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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Smith convinced Powhatan leaders to feed and clothe English settlers. How did he achieve this?
(a) He claimed that the Native people had a spiritual duty of offer help.
(b) He promised that the English government would repay Natives.
(c) He traded gold and silver in exchange for Native help.
(d) He threatened to kill all Native women and children.

2. What term, coined in the 1940s, describes the systemic annihilation of a group of people?
(a) Termination.
(b) Genocide.
(c) Extinction.
(d) Erasure.

3. How did the European aristocracy characterize the peasants who resisted the privatization of land?
(a) As brave, courageous, and capable.
(b) As greedy, selfish, and avaricious.
(c) As intelligent, savvy, and cunning.
(d) As violent, lazy, and stupid.

4. How many Ulster-Scots emigrated to North America during 1717-1775?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 250,000.

5. According to the Dunbar-Ortiz, where did the concept of white supremacy originate?
(a) During the Renaissance.
(b) During the Confederacy.
(c) During the Industrial Revolution.
(d) During the Crusades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which stone did the Aztecs consider especially precious?

2. What term does anthropologist Michael Wilcox use to describe the historical tendency to gloss over the "disappearance" of native people?

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

4. Who were the Conversos?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, who were the "foot soldiers of the British Empire building" (52)?

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