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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been the basis on which racial relations have been defined ever since the first settlers got off the boat?
(a) Land.
(b) Money.
(c) Hunting rights.
(d) Water rights.

2. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) The Reorganization Act.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The United States Government.
(d) White America.

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

4. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?
(a) The National Water Rights of Indian Reservations.
(b) The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Youth Council.
(c) The National War Survivors of America.
(d) The National Land Rights Owners.

5. When the buffalo were gone, what did the Sioux eat to keep from starving?
(a) Cats.
(b) Skunks.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the main goal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs when it was started?

2. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?

3. Under what presidential administration did the policy of Relocation begin?

4. Who does the area office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Aberdeen, South Dakota serve?

5. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?

(see the answer key)

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