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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many students died at the Carlisle school?
(a) 135.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 150.
(d) Hundreds.

2. Where did thousands of Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicasaw families move to from Oklahoma and became homesteaders?
(a) Wyoming and Montana.
(b) Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah.
(c) Missouri and Texas.
(d) Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado.

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

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

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

6. In 1863, how much land were the Red Lake Band and Pembina Band of Ojibwe coerced into signing away?
(a) 16 million acres.
(b) 9 million acres.
(c) 5 million acres.
(d) 11 million acres.

7. Where did Treuer watch Indian fighting matches in 2012?
(a) Leech Lake Reservation.
(b) Bois Fort Reservation.
(c) Deer Creek Reservation.
(d) Mille Lac Reservation.

8. Within a couple of decades after allotment, what percent of Indian land passed into white ownership?
(a) 80.
(b) 95.
(c) 85.
(d) 90.

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

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

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

12. When Ponce de Leon arrived in Florida in 1513, how long had Indians been living there?
(a) About 10,000 years.
(b) 15,000 years.
(c) 11,000 years.
(d) At least 12,000 years.

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

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

15. How many days did it take to find Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird after her mother was gunned down at Wounded Knee Creek?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1495, how many Indians did Columbus ship back to Spain for sale?

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

3. When was the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee published?

4. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?

5. When was the first Homestead Act passed?

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