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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, in addition to intermarriage, some tribes sought to bolster their numbers by what means?
(a) Selling children.
(b) Converting to Christianity.
(c) Converting other tribes.
(d) Capturing Europeans.

2. One instance of land abuse was the "guardian system," put in place by Massachusetts in what year?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1746.
(c) 1737.
(d) 1711.

3. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?
(a) Prehistory.
(b) Adhistory.
(c) Subhistory.
(d) Premodernism.

4. The French and Indian War ended in what year?
(a) 1756.
(b) 1758.
(c) 1763.
(d) 1754.

5. What means to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition?
(a) Treason.
(b) Ransom.
(c) Coerce.
(d) Bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Indian Nonintercourse Act is the collective name given to how many statutes passed by the United States Congress?

2. In what year was the Treaty of Fort Stanwix concluded between the Iroquois and English delegate Sir William Johnson?

3. Phineas Stevens had been captured by what tribe at a young age and had learned their customs and language?

4. Joseph Brant had been taught at whose school?

5. What refers to a writing or document executed under seal and delivered to effect a conveyance, especially of real estate?

(see the answer key)

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