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MYTHS
LaRELACION
OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION
ALL GOD'S CHILDREN
VOCABULARY
100
She landed on a turtle's back
Who is Sky Woman?
100
We started for the New World from this country.
What is Spain?
100
We started for the New World from this country.
What is England?
100
This author was living in Ghana at the time of this story.
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
Antebellum
What is before the Civil War?
200
This animal brought soil from the bottom of the sea.
What is the muskrat?
200
He was one of three survivors and wrote the report to the king.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
200
The first thing we did when we got on land was to. . .
What is fall on our knees and give thanks to God.
200
The author's journey to Keta started as a simple this.
What is a day trip?
200
intrinsic motivation
What is motivation from within?
300
These animals saved a falling Sky Woman.
Who are the birds?
300
When our barges flipped over in the Gulf of Mexico, we were left in this condition.
What is naked and on the beach?
300
This was both a barrier keeping us from returning home and a blessing, keeping us safe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
300
This is the first indication that this is to be no ordinary trip.
What is her refusal to ride over the bridge?
300
portentous matters of state
What are important or weighty matters of state?
400
They are the reason for good and evil.
Who are the right and left twins?
400
Why did we think there were Christians on the island?
What is because we saw cattle tracks on the trail.
400
Over half our population died in the first year because of:
What is cold, starvation and disease?
400
Angelou's grandmother always told her that this particular gesture means bad luck.
What is linking your hands on top of your head?
400
In a list of many possible answers, the easiest one is most likely correct.
What Occam's Razor?
500
We dance in the direction of the sun for this reason.
Sky Woman walks in the direction of the sun to create the world.
500
These words in our report showed our European bias.
What are "Untaught savages" "howling like wild brutes" "liked the bells and beads we gave them" "barbarians"
500
The first thing the Natives did when they saw us was to do this---
What is try to fill our sides with arrows? (attack us)
500
This story suggests that Ms. Angelou possesses this:
What is ancestral memory?
500
If I cut through all the mess and get to the heart of the matter, I have cut this.
What is the Gordian Knot?