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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 form of warfare did Major General Jeffery Amherst infamously support using against Native people?
(a) Psychological warfare.
(b) Chemical warfare.
(c) Germ warfare.
(d) Blockade warfare.

2. Which philosopher and theologian influenced the Puritans as they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) John Locke.
(c) John Knox.
(d) John Smith.

3. What did the Doctrine of Discovery state?
(a) Africa was open to the Spanish conquest.
(b) The Philippines were open to American expansion.
(c) Canada was open to American expansion.
(d) The Americas were open to the Spanish conquest.

4. What country did John Locke and John Knox hail from?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Wales.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the term for a narrative describing how a nation came to exist?

3. What was the name of the first governing document of Plymouth Colony?

4. What percentage of the population of the Thirteen Colonies was made up of Ulster-Scots?

5. Who were the Conversos?

(see the answer key)

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