Native American Literature
Native Americans lived close to the _______.
What is land/nature
What is a manito?
What is a spirit
The Pilgrims believed that they were being guided and protected by....
What is God
This is a talk on a religious subject, given during a church service and usually based on a passage from the Bible.
What is a sermon
Describe TWO ways that the Native American tribes differed...
What is language, government, social organizations, customs, housing, methods of survival.
The Walam Olum is recorded in _________.
What are pictographs
The ________ reservation is the largest in the United States.
What is Navajo
What did the Pilgrims first do when they reached the New Land?
What is they fall upon their knees and thank God
Through this time, the colonists realized that religious power resided in their own hands, rather than in the hands of the Church of England, or any other religious authority.
What is "The Great Awakening"
Native Americans have been on the continent about ______ times longer than the Europeans.
What is 30
What is a myth?
What is a traditional story passed down from generation to generation, involving immortal beings.
Which tribe drove the Sioux and Fox tribes out of the Wisconsin area and seized control of the land?
What is the Chippewa
Describe the relationship between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims... (what types of things happened between the two groups?)
What is the Native Americans stole from the Pilgrims, but eventually apologized and made peace (their attitudes toward one another changed).
In most of his sermons, Edwards appeals to...(describe at least one)
What is logic, reasoning, and emotions
The ___________ intended to reform or change the church from within.
What is Puritans
In some tribes, the person with the best memory became the “_______” of the tribe’s history, songs, and myths.
What is a "keeper"
What is the Oral Tradition?
What is the process of passing down sayings, songs, tales, and myths from one generation to the next by word of mouth.
Describe one thing that William Bradford did as the governor...
What is ....
-he organized the repayment of debt to financial backers
-he encouraged new immigration
-he established good relationships with the Native Americans
What were Edwards's intentions in the sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
What is he was trying to awaken people who already knew about the Bible but who, he felt, had never made a personal commitment to its message and the Puritan religious traditions.
Jonathan Edwards believed that members of his congregation had the opportunity to do what (even though they were sinners)?
What is... the sinners had an opportunity to obtain mercy and salvation.
The great manito have the power to do?
What is shape the world and create life
What component helped the tribe remember the content of the myths or chants?
What is repetition
What are the FOUR modes of discourse?
What is narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.
The effectiveness of a persuasive speech depends on what? (There are three things, but give at least one)
What are... 1. the audience’s perception of the speaker 2. the speaker’s consideration of the audience and setting 3. the choice of persuasive techniques.
Describe at least ONE WAY that Puritanism made a lasting impression on American attitudes…
What is ideals of hard work, frugality, self-improvement, and self-reliance are still regarded as basic American virtues.