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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dunbar-Ortiz argues that Europeans colonists conquered what, rather than land?
(a) Dreams.
(b) People.
(c) Animals.
(d) Oceans.

2. What Native term was used as a code name during the assassination of Osama Bin Laden?
(a) Tomahawk.
(b) Teepee.
(c) Geronimo.
(d) Thunderbird.

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

4. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, which population was the first to be forcibly organized and exploited by European aristocracy?
(a) Southeast Asians.
(b) Native Caribbean.
(c) Western Africans.
(d) European peasantry.

5. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?
(a) Women were often accused of witchcraft and executed.
(b) Women were allowed to vote and hold political office.
(c) Women were often sent abroad and served as soldiers.
(d) Women were allowed to attend universities and gain degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other name was used for the Seven Years' War?

2. What term is used by the U.S. military to describe areas behind enemy lines?

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies migrate out of Africa?

4. Prior to the Colonial era, how many Native people inhabited the region that is now part of the U.S.?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, who were the "foot soldiers of the British Empire building" (52)?

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