Ohio Native American Review

Which of the following best describes the role of repetition in Native American oral literature?

• To make the story longer

• To firmly inculcate the incident in the minds of the listeners

• To confuse the listeners

• To add unnecessary details

What is a common theme in Native American literature?

• The dominance of human beings over nature

• The importance of technology

• The interconnectedness of humans and animals

• The superiority of one tribe over another

The World on a Turtle's Back was used to explain all the following except:

• How the world was created

• How trees came to exist

• Why the moon is in the sky

• The importance of being ready for war

Why did native Americans use oral traditions to tell stories?

• They had no form of writing

• It was more fun

• It allowed the community to come together

• It was the cool way to do things

What argument does the author develop in this text?

• Europeans and Native Americans worked together to fulfill their needs.

• Native Americans had many problems even before the arrival of Europeans.

• Native Americans had a negative impact on early European settlers.

• The arrival of Europeans had a negative impact on the lives of Native Americans.

Read these sentences from the text. The consequences of European arrival to North America negatively affected the relationships even between Native American tribes from time to time. Native Americans were suddenly scrambling to share resources with whole new groups of people who had access to powerful weapons, technology to build sturdy buildings, and the ability to call for reinforcements from thousands of miles away. Based on this evidence, what conclusion can be drawn?

• Native Americans had plenty of resources to share both with other tribes and with the European settlers.

• Native Americans posed a greater threat to European settlers than the Europeans posed to Native Americans.

• Native Americans faced the threat of war with the Europeans if they did not share their resources with the settlers.

• Native Americans wanted to share their resources with the Europeans in order to gain access to weapons and building technology.

Read these sentences from the text. The relationships Native American tribes had built with each other became tenuous as the mounting pressure coming from European settlers threatened to destroy their ways of life. This sparked many skirmishes between tribes over hunting land that was becoming more and more scarce as Europeans continued to settle further into the West. Based on this evidence, what conclusion can be drawn?

• The European settlers caused Native American tribes to have conflicts with each other that they might not have otherwise had.

• The Native Americans were unwilling to work with the European settlers.

• The Europeans and Native Americans combined their resources to establish a new civilization by working together.

• The European settlers interacted with Native Americans because they wanted to settle new land.

How can the relationship between the European settlers and Native Americans best be described?

• Both parties were equally negatively affected.

• It was very unfair or one-sided

• Both parties benefited equally.

• The Native American people benefited the most.

What is the main idea of this text?

• The Native Americans were unwilling to work with the European settlers.

• The Europeans and Native Americans combined their resources to establish a new civilization by working together.

• The European settlers interacted with Native Americans because they wanted to settle new land.

• The presence of Europeans in North America had a significant impact on Native Americans.

Identify a common characteristic of Native American creation myths.

• They often involve a single god creating the world.

• They frequently include animals as central figures in the creation process.

• They typically describe the creation of the world in seven days.

• They usually focus on the creation of humans first.

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept