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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Pyramid Lake Paiutes poor?
(a) Because they do not work.
(b) Because they live in an area where there is no work.
(c) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their water rights.
(d) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their hunting rights.

2. Once Dillon Myer took over, what was the policy instated from Commissioner to field clerk regarding Indians?
(a) Get them health care as quickly as possible.
(b) Get their land as quickly as possible.
(c) Get rid of them as quickly as possible.
(d) Get them money as quickly as possible.

3. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?
(a) The tribes could punish them.
(b) The tribes could banish them.
(c) The tribes could call for government back-up.
(d) The tribes could jail them.

4. Blacks (African Americans) and Indians (American Indians) defines racial problems with one focal point. What is it?
(a) The government.
(b) The White Man.
(c) Land rights.
(d) Racial equality.

5. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?

2. What two tribes seem to have traditional Indian values still intact?

3. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

4. When death is unreal, how does this affect violence?

5. What is one of the main beliefs of the Indians about their religion?

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