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Iktomi is what kind of being
A spider fairy
In the Abenaki Creation myth, how does land first form?
The Great Turtle comes out from the waters and becomes land
How do things get created in Abenaki mythology?
they are dreams that become real
According to the Lakota Sioux Creation Story, Kangi was what kind of being?
a crow that survived from the world before
How were people created in the Lakota creation myth?
they were made of red, white, black, and yellow earth
In both the Lakota and the Navajo myths, The Great Spirit warns the people that the world will be
destroyed again if they cannot live in harmony.
True
How many worlds are there in the Navajo mythology?
4
In the Navajo mythology a "Changing Woman" comes and does what?
destroys the monsters that endanger the people
In the Christopher Columbus reading, he says "He also showed them gold and pearls, on which
certain old men said that there an infinite quantity in a place called Holito and that the people wore it
on their necks, ears, arms, and legs, as well as pearls." What does this quote indicate about
Columbus's motives in the new land?
He wanted to gather riches from the new land to take home to his queen.
"vexed" mean?
upset
What does the word "plight" mean?
he was in a bad situation
In the deVaca reading, he writes, "Thereupon we had many and bitter quarrels with the Christ
for they wanted to make slaves of our Indians, and we grew so angry at it that at our departur
forgot to take along many bows, pouches and arrows, also the five emeralds, and so they wert
and lost to us." What is the best summary of this passage?
The Christians tried to enslave the native people helping DeVaca and they lost some valuable things escaping the situation.
In the letter of John Smith to the Queen, he says. "I being the first Christian this proud King and his grim attendants ever
saw: and thus enthralled in their barbarous power, I cannot say I felt the least occasion of want that was in the power of
those my mortal foes to prevent, notwithstanding all their threats." What is the best summary of this passage?
I was the first Christian the native people had ever seen. They were scary, but I did not think they would kill me.
In John Smith's letter to the Queen, he recalls: "After some six weeks fatting amongst those Salvage courtiers, at the minute
of my execution, she hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her
father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown: where I found about eight and thirty miserable poor and sick creatures, to
keep possession of all those large territories of Virginia; such was the weakness of this poor commonwealth, as had the
salvages not fed us, we directly had starved. And this relief, most gracious Queen, was commonly brought us by this Lady
Pocahontas." What is the best summary of this passage?
Pocahontas risked taking a beating to save me. She then took me to the other people her father had captured and fed us all. If she had not fed us, we would have starved.
fury
anger
prevailed
succeeded after trying a long time
John Smith writes that "About two years after she herself was taken prisoner, being so detained near two years longer, the
colony by that means was relieved, peace concluded; and at last rejecting her barbarous condition, she was married to an
English Gentleman." What is the best summary of this passage?
After being imprisoned by her father's people for over 2 years, Pocahontas decided to reject her father's people and marry John smith
The name of the spiritual movement
The great awakening
The subject of cotton matters writing was
The Salem witch trials
Accused of witchcraft
Martha carrier
A young woman testifies that she experienced what evidence of witchcraft?
Heard voices,chest pain, swollen hand , muscle spasms
Which of the following is a symptom of Ergot poisoning?
Hallucinations, muscle spasms, still birth
When did Frederick Douglass write "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"?
1845
Who wrote the Preface to Douglass's autobiography?
Garrison
Describe Douglass
Slave,author,abolitionist,public speaker
Where was Frederick Douglass born?
Tuckahoe, Maryland
One of his earliest memories was of the brutal whipping of a woman he called Aunt Hester.
True
How did Douglass learn his own age?
He overheard his "master" telling someone he was about 17 in 1835.
How many slaves did colonel loyd keep on his plantation
300-400
How old was Douglass when he wrote this autobiography?
27
What position on the plantation did Mr. Severe and Mr. Hopkins hold?
They were overseers
There was no punishment for the children who ate fruit out of Colonel Lloyd's garden.
False
What reason was giving for shooting the slave called Demby?
He was setting a bad example to the other slaves
Why was Douglass wife cousin beaten to death
She didn't wake up fast enough when the baby cried
What were the duties of Fredrick Douglass as a very young child
Driving cows , chickens out the garden , keep the yard clean
What was young Fredrick Douglass given to wear in both summer and winter
Nothing but a long shirt
When Fredrick Douglass was sold to the auld family what was his job there as an 8 year old
He was assigned to take care of their child Thomas
What did mrs auld do for Fredrick Douglass that her husband disapproved
She taught him to read
How did Doulgass get neighborhood children to teach him to read?
He brides them with bread
Mr. Auld was wrong when he said that teaching a slave to read would ruin him for being a slave.
True
What does Douglass learn about reading
It makes him dissatisfied with being a slave
How did Douglass learn to write his letters
Writing on boards in the shipyard
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