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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?
(a) Lectured across the country in colleges and universities about American Indians.
(b) Gathered a full history of the American Indian in California.
(c) Published the finest contemporary material on Indians.
(d) Fought to establish the San Francisco Indian Reservation System.

2. How do most American Indians feels about taxes?
(a) They feel they owe taxes.
(b) They pay state taxes, but refuse to pay federal taxes.
(c) They feel they paid when they gave up two billion acres of land to the U.S.
(d) They feel, like other Americans, that they must pay taxes that are due.

3. What did one anthropologist admit spending while studying a tribe of less than a 1,000 people?
(a) One hundred and forty thousand dollars.
(b) A million dollars.
(c) Two hundred dollars.
(d) Two thousand dollars.

4. Why do anthropologists believe Indians drink?
(a) Because they are alcoholics.
(b) Because they are caught between two worlds.
(c) Because life on the reservation is like a party.
(d) Because they have weak father figures.

5. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1880.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

2. What does not overlap across state boundaries?

3. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?

4. What phrases does Mr. Farb continue to use when talking about Indians?

5. What was the decision about the Pottawatomie of Kansas during the time of termination?

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