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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-Conclusion.

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) 70%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 80%.

2. What did the Wheeler-Howard bill eventually become?
(a) The Indian Appropriation Act.
(b) The Indian Reorganization Act.
(c) The Indian Removal Act.
(d) The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

3. Which of the following Native nations was a member of the Five Civilized Tribes?
(a) Apache.
(b) Seminole.
(c) Odawa.
(d) Osage.

4. What belief structure promoted the idea that human societies were subject to "natural selection"?
(a) Human selectionism.
(b) Social Darwinism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Socialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Secretary of War advocated for the absolute extinction of Native communities?

2. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?

3. What was the name of the 1785 treaty, in which the U.S. government agreed to restrict settlement east of the Blue Ridge Mountains?

4. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

5. Which nationality did Admiral George Dewey refer to as "Indians"?

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