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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, where did the concept of white supremacy originate?
2. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?
3. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?
4. In U.S. settler colonialism, what was the primary commodity?
5. What is the Latin term for "land without people" (2)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the Latin term for the papal law describing the "cleanliness of blood," or racial purity?
2. What were three branches of government practiced within the Seminole and Muskogee nations?
3. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what was the economic impact of the Crusades?
4. 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.?
5. Chapter 3 is titled "The Cult of the Covenant." What "covenant" does Dunbar-Ortiz refer to?
6. By the 1700s, many farmers had turned to slavery. What economic explanation does Dunbar-Ortiz offer for the rise of slavery?
7. 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?
8. A popular theory suggests that the destruction of Native people was inevitable and primarily caused by disease. How does Dunbar-Ortiz respond?
9. Some Native communities quickly accept tributary status under the new colonial regime. Why does Dunbar-Ortiz believe these communities chose to comply?
10. How did the bounty on scalp-hunting threaten Native communities?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Territories within North American were required to achieve a certain demographic balance to attain statehood. How did these requirements lead to an ethnic cleansing of Native populations? Write an essay discussing the impact of these policies on both settler groups and Native communities.
Essay Topic 2
In An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz discusses the role that Native boarding schools, run by white settlers, played in colonialism and assimilation. Write an essay exploring the long-term impact of boarding schools on Native populations.
Essay Topic 3
Dunbar-Ortiz states that real estate formed "the basis of the U.S. economy and capital accumulation" (141). Write an essay discussing the role real estate played in the U.S. economy throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. How did the commoditization of land impact Native populations?
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