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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas followed a tribe called what for many years over different kinds of terrain?
(a) The Apalachicolas.
(b) The Micmac Indians.
(c) The Apache people.
(d) The Cherokee people.

2. 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) Scalps.
(b) Heads.
(c) Allies.
(d) Weapons.

3. When did John Heckewelder die?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1604.
(d) 1869.

4. What was a Christian revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion?
(a) The Middle Ages.
(b) The Spanish Inquisition.
(c) The Great Awakening.
(d) The White Awakening.

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) Irony.
(d) Literacy.

6. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Tawiskaron proves to be a great what?
(a) Hunter.
(b) Singer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Fisherman.

7. 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) Teyoninhokovrawen.
(c) Kasihtas.
(d) Teharonghyawago.

8. What refers to a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities?
(a) Debutante.
(b) Missionary.
(c) Emissary.
(d) Conquistador.

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

10. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the West opened up, and a tribe named the Kasihtas settled near a mountain so great and thunderous they called it what?
(a) The Mountain of Heaven.
(b) The King of Mountains.
(c) The Great Mountain.
(d) The Great Bear.

11. When did Eleazar Wheelock die?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1615.

12. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?
(a) 15,000 B.C.
(b) 1,000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 B.C.
(d) 5,000 B.C.

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

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

15. According to the author in Chapter 2, in addition to intermarriage, some tribes sought to bolster their numbers by what means?
(a) Converting other tribes.
(b) Converting to Christianity.
(c) Capturing Europeans.
(d) Selling children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, red feathers mean what symbolically?

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

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?

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

5. When was John Heckewelder born?

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