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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. By 1932, what was Joseph Oklahombi's monthly veteran's pension?
(a) $10.
(b) $15.
(c) $9.
(d) $12.
2. When did English fishing fleets begin fishing in Newfoundland waters?
(a) Late 1500s.
(b) Late 1400s.
(c) Early 1500s.
(d) Early 1400s.
3. When did the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople?
(a) 1494.
(b) 1438.
(c) 1453.
(d) 1411.
4. When was Waabojiig, White, Fisher, probably born?
(a) 1743.
(b) 1738.
(c) 1739.
(d) 1747.
5. When did Indian tribes begin to organize themselves formally in spite of the Office of Indian Affairs and the federal government?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1911.
6. How long did Canada have a boarding school system for Indians?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1970s.
7. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?
(a) 11th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 13th.
8. Until what date were most American Indians not considered American citizens?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1927.
9. When did Samuel de Champlain land at the site that would become Quebec?
(a) 1617.
(b) 1611.
(c) 1608.
(d) 1602.
10. When did Sam Cleveland's mother commit suicide?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2005.
11. Within a couple of decades after allotment, what percent of Indian land passed into white ownership?
(a) 90.
(b) 85.
(c) 95.
(d) 80.
12. When were the last compulsory boarding school programs suspended?
(a) Late 1930s.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1938.
(d) Late 1920s.
13. How many more times likely were Native students to drop out of house school than whites?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.
14. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?
(a) About 70%.
(b) 65%.
(c) As much as 90%.
(d) 95%.
15. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?
(a) 1488.
(b) 1483.
(c) 1497.
(d) 1490.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?
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?
3. When did Arizona and New Mexico allow Indians to vote?
4. When did Ely Parker become the first Indian to be placed in charge of the Office of Indian Affairs?
5. How many square miles do the Great Plains cover?
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