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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mohawk Major John Norton was known as what by his people?
(a) Tyendinaga.
(b) Thayendanega.
(c) Haudenosaunee.
(d) Teyoninhokovrawen.

2. 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) Syllogism.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Idiom.
(d) Metaphor.

3. John Norton played a prominent role in what conflict, leading Iroquois warriors from Grand River into battle against American invaders?
(a) The French and Indian War.
(b) Red Cloud's War.
(c) King Philip's War.
(d) The War of 1812.

4. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas followed a tribe called what for many years over different kinds of terrain?
(a) The Apalachicolas.
(b) The Micmac Indians.
(c) The Cherokee people.
(d) The Apache people.

5. After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in what year?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, an image of the earth is described as sitting on the back of what?

2. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, who kills the daughter of the "Great Spirit" in childbirth by trying to exit the womb from "the side"?

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

4. Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" in what year?

5. What dealt a terrible blow to many Indian tribes, leading to further dependence on European goods and foolish land deals?

(see the answer key)

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