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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A speech by a Chippewa chief named what rejected the presumption that the English were simply going to inherit Indian lands gained by the French in Chapter 4?
(a) Minavavana.
(b) Cheda.
(c) Garangula.
(d) Atiwaneto.

3. John Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, on what ship?
(a) Lyon.
(b) Kingfisher.
(c) Albatross.
(d) Mercenary.

4. By way of the Walking Purchase, the Penn family and proprietors claimed an area of how many acres in Pennsylvania?
(a) 600,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 800,000.
(d) 1,200,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?

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

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago is given the gift of corn from whom?

4. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?

5. 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?

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