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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Norton played a prominent role in what conflict, leading Iroquois warriors from Grand River into battle against American invaders?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) Red Cloud's War.
(c) King Philip's War.
(d) The War of 1812.

2. After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in what year?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1991.

3. What is a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Diplomat.
(c) Missionary.
(d) Mercenary.

4. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
(a) Myth.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Custom.

5. 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?
(a) Treason.
(b) Incentive.
(c) Ransom.
(d) Bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, a "Great Spirit" punishes his daughter for what by casting her down a great hole in the heavens?

4. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?

5. In Chapter 1, an Iroquois creation story provided by John Norton was dated from what year?

(see the answer key)

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