1- What is a symbol

2- Displacement is a characteristic of symbols. Explain.

3- The appearance of the swastika in a Navaho weaving tells us what about symbols?

4- What does the swastika represent? Give examples of different cultures.

5-What does the pentagram symbolize? Give examples of different meanings.

6- Who was Lord Pakal? Where and when did he rule? Explain the relevance of his sarcophagus.

7- What example is given in the chapter arguing that color terminology is determined by culture?

8- Who are the orisha?

9- Explain The Mayan calendar and the importance of the number 52.

10- Why do you think the Islamic calendar is based on the moon? What other calendars you know are based on the moon?

11- What is the name of the calendar that is used for secular purposes in the industrial world?

12- What did you learn about Australian totemic beliefs? Expand in any of the journey narratives.

13-Why are ancestral water holes important for the Murngin of Australia?

14- Why are dance and music an elemental component to be analyzed by the anthropological perspective?