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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Latin term for "land without people" (2)?
(a) Terra nullius.
(b) Terra occupatum.
(c) Terra frequens.
(d) Terra incognita.

3. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?
(a) As a barren wasteland.
(b) As a complex civilization.
(c) As a confining spare or prison.
(d) As a virgin land or wilderness.

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

5. What year were Israel and South Africa founded?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?

2. How does corn differ from most grains?

3. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?

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

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

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