Question 1 The significance of Apache historical place names is…

Question 1
The significance of Apache historical place names is that they.
a. preserve both the ancestors’ words and their graphic impressions of the landscape in the past.
B. they can indicate processes of environmental change on the landscape.
c. indicates when places were discovered in the past.
d. Both A and B
e.All of the above.
Question 2
Keith Basso argues that place-making is a universal tool of the human imagination. However, because ideas and practices vary considerably between social groups, Keith Basso states that.
a. it is impossible to understand place-making as a cultural activity.
b. anthropologists should try to determine which forms of place-making are the best.
c. anthropologists should study place-making by using surveys and questionnaires.
d. place-making can only be understood through sustained ethnography.
e. All the above
Question 3
According to Keith Basso, in what form of story-telling do place names serve the most important communicative function?
a. Myths (godiyihgo nagoldi’é) Historical tales (Ágodzaahí)
b. Sagas (nit’ éégo nagoldie)
c. Gossip (ch’idii)
d. Prayer (‘okaahí)
Question 4
What does it mean when Apache Elders say that youth are “losing the land”?
a.They are worried that youth will not be able to navigate around their territory.
b. They are worried that youth will not be able to afford to buy property in the future.
c. Young People that do not learn to associate places with their historical tales are more likely to have social difficulties and act in ways that run counter to Apache social norms.
d. They are worried that youth will suffer from “nature-deficit disorder.”
e.All of the above.
5.
Apache commemorative place names like “Shades of Shit”
a.do not give close descriptions of the places to which they refer.
b. are linked to traditional stories.
c. alludes to the causes and consequences of wrongful social conduct.
d. all the above
e. only b and c
6. This ethnography is written in a very personal, first-person and conversational style, with each chapter focused on a particular character. Why is it written in this way.
a. The writing is meant to reflect the narrative style of Apache story-telling and place-making.
b. It is meant to be accessible to a wide range of audiences, including Apache readers
c. To highlight that knowledge of places is held by particular people, not cultures.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above.
Question 7
In Chapter 2, Keith Basso recounts the story of a 17 year old Apache girl who returned to Cibecue from boarding school in Utah to attend a puberty ceremony. The girl’s grandmother responded to her presence at the event by “shooting” her with the story about the forgetful Apache policeman who behaved too much like a whiteman. Why did her grandmother do this?
a.Because she was late for the event.
b. Because she wore curlers in her hair which violated custom and was seen as disrespectful.
c. Because she was attending a school outside the community.
d. Because she did not bring a gift.
e. All of the above.
Question 8
According to Keith Basso, what is the difference between Apache history and Western history?
a. Western history is treated as personal, subjective and variable while Apache history is fixed and authoritative.
b. Apache history is oral and anchored spatially in places, while Western history is written and recorded as a linear sequence of temporal events
c. Western history is accurate while Apache history is inaccurate.
d. Both B and C
e. None of the above
Question 9
Ágodzaahí, or historical tales..
a. describe persons who suffer misfortune due to actions that violate Apache standards of acceptable social behaviour.
b. are moraity tales.
c.demonstrate that moral behaviour is a community affair.
d. are about what it means to be Apache, or what being an Apache should normally entail.
e.All of the above
Question 10
Apache clans were named after.
a. the male patriarch of the family.
b. the places where their owmen first planted corn.
c. the places where men first established hunting grounds.
d. animal totems.
e. the location of historical battles.