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REL 1300- Quiz 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed In popular films, how are Indigenous people often portrayed? As vengeful people As hard-working people As a noble and dying people As cunning and clever people As homeless people - Answers As a noble and dying people Where have the majority of Indigenous peoples performed all or most of their rituals? In their homes Outdoors, in the natural world Underground In ritual baths In sacred buildings - Answers Outdoors, in the natural world In what culture is the Sun Dance ritual found? The Nuer of Africa The Maya of Central America Aboriginals of the North American plains The Xhosa of Africa The Ainu of Japan - Answers Aboriginals of the North American plains Which two elements have been of central importance to cultures that have typically been considered Indigenous? Texts and rituals Social division and an established priesthood Belief in God and ties to the land Kinship and location Dancing and signing - Answers Kinship and location Approximately how many indigenous people does the United Nations estimate are in the world? 500,000 100 million 2.3 billion 10 million 370 million - Answers 370 million What is syncretism? Being on the same wavelength as another person Culture remaining unchanged over centuries The assimilation of one culture by another The merging of elements from different cultures