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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term for a narrative describing how a nation came to exist?
(a) An origin myth.
(b) A genesis legend.
(c) A creation myth.
(d) A source legend.

2. How does corn differ from most grains?
(a) It cannot be eaten raw.
(b) It germinates beneath the soil.
(c) It cannot grow in the wild.
(d) It's harvested by flooding the land.

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, who were the "foot soldiers of the British Empire building" (52)?
(a) The Irish Catholics.
(b) The German peasantry.
(c) The English peasantry.
(d) The Scots-Irish.

4. What percentage of the 16,000 Cherokees who were forced onto the Trail of Tears perished on the journey?
(a) 20%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 30%.

5. What year was Tecumseh killed?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1813.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became of the descendants of European peasants who were exploited and thrown off their land?

2. What term was used for the "systemic destruction of all the indigenous agricultural resources" (61)?

3. When was Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

4. What year did Texas become a U.S. state?

5. What year were Israel and South Africa founded?

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