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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What Native term was used as a code name during the assassination of Osama Bin Laden?
2. How did the European aristocracy treat women in their society?
3. Which of the following tribes was a member of the Six Nations of the Iroquois confederacy?
4. What term was used for the "systemic destruction of all the indigenous agricultural resources" (61)?
5. Dunbar-Ortiz describes settler colonialism as a certain type of political policy. What adjective does she use to describe this policy?
Short Essay Questions
1. By the 1700s, many farmers had turned to slavery. What economic explanation does Dunbar-Ortiz offer for the rise of slavery?
2. Why did settlers try to recruit Native people as rangers?
3. How did the bounty on scalp-hunting threaten Native communities?
4. 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.?
5. 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?
6. What were three branches of government practiced within the Seminole and Muskogee nations?
7. Native populations were often shocked by the European form of warfare. What aspects of the European style of warfare horrified Native communities?
8. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, what was the economic impact of the Crusades?
9. During the Colonial era, many colonialist nations claimed that Native Americans were not "using" their land. What counterargument does Dunbar-Ortiz offer?
10. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, the English popularized a theory that only they were made in God's image. What origins did they ascribe to other races?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz discusses the role that Native boarding schools, run by white settlers, played in colonialism and assimilation. Write an essay exploring the long-term impact of boarding schools on Native populations.
Essay Topic 2
Dunbar-Ortiz claims that "Indian hating and white supremacy were part and parcel of 'democracy' and 'freedom.'" (117) Do you feel that this is an accurate statement? Write an argumentative essay responding to Dunbar-Ortiz's claim. Cite specific examples from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 3
Dunbar-Ortiz states that real estate formed "the basis of the U.S. economy and capital accumulation" (141). Write an essay discussing the role real estate played in the U.S. economy throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. How did the commoditization of land impact Native populations?
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