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1 .       When using the word "Primitive" in referring to archaic and tribal religions the best sense should be taken to mean [Hint]



2 .       Which of the following is not characteristic of prehistoric religion? [Hint]



3 .       Which of the following terms was used by Eliade to refer to a religious worldview coextensive with archaic hunters and farmers as well as with some contemporary exponents? [Hint]



4 .       What is the technical term for a "hidden god"? [Hint]



5 .       Which of the following terms indicates a "rite of passage"? [Hint]



6 .       Although applied to the spiritual adepts in a wide variety of cultural contexts worldwide, which of the following is the actual origin of the word "Shaman"? [Hint]



7 .       Which of the following is associated with Hunter/Gatherers? [Hint]



8 .       Which of the following reasons best accounts for the fact that it took over a million years for humans to invent agriculture? [Hint]



9 .       Which of the following means "Old Stone Age"? [Hint]



10 .       When was agriculture was invented? [Hint]



11 .       Who made the following statement: "Why bother to grow crops when there are so many mongongo nuts in the world?" [Hint]



12 .       Which one of the following is the story of a young maiden who was spawned from the coconut a hunter found on the tusk of a boar he had killed? She was later chopped up and planted to become previously unknown types of food. [Hint]



13 .       Which of the following best represents the controversial interpretations of the late Marija Gimbutas and others concerning the pervasive female symbolism present among archaic agriculturists? [Hint]



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