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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Sam Cleveland's mother commit suicide?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2003.

4. By 1932, what was Joseph Oklahombi's monthly veteran's pension?
(a) $12.
(b) $15.
(c) $10.
(d) $9.

5. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?
(a) 355.
(b) More than 370.
(c) 410.
(d) About 290.

6. When was the first Homestead Act passed?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1864.

7. When did the Spanish attempt to settle in what is present-day South Carolina?
(a) 1498 and 1502.
(b) 1530 and 1570.
(c) 1526 and 1566.
(d) 1511 and 1521.

8. When did English fishing fleets begin fishing in Newfoundland waters?
(a) Early 1400s.
(b) Early 1500s.
(c) Late 1500s.
(d) Late 1400s.

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

10. Where were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?
(a) Wounded Knee Creek.
(b) Skunk Creek.
(c) Split Rock Creek.
(d) James Creek.

11. When did a party of Dakota attack a Ojibwe sugar camp near the Saint Croix River?
(a) March 1850.
(b) April 1850.
(c) June 1850.
(d) February 1850.

12. When were peaceful Blackfeet massacred on the Marais River?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1870.
(d) 1878.

13. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 55,000.

14. How many more times likely were Native students to drop out of house school than whites?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what lake is the town of Bena?

2. How many Indian men were drafted during World War I?

3. When was an order for Sitting Bull's arrest issued?

4. How many days did it take to find Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird after her mother was gunned down at Wounded Knee Creek?

5. On December 20, 1890, how many followers left Standing Rock Reservation with Spotted Elk?

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