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The "Maori" is the so-called Eskimo culture of Canada. |
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The "Ainu" is a Caucasoid group in northern Japan, especially Hokkaido, known for its animistic beliefs that spirits or spiritual powers are causative in natural events. |
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"Kapu" is the Hawaiian term meaning "taboo" or "forbidden." |
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"Libation" is a strong social prohibition. |
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A "shaman" is a human being who contacts and attempts to manipulate the power of spirits for the tribe or group. |
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In Hawaiian culture, "Makahiki" is an esteemed elder who passes what he or she knows (e.g., chants) to worthy disciples. |
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In Hawaii, "Pele" is the goddess of fire, whose place of veneration is the volcano. |
| | A) | True |
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"Distant Time" is the name given by the Koyukon people of the Arctic to the holy ancient past in which the gods lived and worked. |
| | A) | True |
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"Monotheism" is a worldview common among oral religions that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. |
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"Holistic" means organic, integrated; indicating a complete system, greater than the sum of its parts; here, refers to a culture whose various elements may all have religious meaning. |
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A "totem" is an animal (or image of animals) that is considered to be related by blood to a family or a clan and is its guardian or symbol. |
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The "Inuit" is a native or oral tradition in New Zealand. |
| | A) | True |
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A "totem" is a long-stemmed sacred pipe used primarily by many native peoples of North America; it is smoked as a token of peace. |
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"Libation" is the act of pouring a liquid as an offering to a god. |
| | A) | True |
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"Kapu" is the traditional Hawaiian observance of the four-month winter period. |
| | A) | True |
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"Kupuna" is a foretelling of the future or a discovery of the unknown by magical means. |
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"Black Elk"was a visionary of the Oglala Sioux who, in his dictated autobiography, claims that there is no strong distinction between the human and animal worlds but rather a sense of kinship. |
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"Yoruba" is a native or oral tradition in Africa. |
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The "elima" is a temporary place of seclusion set up for the BaMbuti for girls who reach menarche. |
| | A) | True |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education