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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. Where was the author raised?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Wisconsin.

2. When did Richard Henry Pratt open the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1884.

3. When did the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople?
(a) 1494.
(b) 1453.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1438.

4. At Carlisle, how old was a girl who was raped in her dormitory bed?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

5. From what Indian tribe is Kevin Washburn from?
(a) Paiute.
(b) Apache.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Chickasaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first Homestead Act passed?

2. In 1495, how many Indians did Columbus ship back to Spain for sale?

3. When did a group of Meskwaki get permission from the Iowa state legislature to buy land in Tama County?

4. When did Sitting Bull formally surrender to government forces?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the First Seminole War, and what happened after the war?

2. How did the Cherokee and other tribes take advantage of the Homestead Act?

3. What disease did Treuer believe his cousin Sam battled when he fought?

4. By the beginning of the seventeenth century, how was the North American continent divided?

5. What is the earliest verified record of settlement in North America?

6. What were the motivations behind Christopher Columbus's journey when the landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492?

7. Why are there not many archaeological findings in the Southeast on the Atlantic coast?

8. Who survived the massacre at Wounded Knee, and what did they go on to do?

9. What is Leech Lake Reservation?

10. What was the purpose of the Indian boarding schools?

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