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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. What term refers to the the use of economic and political pressures to control foreign countries?
(a) Neocolonialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Development.
(d) Expansionism.

2. What term does anthropologist Michael Wilcox use to describe the historical tendency to gloss over the "disappearance" of native people?
(a) Terminal narratives.
(b) Closing narratives.
(c) Final narratives.
(d) Ultimate narratives.

3. In U.S. settler colonialism, what was the primary commodity?
(a) Land.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Horses.
(d) Gold.

4. What is the Latin term for "land without people" (2)?
(a) Terra occupatum.
(b) Terra nullius.
(c) Terra incognita.
(d) Terra frequens.

5. Prior to the Colonial era, how many Native people inhabited the region that is now part of the U.S.?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 15 million.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Dunbar-Ortiz use for land as a commodity?

2. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies migrate out of Africa?

3. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, where did the concept of white supremacy originate?

4. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, when did human societies develop agriculture?

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

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