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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smallpox was responsible for how many estimated deaths during the 20th century?
(a) 100-300 million.
(b) 100-200 million.
(c) 300-500 million.
(d) 600-800 million.

2. When was John Norton born?
(a) Early 1760s.
(b) Early 1750s.
(c) Late 1770s.
(d) Early 1800s.

3. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas proved their seniority among the other tribes by having a great war, and accumulating more what than other tribes?
(a) Heads.
(b) Scalps.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Allies.

4. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Irony.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Metaphor.

5. John Norton was adopted by the Mohawks, with who as his uncle?
(a) King Philip.
(b) Penobscot.
(c) Alexander McGillivray.
(d) Joseph Brant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dealt a terrible blow to many Indian tribes, leading to further dependence on European goods and foolish land deals?

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

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

4. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, who kills the daughter of the "Great Spirit" in childbirth by trying to exit the womb from "the side"?

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

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