World Religions Study Questions Ch.2

The sacred pipe used by many native peoples of North America is called a ________.

The ________ is the one who contacts the spirit world and attempts to manipulate the power of the spirits for one’s tribe or group.

A strong social prohibition is called a(n) ________.

A ________ is an animal or image of an animal that is considered related to a family or clan and is its guardian or symbol.

An organic, integrated system greater than the sum of its parts is ________.

________ is the term for belief that everything in the universe is somehow alive.

Inspired by indigenous religions, Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson proposes that we foster biophilia, a ________.

The circle is sometimes symbolic of nature and its processes. Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux, points this out in reference to the circular tents of his people called ________.

The attempt through trance states to look into the past and future is known as ________.

________ is the act of pouring a liquid as an offering to a god.

________ refers to a culture whose various elements may all have religious meaning. The term means organic or integrated, and indicates a complete system, greater than the sum of its parts.

________ is a native tradition in New Zealand.

A long-stemmed sacred pipe used primarily by many native peoples of North America, a ________ is smoked as a token of peace.

The Hawaiian term ________ means \”taboo\” or \”forbidden.\”

The ________ is a native or oral tradition in Africa.

A visionary of the Oglala Sioux, ________ claims in his dictated autobiography that there is no strong distinction between the human and animal worlds but rather a sense of kinship.

________ is the so-called Eskimo culture of Canada.

Literally \”eye-movement,\” ________ is the traditional Hawaiian observance of the four-month winter period, which refers to the appearance and movement of stars.

________ was the name given by the Koyukon people of the Arctic to the holy ancient past in which the gods lived and worked.

Multistoried villages of indigenous peoples of the American Southwest are called ________.

The ________ is an underground chamber used in rituals of some Pueblo peoples.

A bias against the study of indigenous religions up until the twentieth century was

In the worldview of animism,

To believe that nature is full of spirits implies that

Sacred time is

Constructed sacred space

Indigenous religions

Key events in the life cycle are

The Native American vision quest is an example of

Taboos that have been broken are often mended through

The term medicine man refers to

Navaho sand paintings are

a sanctuary.

A common symbol signifying the center of the universe in many indigenous religions is

A human being who contacts and attempts to manipulate the power of spirits for the tribe or group is a

In Hawaii, the goddess of fire, whose place of veneration is the volcano, is