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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 term is used by the U.S. military to describe areas behind enemy lines?
(a) Indian Country.
(b) Hostile Territory.
(c) War Council.
(d) No-Man's Land.

2. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?
(a) He traded gold and silver in exchange for Native help.
(b) He promised that the English government would repay Natives.
(c) He claimed that the Native people had a spiritual duty of offer help.
(d) He threatened to kill all Native women and children.

3. 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.

4. Who were the Conversos?
(a) Christians who had converted to Judaism.
(b) Muslims who had converted to Christianity.
(c) Jewish people who had converted to Christianity.
(d) Muslims who had converted to Judaism.

5. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?
(a) 80%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 60%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the outcome of the Treaty of Paris?

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

3. Where nations did the Ulster-Scots originate from?

4. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

5. What year were Israel and South Africa founded?

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