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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. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?
(a) 1498 and 1502.
(b) 1511 and 1521.
(c) 1526 and 1566.
(d) 1530 and 1570.

2. When was the battle of the Little Bighorn?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1872.

3. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?
(a) Around 4,500.
(b) 7,000.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) 3,200.

4. How many square miles do the Great Plains cover?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 750,000.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 1.3 milliion.

5. What did Treuer study in college?
(a) Psychology.
(b) History.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Anthropology.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?

2. When did Blackfeet warrior and orator Crowfoot die?

3. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?

4. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?

5. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?

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