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

2. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?
(a) As violent, lazy, and stupid.
(b) As intelligent, savvy, and cunning.
(c) As brave, courageous, and capable.
(d) As greedy, selfish, and avaricious.

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

4. What term, coined in the 1940s, describes the systemic annihilation of a group of people?
(a) Erasure.
(b) Termination.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Extinction.

5. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for land as a commodity?
(a) Settler plots.
(b) Territories.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Freeholds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does corn differ from most grains?

3. What term does anthropologist Michael Wilcox use to describe the historical tendency to gloss over the "disappearance" of native people?

4. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, where did the concept of white supremacy originate?

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

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