Religions in the Americas

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Religions in the Americas
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F.O.A. (Bellwork)

• What is religion?
• Name as many religions as you can.

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What is a religion?

• a specific fundamental set of beliefs and
  practices generally agreed upon by a number of
  persons or sects

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Name that dude
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Name that dude
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Religions in Europe

• Until the 1500s the Roman Catholic Church was
  the only church in Western Europe

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Martin Luther

• In 1517 Martin Luther challenged many practices
  of the Catholic Church and soon split with the
  church completely

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Martin Luther

• Pope excommunicated him

• He wrote 95 Theses and posted them on the Castle
  Church in Wittenberg, Germany

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Some of Martin Luthers challenges

• Power of the Popes
• Believing that people could gain eternal life by
  performing good works
• INSTEAD he believed people could get to heaven
  by faith in God

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Because of Martin Luthers protests against the
church, his followers become known as Protestants
thus beginning the Protestant Reformation
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Splits in Western Europe

• Roman Catholic
• Spain
• France

• Protestant
• England
• Netherlands

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Quiz

• 1) In which region would you find the Inuit
  tribe?
• Southeast
• Southwest
• Arctic
• Subarctic
• 2) Which of the following is a home built into a
  cliff/mountain?
• Pueblo
• Kiva
• Longhouse
• Igloo

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Quiz

• 3) In these feasts wealthy gave away their stuff.
• Kivas
• Potlatches
• Neither
• A and B
• 4) Which of the following tribes loved war?
• Navajo
• Apache
• Anasazi
• A and B

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Quiz

• 5) Huge grassy area stretching from Canada to
  Texas describes which area?
• Southeast
• Southwest
• Great Plains
• Northeast
• 6) Which tribe farmed in the Southwest?
• Anasazi
• Cherokee
• Seminole
• Apache

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Quiz

• 7) Which of the following is associated with
  mounds?
• Cherokee
• Hopewell
• Seminole
• None of the Above
• 8) These were carved images that were animal or
  ancestor spirits on tall wooden poles.
• Potlatch C) Shaman
• Pueblo D) Totem

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Quiz

• 9) What was the Iroquois League?
• An alliance between tribes in the east
• An alliance between tribes in the Great Plains
• An alliance between tribes in the Northwest
• A competition between tribes in the Arctic
• 10) These were cone-shaped shelters.
• Kivas C) Pueblos
• Teepees D) Mounds

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BONUS!!!!!!!!

• Name five tribes
• Who started the Protestant Reformation?