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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 was the survey of 1086 called?
(a) The Middle Ages Survey.
(b) The Century Survey.
(c) The Domesday Survey.
(d) The Peasant Survey.

2. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?
(a) The Spanish.
(b) Mayans.
(c) Russians.
(d) The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

3. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?
(a) Because of the vibrant present.
(b) Because of their romantic past.
(c) Because of their unique way of life.
(d) Because of the art history.

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

5. How does the author believe that America should view the Indian wars of the past?
(a) As Civil Wars.
(b) As the first foreign wars of American history.
(c) As conflicts, not wars.
(d) Not as wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?

2. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?

3. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?

4. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?

5. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

2. Why has the Indian Reorganization Act responded so well to fit the European white model?

3. What are the Five Civilized Tribes and why are they referred to in this way?

4. What was the term "dependency," as used in the Delaware Treaty of September 17, 1778?

5. What happened to the Seneca Nation of New York?

6. How have the workshops offered by anthropologists affected the young Indians?

7. What is paternalism?

8. According to the author, what European background is the law of the United States built on?

9. Who did the government go after first during the time of Termination?

10. Why are hunting and fishing rights important to the Indians of Idaho, Washington and Oregon at the time of this writing?

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