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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?
(a) 25%.
(b) 15%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.
2. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what drove colonialization projects in the 1600s?
(a) European wars.
(b) Housing prices.
(c) Missionary projects.
(d) Gold fever.
3. How did Native communities make important decisions?
(a) Elected official decided for the group.
(b) Women and elders took a vote.
(c) Their priests made all decisions.
(d) They sought a group consensus.
4. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?
(a) 90%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 70%.
5. The American bison was indigenous to what region?
(a) The eastern seaboard.
(b) The southwestern deserts.
(c) The northern and southern plains.
(d) The southeastern swampland.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?
2. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?
3. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?
4. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?
5. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?
Short Essay Questions
1. The Mayans practiced forced labor, often making servants of war prisoners and criminals. How did this practice differ from chattel slavery within the U.S.?
2. During the Colonial era, many colonialist nations claimed that Native Americans were not "using" their land. What counterargument does Dunbar-Ortiz offer?
3. How does Dunbar-Ortiz describe documents like the U.S. Constitution, the Mayflower Compact, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address?
4. By the 1700s, many farmers had turned to slavery. What economic explanation does Dunbar-Ortiz offer for the rise of slavery?
5. What was the Latin term for the papal law describing the "cleanliness of blood," or racial purity?
6. In Chapter 2, Dunbar-Ortiz speaks of "domestic crusades" that took place in Europe during the Crusades in the Arab world. What was the purpose of these domestic crusades?
7. Chapter 3 is titled "The Cult of the Covenant." What "covenant" does Dunbar-Ortiz refer to?
8. Some Native communities quickly accept tributary status under the new colonial regime. Why does Dunbar-Ortiz believe these communities chose to comply?
9. How did the bounty on scalp-hunting threaten Native communities?
10. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, the English popularized a theory that only they were made in God's image. What origins did they ascribe to other races?
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