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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Idiom.
(d) Syllogism.

2. What was an armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho and the United States in the Wyoming Territory and the Montana Territory from 1866 to 1868?
(a) The Battle of Red Wing.
(b) King Philip's War.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) Red Cloud's War.

3. What was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Anglicism.
(c) Puritanism.
(d) Calvinism.

4. The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and who?
(a) The Apache people.
(b) The Aztec people.
(c) The Mapuche people.
(d) The Iriquois people.

5. The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were who during the 11th century?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Portugese.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Druids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil?

2. Some estimates indicate case fatality rates of what percentage in Native American populations during smallpox epidemics?

3. What means to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition?

4. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?

5. What is the most severe and common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever?

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