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

2. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?
(a) 1488.
(b) 1483.
(c) 1490.
(d) 1497.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?

2. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

3. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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