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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) 4.
(d) 5.

2. When did the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople?
(a) 1494.
(b) 1438.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1453.

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

4. In 1890, how many Indians did the U.S. Census Bureau tabulate?
(a) 180,000.
(b) Less than 200,000.
(c) Around 300,000.
(d) 220,000.

5. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?
(a) 10th.
(b) 13th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 12th.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Samuel de Champlain land at the site that would become Quebec?

2. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

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

4. How far back may humans have lived at the site found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter?

5. On December 20, 1890, how many followers left Standing Rock Reservation with Spotted Elk?

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