Stone Age Rituals
Migration and Seafaring
Mummification
Masks
Peopling of Australia
Rites of Passage
Rise of Humankind
Native American Heritage Month
Oracles, Divine Right, and Religious Authority
World Religions
100
Found all over the world, what geological feature is the best at preserving human remains, artifacts, and artwork?
Caves
100
What continent did the first human ancestors originate from?
Africa
100
The Egyptians put one organ back inside the mummy because it was thought to be the center of a person's intelligence. What was that organ?
The heart.
100
Define the term masking.
When neurodiverse people alter their behavior in different environments.
100
What classification of mammals are only found in Australia?
Marsupials
100
At what age do girls celebrate their Quinceañera?
15
100
What is this >🗿?
Moai
100
What month is Native American Heritage Month in the US?
Bonus: what month is National Indigenous Month in Canada?
November
June
100
What was the most important animal organ used for the practice of extispicy in Mesopotamia?
Liver
100
What is the difference between Monotheism and Polytheism?
Monotheism believes in a single god.
Polytheism believe in multiple gods.
200
Objects with significance that were buried alongside ancient people are known as what?
Grave goods or funerary objects
200
What are the two types of factors called that make humans and other animals migrate?
Push and Pull factors
200
Which two countries argued about ownership over Otzi the Iceman?
Italy and Austria
200
Name four different ways ancient cultures utilized masks.
Burials, Ceremonies, Rituals, Dances, Performances, Hunting, Religious Practices, Warfare
200
What year did the British start colonizing Australia?
1788
200
What do Jewish people read from when the become a Bar, Bat, Bet, or B'nai Mitzvah?
The Torah
200
Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe are located in what country?
Turkey
200
What Native language did the US army use as code during World War II?
Navajo
200
The Oracle at Delphi is also known as the voice of what Greek God?
The Voice of Apollo
200
List the three Abrahamic religions.
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
300
Clovis and Folsom cultures existed at different times, but are classified as part of the same group, also known as what?
a) Oldowan
b) Paleoindians
c) Ancient Ones
d) Primordial Natives
b) Paleoindians
300
To the best of our knowledge, how many years ago did humans migrate into the Americas?
a) 1,000-2,000
b) 5,000-10,000
c) 15,000-30,000
d) 50,000-100,000
c) 15,000-30,000
300
What year did Howard Carter discover King Tut's tomb, the most well preserved tomb?
a) 1920
b) 1921
c) 1922
d) 1923
c) 1922
300
Match the mask to the material it is made of.
1)
a) Corn husks
b) Stone
c) Metal
d) Wood
1 (d)
2 (a)
3 (b)
4 (c)
300
What was the name given to the land bridge/lost continent that allowed the first people to migrate into Australia?
a) Antarctica
b) Beringia
c) Doggerland
d) Sahul
d) Sahul
300
Which of the following was NOT a part of a huskanaw ritual for boys to become men in Powhatan Indian culture?
a) A great hunt to provide sustenance for each boy's family.
b) A large feast for the tribe, that excluded the boys who were coming of age because they were ritualistically dead.
c) The first two days included shamans dancing around the boys.
d) The boys living away from their tribe for about nine months with elders.
a)
300
How old is the Cerruti Mastodon site in San Diego California?
a) 100,000 years old
b) 130,000 years old
c) 200,000 years old
d) 240,000 years old
b) 130,000 years old
300
Match the Native American with their achievement.
1) Jim Thorpe
2) Deb Haaland
3) Joy Harjo
4) Ada Deer
a) The first Native to be appointed as the US Secretary of the Interior
b) The first Native to be appointed head of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs
c) The first Native to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics.
d) The first Native Poet Laureate (highest honor for a poet in the US)
1 (c)
2 (a)
3 (d)
4 (b)
300
Which of the following was not an ancient method of divination?
a) Oracle bones
b) Pensieve
c) Bird flight patterns
d) Oak leaves
b)
300
In Shintoism, what does the Japanese word kami mean?
a) Love
b) Being aware of the present, focusing on what is happening in front of and around you.
c) Wind
d) It can refer to Japanese mythological deities, divine essence in natural objects, places, animals, and human made things.
d)
400
Name any of the three major time periods that divide up the Stone Age.
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
400
Describe how to find Polaris without using any technological assistance.
Polaris is also known as the North Star (fun fact the North Star has to be changed every 26,00 years).
First find the Big Dipper (Ursa Major). The two stars in the cup that are opposite of the handle will point towards Polaris, which is bright and sits at the end of the handle of the Little dipper (Ursa Minor).
400
Children of Llullaillaco mummies were sacrifices to the Andean Gods of what?
The Mountains
400
What modern mask was recommended as being the most effective during the peak of the COVID19 pandemic?
N95 or KN95
400
What does the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime refer to?
The ancient times when sacred beings created the world.
400
It is believed that one of the first marriages took place in Mesopotamia in 2350 B.C.
What were the main reasons people got officially married in ancient times?
Political alliances between families, preserving economic and social status, and having heirs.
400
What fossil evidence is located in White Sands National Park New Mexico that shows humans were in North America 21-23,000 years ago?
Footprints
400
If you plug our school's address into the native-land.ca map, name any of tribes called where our school is home?
Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Sioux (Očhéthi šakówiŋ), and Ute.
400
In the Celtic tradition, what is casting lots?
Tossing a group of sticks, bones, or stones and telling someone's fortune based on the resulting pattern.
400
What are the two main schools of Buddhism?
Mahayana ("Great Vehicle") and Theravada ("School of the Elders")