Oral traditions of Native Americans Worksheet

Answer each question as thoroughly as possible. Each question is worth 5 points unless noted otherwise.

1. What was the European view on Native American oral history?

2. Why are the terms Pre-historic and New World biased?

3. Give a brief summary of Mayan Ideographic writing. (25

points)

4. Give a brief summary of Aztec Hieroglyphic writing. (25

points)

5. What is a pictograph?

6. What is a petroglyph?

7. What is a myth?

8. What is autochthonous?

9. What is a legend?

10. What is a secular story?