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WorksheetsAboriginal Australian spiritualities
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 5mins
Aboriginal spirituality is most closely linked to
spirit
land
identity
ownership
True or false:
All objects are living and share the same soul.
True
False
The term 'kanyini' is best describe as
stewardship
Indigenous hierarchy
everyone is responsible for each other
a Dreaming story
A key concept within Australian Aboriginal spirituality is
reconciliation
interconnectedness
community
revelation
What is the purpose of songlines?
describe the activities of creator spirit beings
ceremonial expression
sacred objects
spirit beings linked to totemic sites
What is cosmogony?
interconnection between all beings
anthropological spiritual connections
a theory of story of the origin of the universe
a belief in the visible and invisible
Which of the following is not a descriptor of Aboriginal spirituality?
animistic
totemic
earthly
intergenerational
Which Aboriginal belief(s) are most relevant to Rainbow Serpent?
animism
cosmology
creation
stewardship
Why is stewardship so important to Australian Aboriginal spirituality?
Aboriginal mobs own the land
Dreaming heroes are linked to space and place
Aboriginal beliefs are associated with the land
earthly unconditional love
Creation ancestors introduced the law of maintaining interdependence, taking responsibility for three groups. Which is not one of these groups?
other people
the land
totems
the ancestor spirits
What is traditional lore?
common features of acceptable behaviour
the Indigenous formal court system
stories focused on creation spirits
a concept introduced by Europeans
What key Indigenous belief is most strongly linked to Spirit Fingers?
kinship
lore
stewardship
animism
Indigenous spirituality could best be described as
monotheistic
theosophical
geosophical
philosophical
