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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, how many U.S. presidents were of Ulster-Scots lineage?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

4. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 15%.

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

6. What was the name of the first governing document of Plymouth Colony?
(a) The Federalist Papers.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Mayflower Compact.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

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

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

9. What is the term for a narrative describing how a nation came to exist?
(a) A source legend.
(b) A creation myth.
(c) A genesis legend.
(d) An origin myth.

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

11. What Christian denomination did most Calvinists belong to?
(a) Methodism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Presbyterianism.
(d) Lutherenism.

12. What Native term was used as a code name during the assassination of Osama Bin Laden?
(a) Teepee.
(b) Geronimo.
(c) Thunderbird.
(d) Tomahawk.

13. How does corn differ from most grains?
(a) It's harvested by flooding the land.
(b) It germinates beneath the soil.
(c) It cannot be eaten raw.
(d) It cannot grow in the wild.

14. What term, coined in the 1940s, describes the systemic annihilation of a group of people?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Termination.
(c) Extinction.
(d) Erasure.

15. How many Ulster-Scots emigrated to North America during 1717-1775?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?

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

3. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for land as a commodity?

4. How did Native communities make important decisions?

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

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