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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?
(a) 1,000 B.C.
(b) 15,000 B.C.
(c) 10,000 B.C.
(d) 5,000 B.C.

2. The earliest physical evidence of smallpox is probably the pustular rash on the mummified body of whom?
(a) Pharaoh Ramses V.
(b) Pharaoh Sekhemib-Perenmaat.
(c) King Edward I.
(d) Pharaoh Thutmose III.

3. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago is given the gift of corn from whom?
(a) The Great Turtle.
(b) His mother.
(c) Tawiskaron.
(d) The "Great Spirit."

4. What refers to money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete or public official?
(a) Bribe.
(b) Incentive.
(c) Treason.
(d) Ransom.

5. What is the most severe and common form of smallpox, with a more extensive rash and higher fever?
(a) Variola minor.
(b) Variola major.
(c) Variola incubus.
(d) Variola sine eruptione.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries?

2. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 relates a story about the first sighting of what?

3. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?

4. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?

5. What was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558?

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