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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Author's Note-Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?
(a) Expansionism.
(b) Development.
(c) Neocolonialism.
(d) Capitalism.

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

4. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?
(a) From Arab nations.
(b) From African nations.
(c) From West Asian nations.
(d) From East Asian nations.

5. According to Dunbar Ortiz, white supremacy became an integral part of which religion's ideology?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies develop agriculture?

2. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

3. Who were the Conversos?

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies migrate out of Africa?

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

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