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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saved the Florida Seminoles from termination?
(a) The governor of Florida.
(b) Arthur Watkins.
(c) The D.A.R. or Daughters of the American Revolution.
(d) Congress.

2. What act was passed by the American government in 1934?
(a) The American Indian Poverty Act.
(b) The Indian Reorganization Act.
(c) The Reservation School Act.
(d) The Indian Settlement Act.

3. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?
(a) The Indians want to control their own destiny.
(b) The Indians would be better off on their own, without government involvement.
(c) The Indians should become Christian.
(d) That the state would be more efficient than the Federal Government in caring for them.

4. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?
(a) Band together.
(b) Elect their own president.
(c) Start a national newspaper.
(d) Elect their own congress.

5. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?
(a) They have not had their basic governmental forms disturbed.
(b) They live in colder climates and have better housing.
(c) Their medical care is not as good as American Indians.
(d) They are paid by the government NOT to grow crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for the area offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

2. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?

3. What "first" did the Treaty of August 5, 1826 enact?

4. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?

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

(see the answer key)

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