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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. Samson Occom is believed to be a direct descendant of what famous Mohegan chief?
2. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?
3. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 is dated when?
4. John Eliot wrote a series of fictional "dialogues" such as one which is reprinted in Chapter 2 describing a converted Indian named what who returns to his native village?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is John Eliot described in Chapter 2? What did Eliot achieve amongst the Indians?
2. How did smallpox impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?
3. How did the Native Americans receive the Dutch in John Heckewelder's text in Chapter 1? Why?
4. What tribe is described in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1?
5. What does the author assert of the attributes and differences between colonial civilization and Native American civilization in Chapter 1?
6. What text of Samson Occom's is included in Chapter 2? Who was Occom?
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 were methods of the Native Americans to bolster their numbers, as discussed in Chapter 2?
10. What story is related in Josiah Jeremy's text from Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the effects of European trade on the Native Americans. Why did the trade industry have such a devastating effect on the population?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the stories related by Captain John Smith and Josiah Quinney in Chapter 1. What do these narratives relate of the Native American identity and the impact of European colonization?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the journey of the Kasihtas in Chekilli's creation story. How does the plight of the tribe metaphorically relate to the plight of Native Americans in the face of colonization?
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