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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, John Heckewelder relates a "verbatim" account from the Delaware and Mahican Indians of the Dutch landing in an area that is now known as what?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Manhattan, New York.
(c) Queens, New York.
(d) Cape May, Massachusetts.

2. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, how many tribes did the Kasihtas meet by the mountain?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. What term means having a vocabulary composed primarily of short, simple words?
(a) Significant.
(b) Monosyllabic.
(c) Eloquent.
(d) Minisyllabic.

4. 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) Red Cloud's War.
(b) King Philip's War.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) The Battle of Red Wing.

5. What is defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil?
(a) Ecology.
(b) Aqualogy.
(c) Irrigation.
(d) Contraptualism.

6. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, red feathers mean what symbolically?
(a) War.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Surrender.

7. When did John Eliot die?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1604.
(c) 1690.
(d) 1823.

8. Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" in what year?
(a) 1771.
(b) 1602.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1607.

9. Some estimates indicate case fatality rates of what percentage in Native American populations during smallpox epidemics?
(a) 40-50%.
(b) 60-70%.
(c) 80-90%.
(d) 70-80%.

10. When was Eleazar Wheelock born?
(a) 1711.
(b) 1615.
(c) 1792.
(d) 1785.

11. What is a domed room dwelling used by certain Native American tribes?
(a) Wigwam.
(b) Attawam.
(c) Tipi.
(d) Pagoda.

12. 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?
(a) A Great Bear.
(b) A Great Buffalo.
(c) A Great Fox.
(d) A Great Turtle.

13. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, the daughter of the "Great Spirit" has two children, Teharonghyawago and who?
(a) Teyoninhokovrawen.
(b) Tawiskaron.
(c) Teharonghyawago.
(d) Kasihtas.

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

15. In Chapter 1, an Iroquois creation story provided by John Norton was dated from what year?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1816.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Teharonghyawago is given the gift of corn from whom?

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. When did Eleazar Wheelock die?

4. What word refers to the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective and with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture?

5. In Chekilli's creation story of the Creek people, the Kasihtas killed what great animal by sacrificing an orphan baby to it?

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