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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" in what year?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1701.
(c) 1607.
(d) 1602.

2. Smallpox was responsible for how many estimated deaths during the 20th century?
(a) 100-300 million.
(b) 300-500 million.
(c) 100-200 million.
(d) 600-800 million.

3. Where was John Heckewelder born?
(a) Bedford, England.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) London, England.

4. What word refers to the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective and with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture?
(a) Europeanism.
(b) Francocism.
(c) Eurocentricism.
(d) Anglicism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John Heckewelder born?

2. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas followed a tribe called what for many years over different kinds of terrain?

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Tawiskaron proves to be a great what?

4. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?

5. John Norton played a prominent role in what conflict, leading Iroquois warriors from Grand River into battle against American invaders?

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