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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some estimates indicate case fatality rates of what percentage in Native American populations during smallpox epidemics?
(a) 70-80%.
(b) 80-90%.
(c) 40-50%.
(d) 60-70%.

2. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?
(a) Teharonghyawago.
(b) Tawiskaron.
(c) Teyoninhokovrawen.
(d) Kasihtas.

3. What term means having a vocabulary composed primarily of short, simple words?
(a) Significant.
(b) Minisyllabic.
(c) Eloquent.
(d) Monosyllabic.

4. What was an armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho and the United States in the Wyoming Territory and the Montana Territory from 1866 to 1868?
(a) The Battle of Red Wing.
(b) The French and Indian War.
(c) Red Cloud's War.
(d) King Philip's War.

5. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago grows up how?
(a) Alone and unloved.
(b) Rich and powerful.
(c) Peacefully and happily.
(d) Adored and spoiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what tribe was Josiah Jeremy?

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

3. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas killed what great animal by sacrificing an orphan baby to it?

4. 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?

5. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?

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