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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. Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" in what year?
(a) 1607.
(b) 1701.
(c) 1602.
(d) 1771.

2. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?
(a) Mannito.
(b) Atiwaneto.
(c) Wigwam.
(d) Metis.

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

4. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Tipi.
(b) Attawam.
(c) Pagoda.
(d) Wigwam.

5. John Norton was adopted by the Mohawks, with who as his uncle?
(a) Penobscot.
(b) Joseph Brant.
(c) Alexander McGillivray.
(d) King Philip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Smallpox killed what estimated number of Europeans per year during the closing years of the 18th century?

2. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?

3. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas followed a tribe called what for many years over different kinds of terrain?

4. John Eliot emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, on what ship?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, in addition to intermarriage, some tribes sought to bolster their numbers by what means?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author assert of the attributes and differences between colonial civilization and Native American civilization in Chapter 1?

2. What text of Samson Occom's is included in Chapter 2? Who was Occom?

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

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

5. How did European trade impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

6. What were methods of the Native Americans to bolster their numbers, as discussed in Chapter 2?

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

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

9. In what ways did the Europeans take advantage of the Native Americans regarding land, as discussed in the Introduction?

10. What tribe is described in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1?

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