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

2. Native populations developed an extensive system of roadways. What did most of these early roadways eventually become?
(a) Historical monuments.
(b) Airport runways.
(c) Modern highways.
(d) Railroad tracks.

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

4. Prior to the Colonial era, how many Native people inhabited the region that is now part of the U.S.?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 20 million.

5. What term does anthropologist Michael Wilcox use to describe the historical tendency to gloss over the "disappearance" of native people?
(a) Terminal narratives.
(b) Closing narratives.
(c) Final narratives.
(d) Ultimate narratives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?

3. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for the specific type of colonialism used to form the United States?

4. How did Native communities make important decisions?

5. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?

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