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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after inadvertently landing in the Americas, he told the Queen and King of Spain that he had reached Asia and an island off of China. In reality, Columbus had traveled to what currently-known locations?
(a) To California and Oregon
(b) To Maine and Massachusetts
(c) To Cuba and Hispaniola
(d) To Virginia and Louisiana

2. Where was James Polk born?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) Massachusetts
(c) Connecticut
(d) North Carolina

3. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?
(a) Coconut oil
(b) Banana leaf
(c) Elk
(d) Cassava flour

4. Who among Christopher Columbus’s shipmates took the Pinta on an unauthorized expedition in search of an island called "Babeque" to search for gold while in Cuba?
(a) Bartolome de las Casas
(b) Martín Alonso Pinzón
(c) William Berkeley
(d) Nathan Bacon

5. How many men did Columbus leave behind at the Navidad fort?
(a) 19
(b) 39
(c) 20
(d) 59

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Treaty of Paris signed?

2. The First Seminole War began in 1814 and lasted until what year?

3. The Louisiana Purchase was an acquisition by the United States of lands claimed by France which took place in what year?

4. When did Christopher Columbus first encounter the Arawak people?

5. In Chapter 9, the author asserts that in 1790, there were 500,000 slaves in the U.S. How many slaves were there in 1860?

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