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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Arizona and New Mexico allow Indians to vote?

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

3. During what century did Leif Eriksson explore the northern Atlantic littoral?

4. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?

5. About how large is Leech Lake Reservation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Treuer describe the Ojibwe and their beginnings?

2. What type of structures did the Nasaazi construct?

3. What was the purpose of the Indian boarding schools?

4. What were the Hopewell cutlures and how did they bury their dead?

5. Why are there not many archaeological findings in the Southeast on the Atlantic coast?

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

7. What was the Indian Reorganization Act?

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

9. What is the earliest verified record of settlement in North America?

10. What disease did Treuer believe his cousin Sam battled when he fought?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Indian boarding schools were created to teach Indian children English and American ways of life. What were Indian boarding schools like? Were the children indoctrinated and brainwashed in the schools?

Essay Topic 2

Bob Matthews makes his living from hunting and gathering. How does Bob Matthews make his living from hunting and gathering? How are his efforts a job? How is the way he lives off the land different from the common perception of hunter-gatherers or of off-grid living?

Essay Topic 3

Arthur Vivian Watkins was a devout Mormon from Utah who became a U.S. Senator. What did Watkins believe about Indians and the best way to deal with them? How did being a Mormon influence how Watkins made policy and why he believed in termination?

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