The World on the Turtle's Back

From what culture does the story come?

• Apahe
• Iroquis
• Cherokee
• Lakota

What kind of story attempts to explain how things started?

• Folk Tale

• Creation Myth

• Epic Tale

• Legend

Where do people live at the beginning of the world in “The World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• In an Ocean World under the Ocean.

• There are no people anywhere.

• Inside the world, like babies in a womb.

• In a Sky World above the world.

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Why does the man go to the Great Tree at the beginning of the myth?

• His wife wants some flowers.

• He wants to make his pregnant wife happy.

• The tree has been growing forever.

• He wants to escape the Sky-World.

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When the woman falls from the Sky-World, the birds' actions show that animals

• do not care about others

• fear others

• depend on the help of others

• care about others

How does the earth form in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• The woman brought dirt with her from

  Sky World.

• The Great Spirit forms it.

• Land already exists before the woman arrives.

• A muskrat brings up soil from the ocean bottom, and the woman plants the roots in them.

Vocabulary Check:

(adv). most importantly; chiefly

• inherently

• opaquely

• tenuously

• preeminently

What does this creation myth explain about the Iroquois dance rituals?

• Iroquois dance to worship the moon.

• They dance in the same direction as the sun to honor the creation of the earth.

• The muskrat created the first dance.

• Only twins are allowed to dance.

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How does the woman cause the plants to grow in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• She waters it and chants over it.

• She walks in a circle, following the Sun, around the clod of dirt.

• The animals cause it to grow with their knowledge of life.

• She prays over it.

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How does the girl become pregnant in “World on the Turtle’s Back”?

• She is born pregnant.

• Nobody knows.

• A man fills her with terror and she faints.

• Two arrows, one sharp and one blunt, are laid across her body.