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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term was used for Muslims who converted to Christianity?
(a) The Conversos.
(b) The Moriscos.
(c) The Redeemed.
(d) The Transmuted.

2. 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.

3. 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 threatened to kill all Native women and children.
(c) He promised that the English government would repay Natives.
(d) He traded gold and silver in exchange for Native help.

4. Who was the governor of Virginia during the Revolutionary War?
(a) John Murray.
(b) Benjamin Hawkins.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Ulysses Grant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to describe the historical and cultural region encompassing North America?

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

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

4. What did the Doctrine of Discovery state?

5. How did Europeans view the newly "discovered" Americas?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Mayans practiced forced labor, often making servants of war prisoners and criminals. How did this practice differ from chattel slavery within the U.S.?

2. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, white supremacy helped the landed class win greater support from white peasants. What was the relationship between white supremacy and class status?

3. Native populations were often shocked by the European form of warfare. What aspects of the European style of warfare horrified Native communities?

4. Under settler-colonialism, colonizers disrupted trade routes and triggered widespread food shortages. How did food shortages affect Native communities?

5. During the Colonial era, many colonialist nations claimed that Native Americans were not "using" their land. What counterargument does Dunbar-Ortiz offer?

6. A popular theory suggests that the destruction of Native people was inevitable and primarily caused by disease. How does Dunbar-Ortiz respond?

7. What were three branches of government practiced within the Seminole and Muskogee nations?

8. Some Native communities quickly accept tributary status under the new colonial regime. Why does Dunbar-Ortiz believe these communities chose to comply?

9. Dunbar-Ortiz discusses methods of warfare used by the U.S. military to destroy the enemy's will to resist. What does this type of "irregular warfare" typically involve?

10. Chapter 3 is titled "The Cult of the Covenant." What "covenant" does Dunbar-Ortiz refer to?

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