Native american myths jeopardy

Native American Myths Jeopardy

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Terms

This is a category of literature, art, music, film, etc.

$100 Answer from Terms

Genre


This type of story explains howlife began, how a feature of the world was formed or how a socialcustom began.


Creation (or Origin) Myth


This is something that stands for something other than itself.


Symbol


This type of description createsa word picture.


Imagery


Symbols, patterns, or charactertypes that repeat across cultures(universal themesand ideas) are called this.


Archetypes

$100 Question from Cultural Characteristics

In “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,”the Chief says his wife’s dream haspower, allowing the reader to inferthis.

$100 Answer from Cultural Characteristics

The Onondaga believe dreamsconvey messages (the dreammust be true).


In “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,”the animals are personified and playan active role in creating the Earth,indicating the Onondaga’s respectfor this.


Nature


In “When Grizzlies WalkedUpright,” the daughter’s disobedienceto the Sky Spirit’s long ago instruction:“…be careful not to stick your head out at the top” may indicate this about the Modoc’s belief toward obeying parents.


Obedience to parents must havehad a prime value to the Modocs.


As the Modoc believed that NativeAmericans came from Grizzlies, itis apparent that they feel this wayabout the bears.


Modocs have great respect forthe grizzly bears.


“The Navajo Origin Legend” describesa precise ceremonial order allowingthe reader to infer that the Navajo culturevalues this.


Respect for orderand ritual.

$100 Origins

“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” explainsthese two things.

$100 Origins

Creation of the Earth and themarks on turtles’ backs.

$200 Origins

“When Grizzlies Walked Upright”explains these three things.

$200 Origins

The creation of Native Americans and otherForms of life, the creation of MountShasta, and the reason grizzlies walk on allfours and do not speak.

$300 Origins

“The Navajo Origin Legend” explainsthe creation of this.

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The first man and woman.

$400 Origins

The ceremony in “The NavajoOrigin Legend” ends with the words:“Live together now as husbandand wife,” making the ceremonysimilar to this.

$400 Origins

A wedding.

$500 Origins

Details of Creation Myths revealthis about the culture that produced it.

$500 Origins

The tribes values and beliefs; and/or

how the world and the things in itcame to be.

$100 Ideas and Details

The lesson learned from “The EarthOn Turtle’s Back” is this.


Determination can lead to Success


In “The Navajo Origin Legend” windsymbolizes this.


The source of life


According to the myth, “When GrizzliesWalked Upright,” whenever a grizzly killedan Indian, his body was burned on the spotand all who passed that way cast a stone thereuntil a great pile of stones marked the place ofhis death, indicating this.


Great respect for the grizzly asan ancestor of the Native American


In “The Navajo Origin Legend” thesespecifically were the source of the firstman and the first woman.


White Corn = 1st man; Yellow Corn = 1st woman


In “Earth on Turtle’s Back,” markson the turtle’s back came from this.


Muskrat’s paws

$100 Analyze This

The opening words of “The Earth onTurtle’s back,”: “Before this Earth existed, there was only water,” identify this story asthis.

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A Creation Myth

$200 Analyze This

In the following excerpt, “The Duck dove first, some say. He Swam down and down, far beneath the surface, but could not reach the bottom and floated back up,” these two literary devices are used by the author.

$200 Analyze This

The whole quote is an example of imagery, while “down and down” isan example of repetition.

$300 Analyze This

The cardinal directions (north, south,east and west) can be found in the myths,“Earth on Turtle’s Back,” When GrizzliesWalked Upright,” and “The Navajo OriginLegend,” indicating this is a universal ideaknown also as this.

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Archetype

$400 Analyze This

This evidence in “When GrizzliesWalked Upright,” suggests the Modocsaw the spirits and gods as veangeful.

$400 Analyze This

In anger, the Chief of the Sky Spiritscursed the grizzly so that he could no longerwalk on two legs and took away his ability tospeak. The Chief also killed his daughter’s Mother-in-law with a stare.

$500 Analyze This

This tribe portrays the creation of Earth as unintentional or almost accidental, compared to this tribe where creation is theresult of a series of deliberate actions.

$500 Analyze This

The Onondaga tell that Earth resultedwhen someone fell from the sky, whileThe Navajo recount steps that madehuman beings.

Final Jeopardy

The name and location of the three tribesassociated with “The Earth On Turtle’s Back,” “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” and “The Navajo Origin Legend,” are named this and are from these locations, Specifically (be sure to match the tribes to them. myths.

Final Jeopardy Answer

“The Earth on Turles Back,” -Onondoga, from Central NewYork. “When Grizzlies WalkedUpright,” - Modocs from NorthernCalifornia and Oregon, “The NavajoLegend” – the Navajos from Utah,Arizona and New Mexico.

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