their land.
c. the first chief whom the English met at Jamestown.
d. the first English child born at Jamestown.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 22
7. Powhatan priests functioned as
a. medical and religious professionals.
b. ritual/ceremonial performers only.
c. religious professionals only.
d. tribal counselors.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: pg. 24
8. The Naskapi hunter's success depended upon
a. their skill with weapons.
b. the favor of the gods.
c. the generous souls of animals and fish.
d. the favor of the shaman.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: pg. 22
9. In religious belief and practice, the Powhatans paid most attention to
a. Ahone - the benevolent or "good" god.
b. Okeus - the malevolent or "evil" god.
c. Wisakon - the Powhatan medicine.
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