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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Nick Thompson claim needed printed maps?

2. Where does Basso say the richness of place-names comes from?

3. What does Basso say of the residents of Cibecue?

4. What do sagas focus on?

5. Who does Basso say were often concerned with the connection between American Indian communities and their ecological settings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Basso claim about the Apache understanding of communication?

2. Where is the Cibecue settlement located?

3. What does the land make people do, according to the Western Apache?

4. What can't materialist models not give an explanation of?

5. Why does Basso think the Western Apache emphasize the importance of the land?

6. What was the story of the Line of White Rocks Extends Up and Out?

7. How do local peoples relate to their geography?

8. What does "speaking with names" illustrate?

9. What happened at the end of the summer of 1981?

10. What do place-names generate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how local people relate themselves to their geography and how one can understand the landscape.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the story of Snakes' Water and discuss its meaning to the Western Apache.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how cultures preserve their history and examine Edward Spicer's argument that despite a love of their history, Western Apaches would not become tribal historians.

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