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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) 1620-1630.
(d) 1250-1270.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" in what year?

2. What was an armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho and the United States in the Wyoming Territory and the Montana Territory from 1866 to 1868?

3. What is the most severe and common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever?

4. When did John Eliot come to America?

5. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, how many tribes did the Kasihtas meet by the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author suggest the reader keep in mind regarding Indian oratory history and literacy in the Introduction?

2. How did the differences in literacy between the Indians and colonists affect land deals, as discussed in the Introduction?

3. How does the author describe the Eurocentric view of America's discovery versus the reality of Indian culture in the Introduction?

4. What school did Reverend Eleazar Wheelock found? What letters regarding the school are included in Chapter 2?

5. What story is related in Josiah Jeremy's text from Chapter 1?

6. In what types of structures did the Native Americans reside? What were the attributes of these structures?

7. Why does the author reason that some Indians turned to Christianity in Chapter 2? What was the result?

8. What ability did Teharonghyawago gain from the spirit world in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1?

9. What image of the earth's creation is described in John Norton's creation story in Chapter 1? Who was Norton?

10. What grievances did Powhatan describe in Captain John Smith's text from Chapter 1?

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