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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Eliot die?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1604.
(d) 1690.

2. Samsom Occom began to study theology at the "Lattin School" of Eleazar Wheelock in what year?
(a) 1615.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1792.

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

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

5. The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to what year?
(a) 1459.
(b) 1601.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1549.

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

7. Smallpox killed what estimated number of Europeans per year during the closing years of the 18th century?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 600,000.
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 200,000.

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

9. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
(a) Custom.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Myth.
(d) Creationism.

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

11. What did the French call children of European and Indian parentage?
(a) Creoles.
(b) Wigwams.
(c) Caliopes.
(d) Metis.

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

13. The Chichimeca War was a military conflict waged between Spanish colonizers against a confederation of Chichimeca Indians during what years?
(a) 1550-1590.
(b) 1600-1665.
(c) 1250-1270.
(d) 1620-1630.

14. 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?
(a) A Great Buffalo.
(b) A Great Fox.
(c) A Great Bear.
(d) A Great Turtle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?

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

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

4. Samson Occom is believed to be a direct descendant of what famous Mohegan chief?

5. When was Eleazar Wheelock born?

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