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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Author's Note-Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what drove colonialization projects in the 1600s?
(a) Gold fever.
(b) Housing prices.
(c) European wars.
(d) Missionary projects.

2. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?
(a) From Arab nations.
(b) From East Asian nations.
(c) From African nations.
(d) From West Asian nations.

3. According to Dunbar Ortiz, white supremacy became an integral part of which religion's ideology?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestantism.

4. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?
(a) Opal.
(b) Quartz.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Turquoise.

5. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, which population was the first to be forcibly organized and exploited by European aristocracy?
(a) Western Africans.
(b) Southeast Asians.
(c) Native Caribbean.
(d) European peasantry.

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 term, coined in the 1940s, describes the systemic annihilation of a group of people?

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

4. What was the primary crop in Native American agriculture?

5. What term was used for Muslims who converted to Christianity?

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