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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?
(a) The Cherokee.
(b) The Zuni.
(c) The Apache.
(d) The Choctaw.

2. What did treaties initially do?
(a) They divided the church territories.
(b) They helped establish state lines.
(c) They marked the boundaries between the lands of the Indian nations and the U.S.
(d) They promised ownership of land that still belonged to the French.

3. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?
(a) United States v. Winans.
(b) United States v. Chippewa.
(c) United States v. Zimmerman.
(d) United States v. Menominees.

4. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Isaac Stevens.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

5. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?
(a) They are paid by the government NOT to grow crops.
(b) Their medical care is not as good as American Indians.
(c) They live in colder climates and have better housing.
(d) They have not had their basic governmental forms disturbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?

2. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?

3. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?

4. What, according to the author, did the white man discover that the American Indians still owned of value?

5. What was one emphasis outlined in the Termination Act?

(see the answer key)

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