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

2. What is the Latin term for "land without people" (2)?
(a) Terra incognita.
(b) Terra nullius.
(c) Terra frequens.
(d) Terra occupatum.

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

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

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies develop agriculture?
(a) 5,000 years ago.
(b) 7,000 years ago.
(c) 12,000 years ago.
(d) 10,000 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Native communities make important decisions?

2. The American bison was indigenous to what region?

3. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, which population was the first to be forcibly organized and exploited by European aristocracy?

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what drove colonialization projects in the 1600s?

5. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for land as a commodity?

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