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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the Conversos?
(a) Muslims who had converted to Christianity.
(b) Christians who had converted to Judaism.
(c) Jewish people who had converted to Christianity.
(d) Muslims who had converted to Judaism.

2. What was the name of the settler who first received a bounty in exchange for Native scalps?
(a) William Henry Drayton.
(b) Hannah Dustin.
(c) Henry Dobyns.
(d) Lewis Downing.

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

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

5. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?
(a) Pseudoamerica.
(b) Primitive America.
(c) Ancient America.
(d) Mesoamerica.

6. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, how many U.S. presidents were of Ulster-Scots lineage?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 15.

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

8. What job or task did most Scots-Irish settlers perform?
(a) Farming.
(b) Cattle-ranching.
(c) Mining.
(d) Book-keeping.

9. What Christian denomination did most Calvinists belong to?
(a) Presbyterianism.
(b) Methodism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Lutherenism.

10. What Native nation was predominant in the territory of Georgia during the early 1700s?
(a) The Muskogee.
(b) The Miami.
(c) The Cherokee.
(d) The Seminole.

11. What was the primary crop in Native American agriculture?
(a) Millet.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Potatoes.

12. What term is used for the Acadian diaspora that took place in the mid-1700s?
(a) The Great Exodus.
(b) The Great Trouble.
(c) The Great Upheaval.
(d) The Great Disruption.

13. What other name was used for the Seven Years' War?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) The War of Spanish Succession.
(c) The War of Roses.
(d) The Boer War.

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

15. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?
(a) Abnormal.
(b) Consequential.
(c) Imperial.
(d) Genocidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of warfare did Major General Jeffery Amherst infamously support using against Native people?

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

3. Who was the governor of Virginia during the Revolutionary War?

4. Where did Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries learn techniques used for long-distance sea travel?

5. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?

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