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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To help control Indian populations, Europeans would install what, who would support European interests, which included sending Indian warriors into European wars?
(a) Cage chiefs.
(b) Client chiefs.
(c) Integrated chiefs.
(d) Political chiefs.

2. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?
(a) Premodernism.
(b) Prehistory.
(c) Subhistory.
(d) Adhistory.

3. John Norton was born of a Cherokee father and a mother from where?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

4. Samsom Occom had problems with what dying on him, leading him into debt?
(a) Horses.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Corn crops.

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

6. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, white feathers mean what symbolically?
(a) War.
(b) Justice.
(c) Love.
(d) Peace.

7. The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and who?
(a) The Apache people.
(b) The Aztec people.
(c) The Iriquois people.
(d) The Mapuche people.

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

9. 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) Allies.
(d) Weapons.

10. Where did Samsom Occom settle, set up a school, marry, attend to the sick and to burials, and perform other priestly duties?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Windham, Connecticut.
(c) Montauk, New York.
(d) Salem, Massachusetts.

11. When was John Eliot born?
(a) 1604.
(b) 1610.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1869.

12. The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were who during the 11th century?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Portugese.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Druids.

13. John Eliot wrote a series of fictional "dialogues" such as one which is reprinted in Chapter 2 describing a converted Indian named what who returns to his native village?
(a) Piumbukhou.
(b) Joseph Brant.
(c) Penobscot.
(d) Atiwaneto.

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

15. Where was John Eliot born?
(a) Hertfordshire, England.
(b) Dublin, Ireland.
(c) Ross, Scotland.
(d) London, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the adoption of a new religious identity?

2. The Chichimeca War was a military conflict waged between Spanish colonizers against a confederation of Chichimeca Indians during what years?

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

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

5. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?

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