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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Samson Occom die?
2. Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" in what year?
3. What is a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries?
4. What word did the Delaware and Mahican Indians use for "Supreme Being"?
5. When was Samson Occom born?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the oratory skills of the Native Americans in regard to the stereotype in the Introduction?
2. What text of Samson Occom's is included in Chapter 2? Who was Occom?
3. What were methods of the Native Americans to bolster their numbers, as discussed in Chapter 2?
4. How did European trade impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?
5. How did the Native Americans receive the Dutch in John Heckewelder's text in Chapter 1? Why?
6. What did a Micmac Indian assert of European wealth in a text from Chapter 2?
7. How did a Micmac Indian compare his people's housing structures versus those of the colonists in a text from Chapter 2?
8. What led Samson Occom to convert to Christianity?
9. In what types of structures did the Native Americans reside? What were the attributes of these structures?
10. What ability did Teharonghyawago gain from the spirit world in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the symbolism, themes and meaning of the Iroquois creation myth related by John Norton in Chapter 1. How does this story's structure relate to narrative structures in European folklore?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the biography of Josiah Jeremy and his relationship to the Micmac people. Where did the Micmacs live in North America?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the impact of European political systems on Native American culture. How did the political structure of Native American civilization change as a result of European influence?
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