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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. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, how many tribes did the Kasihtas meet by the mountain?
2. Smallpox was responsible for how many estimated deaths during the 20th century?
3. To help control Indian populations, Europeans would install what, who would support European interests, which included sending Indian warriors into European wars?
4. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?
5. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago grows up how?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the children of the daughter of the Great Spirit in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1. Who raised the children?
2. In what types of structures did the Native Americans reside? What were the attributes of these structures?
3. What tribe is described in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1?
4. What tribe did the central tribe follow in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1? What moral did the tribe learn?
5. What story is related in Josiah Jeremy's text from Chapter 1?
6. Why does the author reason that some Indians turned to Christianity in Chapter 2? What was the result?
7. What image of the earth's creation is described in John Norton's creation story in Chapter 1? Who was Norton?
8. How did the Native Americans receive the Dutch in John Heckewelder's text in Chapter 1? Why?
9. What grievances did Powhatan describe in Captain John Smith's text from Chapter 1?
10. How is John Eliot described in Chapter 2? What did Eliot achieve amongst the Indians?
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
Discuss the housing structures and villages established amongst the Native American tribes. How much variance was there in housing structure?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the narrative structure, symbolism and themes in Josiah Jeremy's narrative of the arrival of European missionaries. How is color used symbolically in the story?
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