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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Purgatory: 1891-1934.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 25,000.

2. How far back may humans have lived at the site found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter?
(a) 15,000 years.
(b) 9,000 years.
(c) 7,000 years.
(d) 19,000 years.

3. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?
(a) 1497.
(b) 1483.
(c) 1488.
(d) 1490.

4. When were peaceful Blackfeet massacred on the Marais River?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1878.

5. When did the state of Georgia agree to give up claims to land if the federal government would remove or reduce the Indians in Georgia?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1800.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?

2. Where did the Ghost Dance religion start?

3. How many years of Indian history does Treuer tell in the book?

4. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?

5. When Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in 1513, how long had Indians been living there?

(see the answer key)

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