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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities?
(a) Missionary.
(b) Emissary.
(c) Conquistador.
(d) Debutante.

2. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Wigwam.
(b) Pagoda.
(c) Tipi.
(d) Attawam.

3. What is defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil?
(a) Irrigation.
(b) Aqualogy.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Contraptualism.

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?
(a) Idiom.
(b) Syllogism.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and who?

2. To help control Indian populations, Europeans would install what, who would support European interests, which included sending Indian warriors into European wars?

3. What refers to money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete or public official?

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

5. What is the most severe and common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever?

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