Vocabulary
Grizzles
Turtle
Navajo
Iroquois
100
the deepest areas
What is depths?
100
The Modoc Tribe
Who is the author of "When Grizzles Walked Upright"?
100
The Onondaga Tribe
Who is the author of "The Earth on Turtle's Back"?
100
The Navajo
Who is the author of "The Navajo Origin Legend"?
100
5
How many nations made up the Iroquois Confederacy?
200
repeating something over and over
What is repetition?
200
the first native americans
What is the result of the sky spirit's daughter marrying the grizzly?
200
Determination is more important in succeeding than size.
What is the lesson the muskrat teaches?
200
tradition and ceremony
What is emphasized as an important quality to the Navajo in the origin legend?
200
give thanks to the gods.
What do the Lords have to do before they can begin a council meeting?
300
having temporarily lost awareness
What is unconscious?
300
because they are their ancestors
What is the reason Modoc's never kill grizzly bears? (looking for a specific word)
300
dreams
What do the Onondaga people value?
300
it gives life
What is the role of wind?
300
strength from unity
What do the roots of the tree of the great peace symbolize to the people?
400
pictures formed in the reader's mind relating to a story
What is imagery?
400
she's curious about the ocean
What is the reason the daughter places herself in a dangerous position?
400
Earth
What is created in "The Earth on Turtle's Back"?
400
man and woman
What is created in this legend?
400
lords should not be easily offended
What is suggested about the character of a lord by this passage: "The thickness of your skin shall be seven spans--which is to say you shall be proof against anger, offensive actions and criticism."
500
insights about life or the human condition
What is theme
500
1. walk on all 4s 2. never talk again
What is the punishment the sky spirit inflicts upon the grizzles?
500
the falls through the hole
What happens to the chief's wife?
500
mirage people
What is the name of the people the Indians make room for at the ceremony?
500
1. teach a lesson 2. entertain 3. tell how things came to be
Myth's serve what 3 purposes?
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