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

2. What did the Doctrine of Discovery state?
(a) The Philippines were open to American expansion.
(b) Africa was open to the Spanish conquest.
(c) Canada was open to American expansion.
(d) The Americas were open to the Spanish conquest.

3. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?
(a) Women were often sent abroad and served as soldiers.
(b) Women were often accused of witchcraft and executed.
(c) Women were allowed to vote and hold political office.
(d) Women were allowed to attend universities and gain degrees.

4. Who were the Conversos?
(a) Muslims who had converted to Judaism.
(b) Christians who had converted to Judaism.
(c) Muslims who had converted to Christianity.
(d) Jewish people who had converted to Christianity.

5. The American bison was indigenous to what region?
(a) The northern and southern plains.
(b) The eastern seaboard.
(c) The southeastern swampland.
(d) The southwestern deserts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term, designed to "diffuse the locus of guilt" (4), does Bernard Sheehan use to describe Native-Euro-American relations?

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

3. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

4. How did Native communities make important decisions?

5. What is the Latin term for "land without people" (2)?

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