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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 other name was used for the Seven Years' War?
(a) The War of Spanish Succession.
(b) The War of Roses.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) The Boer War.

2. What job or task did most Scots-Irish settlers perform?
(a) Mining.
(b) Cattle-ranching.
(c) Farming.
(d) Book-keeping.

3. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
(a) John Knox.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) John Smith.
(d) John Locke.

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 became European aristocracy.
(c) Many chose to open their own business.
(d) Many became settler-colonists in the Americas.

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) 60%.
(d) 70%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?

2. Dunbar-Ortiz argues that Europeans colonists conquered what, rather than land?

3. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?

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

5. Which of the following tribes was a member of the Six Nations of the Iroquois confederacy?

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