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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Becoming Indian: 1970-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Twenty years after the Menominee's suit with the federal government was settled, how much were they awarded in federal court?
(a) $4.7 million.
(b) $6.2 million.
(c) $2.4 million.
(d) $8.5 million.

2. Where did Columbus land in 1492?
(a) Bahamas.
(b) Cuba.
(c) North America.
(d) South America.

3. At about what time was Acoma settled?
(a) 1150 CE.
(b) 1000 CE.
(c) 1050 CE.
(d) 1100 CE.

4. When were the Nez Perce forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Oregon to Idaho?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1877.

5. How far back may humans have lived at the site found at Meadowcroft Rockshelter?
(a) 7,000 years.
(b) 15,000 years.
(c) 9,000 years.
(d) 19,000 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Blackfeet known as?

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

3. When did a group of Meskwaki get permission from the Iowa state legislature to buy land in Tama County?

4. Until what date were most American Indians not considered American citizens?

5. What did Matthews and Treuer collect when they met in the woods?

(see the answer key)

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