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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Narrating the Apocalypse: 10,000 BCE-1890.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did it take to find Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird after her mother was gunned down at Wounded Knee Creek?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. Since what time were spices traded from east to west via coastal routes?
(a) 1980 BCE.
(b) At least 3000 BCE.
(c) Around 2000 BCE.
(d) 3500 BCE.

3. In 1495, how many Indians did Columbus ship back to Spain for sale?
(a) 550.
(b) 620.
(c) 480.
(d) 390.

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

5. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?
(a) 95%.
(b) As much as 90%.
(c) 65%.
(d) About 70%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many square miles do the Great Plains cover?

2. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?

3. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?

4. When did English fishing fleets begin fishing in Newfoundland waters?

5. When was the battle of the Little Bighorn?

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