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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. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1882.

2. How old was Treuer's grandmother when she was sent to Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wisconsin?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

4. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1880.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first Homestead Act passed?

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

3. How long did Canada have a boarding school system for Indians?

4. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?

5. What was the estimated population of Cahokia around 1050-1250 CE?

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