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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to both the process and product of planning, designing and construction of buildings or structures?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Endography.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Topography.

2. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, how many tribes did the Kasihtas meet by the mountain?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. What term means having a vocabulary composed primarily of short, simple words?
(a) Eloquent.
(b) Significant.
(c) Monosyllabic.
(d) Minisyllabic.

4. John Norton was born of a Cherokee father and a mother from where?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) France.
(d) Denmark.

5. The Chichimeca War was a military conflict waged between Spanish colonizers against a confederation of Chichimeca Indians during what years?
(a) 1250-1270.
(b) 1620-1630.
(c) 1600-1665.
(d) 1550-1590.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?

2. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?

3. What means to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition?

4. Some estimates indicate case fatality rates of what percentage in Native American populations during smallpox epidemics?

5. Smallpox was responsible for how many estimated deaths during the 20th century?

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