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

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies migrate out of Africa?
(a) 300,000 years ago.
(b) 100,000 years ago.
(c) 200,000 years ago.
(d) 50,000 years ago.

4. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?
(a) Ancient America.
(b) Mesoamerica.
(c) Primitive America.
(d) Pseudoamerica.

5. In U.S. settler colonialism, what was the primary commodity?
(a) Land.
(b) Gold.
(c) Horses.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?

2. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?

3. Native populations developed an extensive system of roadways. What did most of these early roadways eventually become?

4. According to Dunbar Ortiz, white supremacy became an integral part of which religion's ideology?

5. What was the primary crop in Native American agriculture?

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