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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Becoming Indian: 1970-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?
(a) 7,000.
(b) 3,200.
(c) Around 4,500.
(d) About 5,000.

2. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1880.

3. How long did Canada have a boarding school system for Indians?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1980s.

4. About how large is Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 30 by 30 miles.
(b) 40 by 40 miles.
(c) 50 by 50 miles.
(d) 60 by 60 miles.

5. Around what time did the Blackfeet adopt the horse?
(a) 1730.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1740.
(d) 1720.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since what time were spices traded from east to west via coastal routes?

2. When Treuer and Bob Matthews collected pinecones, how much did Bob think a bushel would sell for?

3. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?

4. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?

5. When did Richard Henry Pratt open the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania?

(see the answer key)

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