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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?
(a) 60%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 90%.

2. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?
(a) As intelligent, savvy, and cunning.
(b) As greedy, selfish, and avaricious.
(c) As violent, lazy, and stupid.
(d) As brave, courageous, and capable.

3. What was the name of the first governing document of Plymouth Colony?
(a) The Mayflower Compact.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The Declaration of Independence.
(d) The Federalist Papers.

4. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?
(a) He promised that the English government would repay Natives.
(b) He threatened to kill all Native women and children.
(c) He traded gold and silver in exchange for Native help.
(d) He claimed that the Native people had a spiritual duty of offer help.

5. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for land as a commodity?
(a) Territories.
(b) Real estate.
(c) Freeholds.
(d) Settler plots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term, coined in the 1940s, describes the systemic annihilation of a group of people?

2. What form of warfare did Major General Jeffery Amherst infamously support using against Native people?

3. What term was used for Muslims who converted to Christianity?

4. The American bison was indigenous to what region?

5. What Native nation was predominant in the territory of Georgia during the early 1700s?

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