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

2. 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) 1803.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1800.

3. When Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in 1513, how long had Indians been living there?
(a) 11,000 years.
(b) At least 12,000 years.
(c) 15,000 years.
(d) About 10,000 years.

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

5. What Indians fought during the Revolutionary War and brought supplies and support to Washington and his troops when they were starving at Valley Forge?
(a) Pamunkey.
(b) Oneida.
(c) Iroquois.
(d) Chippewa.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Nez Perce forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Oregon to Idaho?

2. Within a couple of decades after allotment, what percent of Indian land passed into white ownership?

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

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

5. When did Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird die?

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