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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. Where were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?
(a) Split Rock Creek.
(b) Wounded Knee Creek.
(c) James Creek.
(d) Skunk Creek.

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

3. 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) 1800.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1802.

4. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1868.

5. How many years of Indian history does Treuer tell in the book?
(a) 126.
(b) 138.
(c) 131.
(d) 128.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee published?

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

3. When was the battle of the Little Bighorn?

4. Since what time were spices traded from east to west via coastal routes?

5. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?

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