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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?
(a) Pharaoh Sekhemib-Perenmaat.
(b) King Edward I.
(c) Pharaoh Thutmose III.
(d) Pharaoh Ramses V.

2. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?
(a) Mannito.
(b) Atiwaneto.
(c) Wigwam.
(d) Metis.

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

4. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas were attacked by the King of what with a bow and arrow?
(a) Birds.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Bears.
(d) Lions.

5. 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) Tawiskaron.
(b) Kasihtas.
(c) Teharonghyawago.
(d) Teyoninhokovrawen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, an image of the earth is described as sitting on the back of what?

2. What term means having a vocabulary composed primarily of short, simple words?

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. When was Mary Jemison captured by the Seneca tribe and taken to western New York?

5. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 relates a story about the first sighting of what?

(see the answer key)

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