Early America (Beginnings-1800) Flashcards
What did Native Americans value and worship above all else?
Mother Earth (or nature).
Explain the Native Americans views on land ownership?
Native Americans at this time believed that land should not be bought or sold, rather it is for all creatures to share equally.
What did most Native American tribes at this time lack that made it difficult to share stories?
A written language.
Name the group of settlers that moved to North America during the mid 1600’s to escape the church?
The Puritans.
Why did this group of people want to leave the church?
They felt that the church was becoming corrupt with elaborate rituals and expensive chapels.
Why do the Puritans feel the need to dress, write, and live in a plain way?
To focus on serving God.
The Great Awakening caused increased feelings of responsibility for which two groups of people?
Native Americans & enslaved Africans.
Why did the colonies come to have outstanding political and social leaders during the Revolutionary War period?
The Puritans had established a public schooling system and placed emphasis on education approximately a generation before.
Why did the Puritans feel education was so important?
The puritans believed learning was a defense against evil.
Define creation myth?
Creation myths explain how the world and human beings came to exist.
Define origin myth?
An origin myth explains how natural phenomenon such as the stars, moon, and mountains came to be.
“How the World Was Made” is a creation myth associated with what Indian tribe?
The Cherokee.
What animal created the land in “How the World Was Made”?
The water beetle.
What two types of geographical landmarks did the buzzard create by flapping his wings?
Mountains and valleys.
Who sets the sun in “How the World Was Made”?
The conjurors.
What was rewarded to the animals and plants that were able to remain awake for seven nights?
Good vision in the dark, and being nocturnal.
Who authored “The Way to Rainy Mountain”?
N. Scott Momaday.
To what Native American tribe is this story attributed?
The Kiowa.
What was the name of the Kiowa ritual in which they would sacrifice a buffalo and impale its head onto a medicine tree?
The Sun Dances.
How did the narrator of “The Way to Rainy Mountain” know his Grandmother was about to die?
He heard her sorrowful and urgent sounding prayers.
What was the name of the Native American chief who wrote “The Iroquois Constitution”?
Dekanawida.
At what landmark do the representatives from the Five Nations gather?
At the Tree of Great Peace.
Why did the rites and festivals of the Five Tribes remain undisturbed?
They were given to the people for the “betterment of men”
How does the constitution divide the powers of the Five Nations?
It divides the power between the nations equally.
