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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2002, what percent of tribes earned more than 65% of all Indian gaming revenue?
(a) 12%.
(b) 9%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 37%.

2. How many acres did the Menominee occupy before the arrival of the Europeans?
(a) About 8 million.
(b) 13 million.
(c) More than 10 million.
(d) 11 million.

3. When was the Turtle Mountain Reservation officially created by Congress?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1860s.

4. How much was distributed by the Pechanga Resort and Casino in 2006 in gaming profits to each tribal member?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $8,000.
(c) $290,000.
(d) $59,000.

5. When did the Winnebago file a claim in the Court of Claims?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1931.

6. Twenty years after the Menominee's suit with the federal government was settled, how much were they awarded in federal court?
(a) $2.4 million.
(b) $4.7 million.
(c) $6.2 million.
(d) $8.5 million.

7. When did the Blackfeet contract smallpox and thousands died?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1846.

8. As of 2017, how many tribes across the country have banished or disenrolled at least 8,000 tribal members in the past two decades?
(a) 68.
(b) About 30.
(c) More than 50.
(d) 47.

9. In 1958, what percent of Americans trusted the government to do what was right most of the time?
(a) 65%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 55%.

10. What did Matthews and Treuer collect when they met in the woods?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Spruce cones.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Trash.

11. What was the life expectancy for Indians by 1970?
(a) Between 60 and 70.
(b) Between 50 and 65.
(c) Between 55 and 60.
(d) Between 70 and 80.

12. When was the Blackfeet tribal constitution adopted?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1935.

13. When did the Seminole Tribe in Florida open tax-free cigarette stores on reservation land?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1976.

14. How many hours of cutting were required to get ten pounds of cranberry bark?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

15. When did the Menominee Reservation cease to exist?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Zachary Taylor president?

2. By what percent did the population of Indians incrased from 1980 to 1990?

3. In 1970, how many Indians, on or off the reservation, lived below the poverty level?

4. In the 1990 census, how many people identified as American Indian or Alaskan native?

5. When did Treuer drive from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Browning, Montana?

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