World Religion Unit 1 Assessment - M/C section

Tenochtitlan fell to the Spanish partly because Hernán Cortés was

mistaken for

• Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl

• Quetzalcoatl

• Moctezuma

• Nahuatl

The Aztec understanding of the axis mundi extended to

• human beings

• Serpent Mountain

• both a and b

• none of the above

Aztecs attributed the creation and ordering of the world to

• Olmec

• Toltec

• Quetazalcoatl

• Topilzin Quetzalcoatl

Mesoamerica included the present-day countries of

• Mexico

• Costa Rica

• El Salvador

• both (a) and (b)

The Sun Dance is a ritual that

• celebrates the new year

• prepares the tribe for the annual buffalo hunt

• both (a) and (b)

• none of the above

In a vision quest, the vision arrives in the form of

• an animal or some other natural object or force

• a living friend or family member

• a written message

• both (a) and (b)

The Plains Indians often go for ritual purification to a

• deep lake

• sweat lodge

• bathtub

• church

Wakan Tanka is

• the one supreme god of the Lakota

• sixteen separate deities

• the afterlife

• the best way to live

Most primal religions believe that the boundaries between the hu-

man and supernatural realms are

• easily crossed over

• crossed over only rarely and with great difficulty

• impenetrable

• interchangeable

The purpose of the Yoruba religion in Africa is to

• guard against the evil deeds of sorcerers and witches

• maintain the balance between the human beings of earth and the

  gods and ancestors of heaven

• relive the early days of creation

• both (a) and (b)