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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?
(a) 12th.
(b) 13th.
(c) 11th.
(d) 10th.

2. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1862.

3. On what lake is the town of Bena?
(a) Ball Club Lake.
(b) Lake Winnibigoshish.
(c) Sixmile Lake.
(d) Leech Lake.

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

5. When did the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople?
(a) 1453.
(b) 1411.
(c) 1438.
(d) 1494.

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

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

8. When were 173 Blackfeet Indians killed by U.S. troops when they were directed to the wrong camp?
(a) March 1870.
(b) October 1869.
(c) January 1870.
(d) December 1869.

9. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?
(a) About 300.
(b) More than 200.
(c) 175.
(d) 230.

10. What is Treuer's ancestral village?
(a) Mission.
(b) Inger.
(c) Ball Club.
(d) Bena.

11. When did Sam Cleveland join the Army?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1992.

12. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1786.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1775.

13. About how large is Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 50 by 50 miles.
(b) 30 by 30 miles.
(c) 60 by 60 miles.
(d) 40 by 40 miles.

14. After the Civil War, how much did the Seminoles have to sell their reservation for?
(a) 20 cents an acre.
(b) 15 cents an acre.
(c) 10 cents an acre.
(d) 5 cents an acre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird die?

2. In 1890, how many Indians did the U.S. Census Bureau tabulate?

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

4. When did a party of Dakota attack a Ojibwe sugar camp near the Saint Croix River?

5. What did Treuer study in college?

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