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

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

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

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

5. How does corn differ from most grains?
(a) It germinates beneath the soil.
(b) It's harvested by flooding the land.
(c) It cannot grow in the wild.
(d) It cannot be eaten raw.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Native communities make important decisions?

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

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

4. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?

5. The American bison was indigenous to what region?

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