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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?
(a) 15%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 20%.

2. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?
(a) As a virgin land or wilderness.
(b) As a confining spare or prison.
(c) As a barren wasteland.
(d) As a complex civilization.

3. What term was used for the "systemic destruction of all the indigenous agricultural resources" (61)?
(a) Dry cinders.
(b) Feedfight.
(c) Scorched ground.
(d) Wipeout.

4. When was Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?
(a) 1628.
(b) 1630.
(c) 1626.
(d) 1632.

5. How did Native communities make important decisions?
(a) Women and elders took a vote.
(b) Their priests made all decisions.
(c) Elected official decided for the group.
(d) They sought a group consensus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?

2. What was the outcome of the Treaty of Paris?

3. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?

4. Where nations did the Ulster-Scots originate from?

5. What became of the descendants of European peasants who were exploited and thrown off their land?

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