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

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) 1602.
(b) 1607.
(c) 1771.
(d) 1701.

2. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?
(a) 5,000 B.C.
(b) 15,000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 B.C.
(d) 1,000 B.C.

3. The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and who?
(a) The Apache people.
(b) The Iriquois people.
(c) The Mapuche people.
(d) The Aztec people.

4. The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to what year?
(a) 1459.
(b) 1601.
(c) 1549.
(d) 1492.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?

2. 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?

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

4. Smallpox killed what estimated number of Europeans per year during the closing years of the 18th century?

5. What refers to the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory?

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