Native American Experience Quiz

A creation myth is a ___________ story that explains how the world and everything in it came to be.

• true

• traditional

• scary

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Different ________ have their own creation stories, and Native American ______ have passed down many unique and meaningful myths that teach their people about the world.

• cultures; tribes

• people; chiefs

• stories; children

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Native American creation myths often feature close relationships with ______, such as animals, plants, the sky, and the earth.

• family

• each other

• nature

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Native American creation stories were often passed down ______, from one generation to the next.

• orally

• in books

• in videos

"The World on the Turtle's Back" is one creation story from the Iroquois tribe. The main characters in this story include The ___ Woman, and The Right-Handed Twin, and The Left-Handed Twin.

• Mother

• Sky

• Water

In "The World on the Turtle's Back", The Right-Handed Twin becomes the ___, and The Left-Handed Twin becomes the _____.

• day; night

• right; left

• ruler; subject

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"Coyote and the Buffalo" is another creation story of the Okanogan tribe. In this story, Coyote is an example of the _________ archetype.

• damsel in distress

• sage

• trickster

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Mourning Dove, the author of "Coyote and the Buffalo", was one of the first female Native American _______.

• leaders

• writers

• teachers

In "On the Way to Rainy Mountain", M. Scott Momaday goes back to Rainy Mountain when his ___________ dies.

• grandmother

• father

• son

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According to "The Way to Rainy Mountain", the Kiowa tribe entered the world through a ______ log.

• hollow

• fallen

• long

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