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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Indian Rights Association formed in Philadelphia?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1882.

2. When did Samuel de Champlain land at the site that would become Quebec?
(a) 1608.
(b) 1611.
(c) 1602.
(d) 1617.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. When were the last compulsory boarding school programs suspended?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1924.
(c) Late 1930s.
(d) Late 1920s.

10. When did Columbus make a fourth voyage to the Caribbean?
(a) 1502.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1509.
(d) 1511.

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

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

13. Where was a large homeland secured for the Lakota in the second Treaty of Fort Laramie?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Southwestern South Dakota and northern Nebraska.
(d) Northwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Sam Cleveland join the Army?

5. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?

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