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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smallpox was responsible for how many estimated deaths during the 20th century?
(a) 300-500 million.
(b) 600-800 million.
(c) 100-200 million.
(d) 100-300 million.

2. What refers to human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.?
(a) Adhistory.
(b) Subhistory.
(c) Prehistory.
(d) Premodernism.

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. What refers to the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected?
(a) Allimony.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Forgery.
(d) Larceny.

5. 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"?
(a) Tawiskaron.
(b) Teharonghyawago.
(c) Kasihtas.
(d) Teyoninhokovrawen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what tribe was Josiah Jeremy?

2. What was the name of the governor of New France who traveled to Iroquois country to try to bluff his way to making the Iroquois stop trading with the English?

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

4. The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to what year?

5. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?

(see the answer key)

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