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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chapter 1 claim the Indians were treated by many of the gold rush miners?
(a) Ignored.
(b) Most were friendly.
(c) Many were killed.
(d) Fairly.

2. However, regarding time, the author said the Plains Indians use an animal hide to do what?
(a) Show their wealth.
(b) Worship buffalo.
(c) Keep a "Winter Count."
(d) Hide from whites.

3. Deloria claims that the only belief common to both Christianity and Indian religions is which of the following?
(a) Land.
(b) A creator.
(c) Music.
(d) Animals.

4. Deloria believes one of the greatest offenses to the Indian tribes was what?
(a) Changing their names.
(b) Locking them in jail.
(c) The desecration of burial grounds.
(d) Forcing them to cut their hair.

5. In Chapter 8, the origins of religion are examined from which of the following?
(a) The Germanic myth to Columbus.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) The Germanic myth to the Hopi.
(d) Japan to Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1950's, the BIA initiated a relocation program in California in an attempt to sell something that belonged to the Indians. What were they trying to sell?

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

3. According to Deloria, who believes creation will eventually end in destruction and judgment?

4. Why do some Americans object to the term "Native Americans"?

5. Until the 1970's, why did the term "vanishing Americans" refer to American Indians?

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