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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Tawiskaron.
(b) Teharonghyawago.
(c) Teyoninhokovrawen.
(d) Kasihtas.

2. What is defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil?
(a) Ecology.
(b) Contraptualism.
(c) Aqualogy.
(d) Irrigation.

3. In what year did the French and Indian War erupt into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1756.
(c) 1758.
(d) 1763.

4. Samson Occom is believed to be a direct descendant of what famous Mohegan chief?
(a) Atiwaneto.
(b) Penobscot.
(c) Uncas.
(d) Joseph Brant.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Norton played a prominent role in what conflict, leading Iroquois warriors from Grand River into battle against American invaders?

2. What refers to the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected?

3. What was the name of an Onondaga who gave the governor of New France a speech, essentially calling his bluff, in Chapter 4?

4. Some estimates indicate case fatality rates of what percentage in Native American populations during smallpox epidemics?

5. What refers to both the process and product of planning, designing and construction of buildings or structures?

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