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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. How does Chapter 1 claim the Indians were treated by many of the gold rush miners?
(a) Fairly.
(b) Many were killed.
(c) Most were friendly.
(d) Ignored.

2. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.
(a) They practice magic there.
(b) Their beliefs and experiences are based on relationships with other living things.
(c) No answer is correct.
(d) They love the land.

3. In the 1960's, the Indians protested against government programs that stripped timber from their forests. What other privilege was taken away?
(a) Wearing tribal clothing.
(b) Using boats.
(c) Fishing rights.
(d) Farming.

4. According to Deloria, when did many traditionally religious people begin to embrace the Indian religion?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1920's.

5. Deloria teaches that Indian religions view creation as which of the following?
(a) A constantly evolving event.
(b) Adam's first breath.
(c) Nothing important.
(d) A developing relationship with other living things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this sentence: Deloria teaches that American Indians had almost no use for __________________________________.

2. After the 1968 protest, where was the next major protest held?

3. Deloria says that some tribal religions believe humans can turn into animals, birds and which of the following?

4. Christianity and Indians agree that there is a significant role of ________________ in religion.

5. During WWII, why did many Indians move to the west?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Indians begin protesting in the 1960's?

2. Why are Indians concerned with man's domination over the rest of creation?

3. How did the Indians come to receive financial donations from Christian denominations, and why did it take so long?

4. How do American Indians tend to view their history and religion? Is this similar or different from traditional Western beliefs?

5. How do Indians view creation?

6. What are the differences between Christianity's belief in a Supreme Being and that of Indian religions?

7. Explain the American Indian's methods of record keeping.

8. Discuss why Young Chief, a Cayuse, refused to sign the Treaty of Walla Walla.

9. Discuss the term "Vanishing Americans."

10. Why were ecologists jealous of the Civil Rights Movement?

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