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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the 16,000 Cherokees who were forced onto the Trail of Tears perished on the journey?
(a) 20%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 50%.

2. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies migrate out of Africa?
(a) 100,000 years ago.
(b) 300,000 years ago.
(c) 50,000 years ago.
(d) 200,000 years ago.

3. What annual amount was promised to the Cherokees under the Treaty of Holston?
(a) $125,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $75,000.

4. During the onset of colonialism, the native population in the Americas rapidly shrank. By what percentage were native populations reduced?
(a) 60%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 70%.

5. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?
(a) Imperial.
(b) Abnormal.
(c) Genocidal.
(d) Consequential.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to William Wells after he rejoined U.S. forces?

2. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for the specific type of colonialism used to form the United States?

3. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?

4. Who were the Conversos?

5. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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