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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter3, ecologists tried to turn attention away from the Civil Rights Movement by turning attention to what?
(a) The continent's rapidly deteriorating ecosystem.
(b) Bacteria in the ocean.
(c) The environment.
(d) Ocean temperature.

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

3. In Chapter 2, Deloria claims Indians were stereotyped into two categories prior to the incident at _______________.
(a) The Colorado River.
(b) Little Big Horn.
(c) Gallop, New Mexico.
(d) Wounded Knee.

4. What did the Civil Rights Movement promise?
(a) A better society.
(b) Religious freedom.
(c) Lower taxes.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the American Indian Religious Freedom Resolution?

2. In the 1960's, the Indians protested against government programs that stripped timber from their forests. What other privilege was taken away?

3. Deloria claims that many cultures perceive God as man because of which of the following?

4. Although tribal religions do believe in creation, Deloria states they do not believe in which of the following?

5. The majority of Indian religions, claims Deloria, refuse to think of a supreme being how?

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