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

2. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, where did the concept of white supremacy originate?
(a) During the Confederacy.
(b) During the Industrial Revolution.
(c) During the Renaissance.
(d) During the Crusades.

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

4. What became of the descendants of European peasants who were exploited and thrown off their land?
(a) Many chose to move to Asian and African regions.
(b) Many chose to open their own business.
(c) Many became European aristocracy.
(d) Many became settler-colonists in the Americas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term, coined in the 1940s, describes the systemic annihilation of a group of people?

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

3. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?

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

5. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?

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