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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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A person who believes that no God or anything of material phenomena is known or can be known to existence.

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Agnostic

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A person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of a God or Gods.

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Atheist

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3
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A statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone’s actions.

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Credo

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4
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Moral principles that govern a person or groups behaviour.

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Ethics

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5
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The universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves.

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Religious Impulse

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6
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An attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society.

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Religious pluralism

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A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

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Ritual

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Inhabiting in a land from earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous, native.

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Aboriginal

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9
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The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects and natural phenomena.

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Animism

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10
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The process by which a group of people acquire the social and cultural characteristics of another group.

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Assimilation

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11
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Man or woman recognized as being wise and full of knowledge.

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Elder

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12
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Member of a nation selected to maintain the traditional ceremonies and rituals.

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Faithkeeper

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13
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The origin, the beginnings, the formation of something.

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Genesis

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14
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Iroquois home, cigar shaped,about 50 m long and 10 m wide, a dwelling shared by several nuclear families.

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longhouse

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15
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Religion of the Iroquois

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Longhouse

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16
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I believe in one God.

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Monotheism

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17
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The ability to express oneself fluently in the speech and to understand spoken language.
storytelling.

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Oracy

18
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The belief in or worship of more than one God

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Polytheism

19
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Medicine man or spiritual leader.

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Shaman

20
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Coned-shaped tent and a dwelling found in the nations of the great plains

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Tipi

21
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A protective entity in the form of an animal natural objects or plant.

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Totem

22
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A long pole in which several totems are carved, Used to account history.

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Totem pole

23
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The process of purifying and fasting in order to be sensitive to a vision or voices that might guide a person; a sacred ceremony.

  • part of a rite of passage into adulthood;common to most aboriginal religions.
  • person is purified; makes confession at sweat lodge.
  • shaman tells youth to go far away from camp.
  • youth prays, fasts, and endures elements for several days.
  • must have vision which is interpreted by shaman or process is repeated.
A

Vision quest

24
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List the things most major religions have in common.

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A belief in the supernatural, I believe in the afterlife, I belief in a soul, Systems of ethics/morals, the set of answers to most pressing human curiosities, Superior being: god, rituals and ceremonies, place of worship.

25
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Both concerned with doing the right thing

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Ethics and religion

26
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Appear to be competitors in the race to understand and explain the true nature of the world.

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Science and religion

27
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Does not provide all answers or meet all people’s needs.

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Technology and religion

28
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One is concerned with the beliefs, rituals and practises, while the other refers to a person’s origin and culture.

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Ethnicity and religion

29
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This one has a stereotypes of a religion in most cases.

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Pop culture and religion

30
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What are the six main Aboriginal groups in Canada.

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The subarctic, the plateau, NW pacific coast, the Great Plains, the Arctic, NE woodlands.

31
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Which refers to the Ojibwa in southern Ontario;participants fast and cleanse themselves and dance around the select a tree as a male elder plays the drum; Touch tree as they pass it and give thanks; dance from dawn to noon and then feast on meat and fish.

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The morning dance

32
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Which refers to the Great Plains nations; part of an important summer festival; banned in late 1880s by the government of Canada; Circle identified as important symbol and sun recognized as giver of life; performed in early summer; dancers dance for long periods around a central pole; Some dancers embed wooden hooks into their skin and pull to tear their flesh; believe that enduring pain means that others will suffer less famine, war and disease.

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The Sun dance

33
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What refers to Northwest Pacific Coast nations; made illegal in Canada from 1884 until 1951; feasting, dancing sharing songs , distributing wealth were all part; used to celebrate births marriages etc.; More given away by host, the greater his status.

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The Potlatch ceremony

34
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What refers to Great Plains nations; cleanses both physical and spiritual body; lodge resembles a sauna; A shaman direct ceremony; all gather around heated stones and sweating cleanses participants; prayers and sacred pipe or shared.

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The sweat lodge

35
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What refers to aboriginal groups from subarctic to Great Lakes region; allows communication with spirits; four poles placed deep in soil and form a circle;wooden hoops encircles poles; Top open sides enclosed; shaman asks spirits to help with problem (I.e. Find missing person; communicate with ancestor, etc.)

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The shaking tent

36
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Holy places

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Sweat lodges, shaking tent,longhouse.

37
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  • prayers passed on through telling and retelling of events.
  • elders are “keepers of the word” responsible for passing on words
  • sometimes and aid is used (wampum, totem pole, etc.)
A

Oral teachings

38
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What are the important roles of a shaman?

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Medicine man, spiritual leader.
In sweat lodge a shamans role is to give directions to cleansing the physical body and spiritual body.
A shamans role in shaking tent is to ask spirits to solve problems such as finding a lost object, communicating with an ancestor, locating a missing person or predicting the outcome of an event.

39
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What was the impact that Europeans had on the Aboriginals of Canada?

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The Indian act which encouraged aboriginal peoples to give up their culture and adopt “white ways”.
Indian reserves
-water quality was bad.
-almost 50% of homes require repair
- aboriginal children were 8 times more likely to be removed from their home.
- there has been no progress on any of these issues up to 2011.
Residential school
- removed children from their families
- wouldn’t let them speak their language
- physical and sexual abuse at the hands of staff and students
- brutal punishments
- forcing Canadian Christian ways upon students
Other
Wouldn’t let them practice some rituals or ceremonies for ex the sun dance.
Their land was stolen

40
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The Indian act

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  • Aboriginal peoples are placed in different legal category than other Canadians
  • the Canadian gov has the right to govern all aspects of Native live including the denial of the right to vote in an election.
  • the right to legislate “land reserved for Indians”
  • the gov can determine “who is an Indian”

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