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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of profits was Christopher Columbus contracted to receive for the goods he brought back to the King and Queen of Spain during his voyage when he accidentally encountered the Americas?
(a) 10%
(b) 40%
(c) 5%
(d) 25%

2. The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign nation in North America from 1836 until what year?
(a) 1859
(b) 1862
(c) 1846
(d) 1923

3. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by what U.S. President?
(a) James Polk
(b) Andrew Jackson
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Martin Van Buren

4. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
(a) The Province of Maine
(b) The Jamestown Colony
(c) The Plymouth Colony
(d) The Massachusetts Bay Colony

5. What name refers to a 19th century secret society composed mainly of Irish and Irish-American coal miners?
(a) The Cupie Dolls
(b) The Black Underground
(c) The Molly Maguires
(d) The Lowell Mill Girls

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men did Columbus leave behind at the Navidad fort?

2. When did the Seven Years’ War begin?

3. When did James Polk serve as President of the United States?

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?

5. The word “Arawak” comes from “aru” which is the Lucayan word for what?

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