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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to the Colonial era, how many Native people inhabited the region that is now part of the U.S.?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 15 million.

2. What year did Texas become a U.S. state?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1845.

3. What was the name of the priest who was an instrumental part of the Mexican independence movement?
(a) Junipero Serra.
(b) Miguel Hidalgo.
(c) Mari Sandoz.
(d) Juan Ponce de Leon.

4. How many indigenous people and their allies were killed when Jackson's forces attacked the Tohopeka stronghold at Horseshoe Bend?
(a) 800.
(b) 900.
(c) 700.
(d) 600.

5. How did Native communities make important decisions?
(a) Women and elders took a vote.
(b) Their priests made all decisions.
(c) They sought a group consensus.
(d) Elected official decided for the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following Native nations was a member of the Five Civilized Tribes?

2. What Christian denomination did most Calvinists belong to?

3. How many future states developed in the territory acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?

4. Why did the U.S. army destroy the Prophet's Town?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, which Christian denomination represented the "elite" in the Colonial era?

(see the answer key)

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