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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dunbar Ortiz, white supremacy became an integral part of which religion's ideology?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Islam.

2. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?
(a) From Arab nations.
(b) From African nations.
(c) From West Asian nations.
(d) From East Asian nations.

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

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

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

6. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?
(a) Pseudoamerica.
(b) Mesoamerica.
(c) Primitive America.
(d) Ancient America.

7. Native populations developed an extensive system of roadways. What did most of these early roadways eventually become?
(a) Railroad tracks.
(b) Airport runways.
(c) Modern highways.
(d) Historical monuments.

8. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Development.
(c) Neocolonialism.
(d) Expansionism.

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

10. Prior to the Colonial era, how many Native people inhabited the region that is now part of the U.S.?
(a) 15 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 20 million.

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

12. Which of the following tribes was a member of the Six Nations of the Iroquois confederacy?
(a) The Navajo.
(b) The Sioux.
(c) The Cahuilla.
(d) The Seneca.

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

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

15. What was the primary crop in Native American agriculture?
(a) Corn.
(b) Millet.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what drove colonialization projects in the 1600s?

2. What became of the descendants of European peasants who were exploited and thrown off their land?

3. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, where did the concept of white supremacy originate?

4. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

5. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?

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