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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?
(a) Establish a cultural inclusion policy.
(b) Pass laws removing all federal government from Indian proceedings.
(c) Establish a cultural leave-us-alone agreement.
(d) Begin talks with the federal government on land rights.

2. Why, according to the author, do anthropologists never carry a writing instrument?
(a) Because they are afraid they will hurt a child with it.
(b) Because they already know what they are going to find.
(c) Because they would rather record than write for accuracy.
(d) Because the ink dries up in the sun.

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

4. When whites claim Indian heritage, who do they believe was their ancestor?
(a) An Indian Princess.
(b) Lewis and Clark.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Pocahontas.

5. Who appointed Dillon Myer as Commissioner of Indian Affairs?
(a) President Truman.
(b) President Nixon.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hats to anthropologists wear?

2. What were the findings of the House Interior Committee headed by Karl Mundt?

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

4. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?

5. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?

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