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| A ritual by which a young person seeks power and acceptance by the tribe. |
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| According to Native American belief, the _____ is often portrayed as a diminished plane of earthly existence. |
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| According to many African religions, the dead retain ___ in the living. |
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| belief, illness, misfortune, and death |
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| According to tradition, African _____ are signs that the high god is unhappy with one's moral decisions. |
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| African religions are generally all the same with little variation from place to place. |
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| African religions generally believe that children are a blessing from the spirit world. |
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| An example of ___ would be telling the story of the sun god |
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| Animists believe that all things have spirits with which humans can communicate. |
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| Consulting the flight pattern of birds |
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| Despite fearing the dead, most Native Americans do not fear dying. |
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| attitudes toward ancestors |
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| Fearful concerns, uncertainty and anxiety, and a sense of obligation describe African religions ____ |
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| Fetishism is a type of ancestor veneration. |
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| Human sacrifice plays a very large part in most African religions. |
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| Hunters make ___ with animal spirits before the hunt. |
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| Idegienous religious attitudes toward ancestors can best be described as _____ |
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| Leaving food at grave sites would be an example of ___ |
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| Most African religions consider it taboo to waste food and/or drink by throwing it on the ground. |
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| Most Native American religions are purely polytheistic. |
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| Most Native Americans have rejected Christianity. |
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| Muslim and Jewish avoidance of ____ might be related to the basic concept of ____ |
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| Native Americans believe that ____ should be treated with respect because: the ____ lives and manifests itself in it. |
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| Native Americans see rituals as a means of renewing the partnership between humans and the spirit world. |
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| Often appear to Native Americans during a vision quest |
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| Present in the belief system of most Native Americans but generally not worshipped. |
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| Reading tea leaves is an example of ______ |
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| Seen by Native Americans as: a sacred event to be revered. |
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| Shamans in basic religions are believed to have the ability to predict the future. |
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| Studies of the religions of the world suggest an evolutionary process that moves from basic religions to the highly developed religions of the modern world. |
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| The center of Native American religion's animistic worldview |
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| The development of agriculture in the Neolithic period greatly influenced the evolution of religion by increasing leisure time. |
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| The most important archaeological evidence for understanding Neanderthal people is ______ |
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| The reason most Native American religions do not exist in their pure forms is that they have had many encounters with European culture during the past 400 years. |
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| Native American; foreign object; sucking ritual |
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| To the traditional _____, sickness is caused by a ____ in the body and the healing process sometimes consist of ______ |
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| Traditional African marriage ceremonies are invested with deep and complex religious meanings, and therefore usually involve priests and diviners. |
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| Used in indigenous religions to control nature for the good of some and the detriment of others. |
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| a pilgrimage to reenact a god's journey would be an example of _____ |
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| dancing in a circle to guarantee rain |
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| symbolize one's group with a bear |
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