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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some Americans object to the term "Native Americans"?
(a) They believe anyone born in the United States is a native American.
(b) The title "American Indian" is politically correct.
(c) The word "native" bears a negative connotation.
(d) Some people object to everything.

2. How was one way Indians tried to preserve their rights in Chapter 1?
(a) By holding hunger strikes.
(b) By holding whites hostage.
(c) By retaliating on white cemeteries.
(d) By using the legal system.

3. Name one major development between 1972 and 1990 that was mentioned in Chapter 2.
(a) Integration of religious Indian beliefs with that of traditional churches.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) The abolition of the Indian Christian Assembly.
(d) The creation of the Indian Christian Assembly.

4. When did the American public learn a great deal about American Indians?
(a) History.
(b) The 1990's.
(c) The 1940's.
(d) The 1960's and 1970's.

5. Chapter 1 says that many people believed Indian settlements were located where?
(a) Sitting atop valuable resources, such as oil and minerals.
(b) Places for teenagers to party.
(c) Becoming extinct.
(d) Sacred and forbidden to tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the 1960's, how did many tribes across the country begin to protest their treatment?

2. What was the reason for most Indian protests?

3. How did Deloria believe American Indians were treated?

4. What group accused the Gallup Chamber of Commerce of holding a Gallup ceremony in which Indians were not allowed to participate?

5. Why did some whites dig up Indian bodies from their graves?

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