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

2. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?
(a) Genocidal.
(b) Imperial.
(c) Abnormal.
(d) Consequential.

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

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

5. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for the specific type of colonialism used to form the United States?
(a) Exploitation colonialism.
(b) Settler colonialism.
(c) Surrogate colonialism.
(d) Imperialist colonialism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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