Oral traditions of Native Americans Worksheet

Answer each question as thoroughly as possible. Each question is

worth 5 points unless noted otherwise.
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What was the European view on Native American oral history?

Why are the terms Pre-historic and New World biased?
Give a brief summary of Mayan Ideographic writing. (25

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Give a brief summary of Aztec Hieroglyphic writing. (25

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What is
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a pictograph?
a petroglyph?
a myth?
autochthonous?
a legend?
a secular story?