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Gods/Goddesses
Creatures
Vocabulary
Native American Myths
Pre-Colonial
100
Zeus is the god of what?
The Gods and the sky
100
Who has eyes that turn people to stone with snakes for hair
Medusa
100
If something is Titanic, like the Titans, what does it mean?
That it is large
100
Where do Native American myths originate from?
Native American tribes
100
What long piece of writing did Thomas Paine author?
Common Sense
200
Aphrodite is the goddess of what?
Love, beauty, and fertility
200
Who is the three headed dog that guards Hades?
Cerberus
200
What is your achilles heel?
Your week point
200
How were most myths spread from tribe to tribe?
Verbally
200
What occupation did Henry Hudson have?
Explorer/sailor
300
Who had to move a boulder and slay the Minotaur before he could be king?
Theseus
300
Who sings sailors to the shore to die and then eats their hearts?
Sirens
300
Volcan was the god of fire and the forge. What word do we use that reminds us of his power?
Volcano
300
Who is usually seen as the trickster in Native American myths?
Foxes and coyotes
300
What are captivity narratives?
writings from someone who was abducted by native americans
400
Who ate three pomegranate seeds?
Persephone
400
What animal is a mix of a goat, lion, and snake?
Chimera
400
What word does "noctornal" originate from?
Nox/Nyx
400
What was the story "Spirit Lodge" trying to explain?
Mist and echoes
400
What were the two options Native Americans had for the people they took?
Death or accepted into their tribes
500
Who is the messenger of the gods?
Hermes
500
Who is the father of all monsters?
Typhon
500
What word came from the man Tantalus?
Tantalize/Tantalizing
500
What were the purposes of creation myths?
To explain something
500
Who were the two women writers we learned about?
Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet