An experience common to many Native American tribes in North America involves adolescent males being taken into a "sweat lodge" where a medicine man helps purify their body and spirit. According to the authors, this rite of passage is known as
A) ancestry quest.
B) vision quest.
C) cleansing quest.
D) earth quest.

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The correct term for this rite of passage is "vision quest." It is a spiritual journey undertaken by adolescent males in many Native American cultures, often involving a period of fasting, isolation, and meditation in nature, guided by a medicine man or shaman, to seek personal growth, guidance, and a vision for their life path.

An Experience Common to Many Native American Tribes in North