TEST BANK Ways of Knowing 3/E Yale Belanger
Chapter 1: Ways of Knowing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Prior to the 1990s, Native philosophy was presented simply as which of the following?
a. worldviews, rites, and traditions
b. thought, rites, and traditions
c. thought, worldviews, and traditions
d. worldviews, thought, and traditions
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Introduction OBJ: n/a
BLM: Remember
2. Who were the two early promoters of the academic study of Native philosophy?
a. Leroy Little Bear and David Bohm
b. Leroy Little Bear and Gregory Cajete
c. Vine Deloria and Leroy Little Bear
d. Vine Deloria and Anne Waters
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Introduction OBJ: n/a
BLM: Remember
3. How is pre-European-contact North America frequently identified?
a. Edge of the World
b. Old World
c. Turtle Island
d. Pangea
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Introduction OBJ: n/a
BLM: Remember
4. A central tenet of Native philosophy suggests that pursuing wealth is less important than
which of the following?
a. ensuring the land’s health and safety
b. challenging the behaviour of others
c. protecting one’s territory from incursions
d. hoarding wealth when the time to do so is deemed proper
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Native Philosophy
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
5. What are Native philosophy’s two schools of thought?
a. Native science and Indigenous ethics
b. Native science and quantum mechanics
c. Indigenous ethics and quantum mechanics
d. elders’ teachings and Indigenous ethics
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Native Philosophy
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
6. The trickster is an expression or manifestation of which of the following?
a. sensibility
, b. chaos
c. gender
d. stories
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Native Science: Constant Motion/Flux
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
7. According to Leroy Little Bear, if all in the same ecosystem are animate, then we must all be
somewhat alike. How does he describe these connections?
a. spiritual environment
b. heightened connection
c. all are my relations
d. political stability
ANS: C PTS: 1
REF: Native Science: All Is Animate and Imbued with Spirit OBJ: n/a
BLM: Higher Order
8. What did the Iroquois member nations consider to be the Three Sisters?
a. corn, beans, and turnips
b. corn, beets, and squash
c. corn, carrots, and squash
d. corn, beans, and squash
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Native Science: Relationship
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
9. Which of the following statements best conveys the importance of dreams in Native
philosophy?
a. They are a form of entertainment .
b. They were quite rare and as such cherished.
c. They are doorways into the spirit realm.
d. They ensure successful trade alliances.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Native Science: Relationship
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
10. Why were ceremonies developed?
a. to aid in renewing relationships
b. to help improve trade relations between nations
c. to entertain children during long winter evenings
d. to ensure military strength
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Native Science: Renewal
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
11. The truism “In Creation one is never alone” refers to which of the following concepts?
a. The environment and humans were created equal.
b. There are people everywhere.
c. Animals are abundant.
d. Small communities are close knit.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Native Science: Renewal
, OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
12. What are the three main categories of ethics described by Clare Brant?
a. non-interference, emotional freedom, and sharing
b. non-interference, emotional restraint, and sharing
c. non-interference, emotional restraint, and communalism
d. non-interference, emotional restraint, and learning by doing
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Codes of Conduct
OBJ: n/a BLM: Higher Order
13. Which of the following was described by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
(1996) as “the natural outgrowth of values flowing from the spiritual world view and
relationship to the land”?
a. spirituality
b. colonialism
c. ethics
d. politics
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Codes of Conduct
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
14. Narratives used to convey effective messages to children, thus preparing them for the
environment they will be entering, are an important way of maintaining which of the
following?
a. economic stability
b. balance
c. hierarchies
d. traditional leadership
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Codes of Conduct
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
15. According to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), in 2011 how
many Native students were attending universities in Canada?
a. 250
b. 2,500
c. 25,000
d. 125,000
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Contemporary Thinkers
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
16. Of the estimated 53 Native languages in Canada, experts anticipate that within 10 years only
which three will be spoken?
a. Blackfoot, Tlingit, Dene
b. Michif, Mi’qmac, Gwich’in
c. Tsilhqo’tin, Chipewayan, Slavey
d. Cree, Ojibway, Inuktitut
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Contemporary Thinkers: Native Languages
OBJ: n/a BLM: Higher Order
, 17. How many First Nations communities currently exist in Canada?
a. 534
b. 634
c. 734
d. 834
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: A Word about Terminology (in Preface)
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
18. The first North American Native Studies department, at the University of Minnesota, has been
described as a child of which of the following?
a. the Civil Rights Movement and the Red Power Movement
b. the growing awareness of human rights and the Red Power Movement
c. the Civil Rights Movement and growing Native populations
d. the Civil Rights Movement and a growing awareness of human rights
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: What Is Native Studies? (in Preface)
OBJ: n/a BLM: Higher Order
19. What was the first Native Studies program located at Trent University initially called?
a. Native and Eskimo Studies
b. Native and Northern Studies
c. Indian and Northern Studies
d. Indian and Eskimo Studies
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: What Is Native Studies? (in Preface)
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
20. Roughly how many people in Canada identify as Aboriginal persons?
a. 14,000
b. 140,000
c. 1,400,000
d. 14,000,000
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: A Word about Terminology (in Preface)
OBJ: n/a BLM: Remember
