Navajo Culture Quiz

What is the definition of ceremony?

• Formal activities that are part of a social or religious occasion.

• The beliefs, art, customs, food, etc., of a group or society.

• To pick and collect crops.

• To gather or move a group of wild animals that travel and feed together.

What is the definition of culture?

• Formal activities that are part of a social or religious occasion.

• The beliefs, art, customs, food, etc., of a group or society.

• To pick and collect crops.

• To gather or move a group of wild animals that travel and feed together.

How did the Navajo find food food before learning to farm?

• They bought food in stores.

• They took from other tribes.

• They traded with the spanish.

• They hunted and gathered.

What is the definition of gather?

• Formal activities that are part of a social or religious occasion.

• The beliefs, art, customs, food, etc., of a group or society.

• To pick and collect crops.

• To gather or move a group of wild animals that travel and feed together.

After the Spanish introduced sheep, the Navajo began to

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• build hogans.

• hunt more animals.

• herd.

• paint.

What happens to Navajo sand paintings after ceremonies end?

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• • They are kept forever.

  
  

• They are swept away.

• • They are made into rugs.

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• • They are used by many more people.

  
  

What is the definition of herd?

• Formal activities that are part of a social or religious occasion.

• The beliefs, art, customs, food, etc., of a group or society.

• To pick and collect crops.

• To gather or move a group of wild animals that travel and feed together.

What is a hogan?

• A traditional Navajo house made from logs and earth. Its door usually faced east.

• A member of a Native American people of the American Southwest.

• A member of a group of Native American peoples known for living in flat-roofed adobe or stone houses in the American Southwest.

• An area of public land set aside by the US government for Native Americans to live on.

What were Navajo hogans made of?

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• Clay.

• Wool.

• Sticks, bark, and mud.

• plastic, glass, and stones.

Where in the present-day US is the original Navajo homeland?

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• The Southwest.

• The Southeast.

• The Northeast.

• The Northwest.