Question

once away from the sky chief, raven released the sun from its confinement. light shone across the entire earth, illuminating mountains, rivers, and oceans. raven no longer had to fly through the dark. but in ravens travels, he saw that there was no one to take care of the earth. he landed on a beach and stopped to think about how to solve this problem. read the passage from \the maori: genealogies and origins in new zealand.\ in a rage, tú opened his mouth and ate his brothers to punish them for their cowardice. tú’s descendants became the māori, the humans who are able to master anything that they decide to conquer: the forest, the sea, the food, and the earth. only tawhiri escapes tú’s wrath, and still today the māori battle against the hurricanes he sends from above. both cultures thought sunlight was important. both cultures thought courage was important. both cultures thought winning was important. both cultures thought nature was important.

Explanation:

The first passage focuses on Raven releasing the Sun, a critical natural element that illuminates the entire earth. The second passage centers on Māori descendants mastering natural elements like the forest, sea, and earth, and battling natural forces (hurricanes). Both texts emphasize the significance of natural elements and forces to the cultures.

Answer:

Both cultures thought nature was important.