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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, who were the "foot soldiers of the British Empire building" (52)?
(a) The Scots-Irish.
(b) The English peasantry.
(c) The German peasantry.
(d) The Irish Catholics.

3. What term was used for the "systemic destruction of all the indigenous agricultural resources" (61)?
(a) Scorched ground.
(b) Feedfight.
(c) Dry cinders.
(d) Wipeout.

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

5. What Native nation was predominant in the territory of Georgia during the early 1700s?
(a) The Muskogee.
(b) The Miami.
(c) The Seminole.
(d) The Cherokee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does corn differ from most grains?

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

3. What was the name of the settler who first received a bounty in exchange for Native scalps?

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

5. What term was used for Muslims who converted to Christianity?

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