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.

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Genre

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

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Creation (or Origin) Myth

$300 Question from Terms

This is something that stands for something other than itself.

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Symbol

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This type of description createsa word picture.

$400 Answer from Terms

Imagery

$500 Question from Terms

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

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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.

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

$200 Question from Cultural Characteristics

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.

$200 Answer from Cultural Characteristics

Nature

$300 Question from Cultural Characteristics

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.

$300 Answer from Cultural Characteristics

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

$400 Question from Cultural Characteristics

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

$400 Answer from Cultural Characteristics

Modocs have great respect forthe grizzly bears.

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

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Respect for orderand ritual.

$100 Origins

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

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Creation of the Earth and themarks on turtles’ backs.

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“When Grizzlies Walked Upright”explains these three things.

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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.

$300 Origins

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.

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Determination can lead to Success

$200 Ideas and Details

In “The Navajo Origin Legend” windsymbolizes this.

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The source of life

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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.

$300 Ideas and Details

Great respect for the grizzly asan ancestor of the Native American

$400 Ideas and Details

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

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

$500 Ideas and Details

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

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Muskrat’s paws

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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

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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.

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

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.