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Tarahumara Culture

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

The Rarámuri or Tarahumara are a group of indigenous people of the Americas living in the state of ___________ in Mexico.

a)

Chihuahua

b)

Chiapas

c)

Yucatan

d)

Veracruz

2.

Originally inhabitants of much of Chihuahua, the Rarámuri retreated to the high sierras and canyons such as the Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre Occidental on the arrival of ___________ invaders in the 16th century.

a)

Spanish

b)

Aztec

c)

British

d)

Apache

3.

The ________________ is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Sierra Madre Occidental

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Sierra Madre del Sur

4.

The Spanish name sierra madre means "mother mountains" in English, and occidental means "western", these thus being the "______________________".

a)

South Mother Mountains

b)

Eastern Mother Mountains

c)

Western Mother Mountains

5.

The Rarámuri language belongs to the __________ family. Although it is in decline under pressure from Spanish, it is still widely spoken.

a)

Maya

b)

Uto-Aztecan

c)

Toltec

d)

Apache

6.

In the language, the term rarámuri refers specifically to the men, women are referred to as mukí (individually) and as omugí or igómale (collectively).

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

The __________ live in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. They shy away from contact with the outside world and remain for the most part isolated there to avoid further assimilation & colonialism.

a)

Navajo

b)

Yaqui

c)

Tarahumaras

d)

Seri people

8.

Tarahumaras are legendary __________ and have been doing this for centuries. “Civilization" all but ignored them, partly because of their location.

a)

long distance runners

b)

cross country running

c)

trail running

d)

track and field athletes

9.

María Lorena Ramírez Hernández (Guachochi, Chihuahua state, Mexico, 1995) is a Mexican fund runner and ultra-fund runner belonging to the _________ or Rarámuri ethnic group

a)

Aztec

b)

Tarahumara

c)

Maya

d)

Guarani

10.

Lorena won, in 2017, the UltraTrail Cerro Rojo, an ultra-deep race of 50 kilometers, in a time of 07: 20.00 and for having also done it with ____________.

a)

huaraches

b)

tennis shoes

c)

bare foot

11.

The Rarámuri repulsed and were never conquered by the Spanish conquistadors or fully converted by the _______. When the Spanish arrived in the 1500s, they called this native people the "Tarahumara"

a)

Franciscan missionaries

b)

Catholic friars

c)

Jesuit missionaries

12.

The _______ religion is a mélange of indigenous customs and Roman Catholicism.

a)

Mexican

b)

Rarámuri

c)

Apache

d)

Yaqui