The following comes from the Zuni emergence tale, Talk Concerning the First Beginning: “Whenever the waters are exhausted and the seeds are exhausted you will send us prayer sticks. Yonder at the place of our first beginning with them we shall bend
over to speak to them. Thus there will not fail to be waters.” Who makes this promise?
a) children’s deified spirits, known as kachinas
b) the Sun Father
c) parents of children transformed into water creatures
d) the Hero Twins
Answer: A
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Which statement best characterizes power relations among the centers of Eurasian civilizations as they approached the year 1450?
a. Islamic caliphates are reaching the height of their power and influence b. Ming rulers of China have redoubled their efforts to move to the center of maritime trading networks in the East Asian and Indian Ocean c. A power vacuum of sorts has opened, as Byzantine, Abbasid, and Ming Chinese powers become less of a force in global affairs d. Western Europe dominates world trade e. South and East Asia are no longer important sources of luxury items in long-distance trade networks and become increasingly isolated
Almost all the compositions in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book use ____
A) variation technique B) English cross (false) relations C) paraphrase technique D) seconda pratica