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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Falling in love with a mortal.
(b) Killing her brother.
(c) Disobeying his will.
(d) Becoming pregnant out of wedlock.

2. Of what tribe was Josiah Jeremy?
(a) The Micmac Indians.
(b) The Apache people.
(c) The Apalachicolas.
(d) The Cherokee people.

3. 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 French and Indian War.
(b) Red Cloud's War.
(c) The Battle of Red Wing.
(d) King Philip's War.

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

5. 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) Allegory.
(b) Idiom.
(c) Syllogism.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?

2. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, how many tribes did the Kasihtas meet by the mountain?

3. Samson Occom is believed to be a direct descendant of what famous Mohegan chief?

4. When did John Eliot come to America?

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

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