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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
(a) John Knox.
(b) John Smith.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) John Locke.

2. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?
(a) Consequential.
(b) Imperial.
(c) Abnormal.
(d) Genocidal.

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies develop agriculture?
(a) 10,000 years ago.
(b) 5,000 years ago.
(c) 12,000 years ago.
(d) 7,000 years ago.

4. What became of the descendants of European peasants who were exploited and thrown off their land?
(a) Many chose to open their own business.
(b) Many chose to move to Asian and African regions.
(c) Many became European aristocracy.
(d) Many became settler-colonists in the Americas.

5. What term does anthropologist Michael Wilcox use to describe the historical tendency to gloss over the "disappearance" of native people?
(a) Terminal narratives.
(b) Ultimate narratives.
(c) Closing narratives.
(d) Final narratives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the settler who first received a bounty in exchange for Native scalps?

2. How did Native communities make important decisions?

3. The American bison was indigenous to what region?

4. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?

5. What is the term for a narrative describing how a nation came to exist?

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