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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Indian tribes begin to organize themselves formally in spite of the Office of Indian Affairs and the federal government?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1911.

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

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

4. Where did the Ghost Dance religion start?
(a) Montana.
(b) Nevada.
(c) Utah.
(d) Wyoming.

5. When did Zintkala Nuni or Lost Bird die?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Jack Wilson have a vision of the Ghost Dance?

3. When did Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) land on the mainland of North America?

4. During the first five years of the California gold rush, how many tons of gold were mined by placer mining?

5. How many Lakota survived Wounded Knee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Indian Reorganization Act?

2. By the beginning of the seventeenth century, how was the North American continent divided?

3. In 1883, what became Indian offenses, and what was the purpose of a bill passed to establish law and order among the Indians?

4. Why did Indians resist the draft during World War I?

5. What is Leech Lake Reservation?

6. By the end of 1890, how did everything seem to be over for Indians?

7. How did the Cherokee and other tribes take advantage of the Homestead Act?

8. What happened when Chief Standing Bear and his followers took the chief's eldest son's body to be buried in Nebraska on their ancestral homelands?

9. What was the First Seminole War, and what happened after the war?

10. What did Indian Rights groups in the 1880s say about the reservation system?

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