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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?
(a) 95%.
(b) About 70%.
(c) 65%.
(d) As much as 90%.

4. When did Richard Henry Pratt open the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1884.

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

6. In 1495, how many Indians did Columbus ship back to Spain for sale?
(a) 480.
(b) 620.
(c) 550.
(d) 390.

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

8. How many Indian men were drafted during World War I?
(a) 7,400.
(b) 4,300.
(c) 5,800.
(d) 6,500.

9. Until what date were most American Indians not considered American citizens?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1924.

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

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

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

13. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?
(a) Apache.
(b) Paiute.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Chickasaw.

14. When did a group of Meskwaki get permission from the Iowa state legislature to buy land in Tama County?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1878.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Indian tribes begin to organize themselves formally in spite of the Office of Indian Affairs and the federal government?

3. When did Blackfeet warrior and orator Crowfoot die?

4. In 1863, how much land were the Red Lake Band and Pembina Band of Ojibwe coerced into signing away?

5. When did English fishing fleets begin fishing in Newfoundland waters?

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