AMERICAN LITERATURE
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Settled in Northeastern US
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Kept the Navajo Origin Legend through oral tradition
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Believed that corn was crucial to creation
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B and C
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many Navajo soldiers are recognized in the annals of history for their role as Code Talkers, whereby they used the native language to create a code that was never broken by the enemy. Historians credit the Navajo Code Talkers for helping to win World War II.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anthropologists hypothesize that the Navajo split off from the Southern Athabaskans and migrated into the Southwest between 200 and 1300 A.D. Between 900 and 1525 A.D. the Navajos developed a rich and complex culture in the area of present-day northwestern New Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Navajo tribe is a Native American tribe living in the four corners region of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico. The Navajo refer to themselves as Dine, which means “The People.” In 2021, the Navajo tribe became the most populous tribe in the United States at close to 400, 000 enrolled members.
Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest known home of the Navajos was in the area between the Jemez and Lukachukai mountains, in what today is Northwestern New Mexico, but subsequently the people expanded westward and northward into portions of present-day Arizona and Utah.