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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Eleazar Wheelock die?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1615.
(d) 1792.

3. When was Samson Occom born?
(a) 1792.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1705.

4. What dealt a terrible blow to many Indian tribes, leading to further dependence on European goods and foolish land deals?
(a) Marijuana addiction.
(b) Caffeine addiction.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Opium addiction.

5. The text by Josiah Jeremy in Chapter 1 is dated when?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1604.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Iroquois creation story of John Norton's in Chapter 1, Tawiskaron proves to be a great what?

2. 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?

3. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about what time?

4. When was John Norton born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a Micmac Indian assert of European wealth in a text from Chapter 2?

2. How did a Micmac Indian compare his people's housing structures versus those of the colonists in a text from Chapter 2?

3. What ability did Teharonghyawago gain from the spirit world in John Norton's creation story from Chapter 1?

4. How did the differences in literacy between the Indians and colonists affect land deals, as discussed in the Introduction?

5. What tribe did the central tribe follow in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1? What moral did the tribe learn?

6. What were methods of the Native Americans to bolster their numbers, as discussed in Chapter 2?

7. What grievances did Powhatan describe in Captain John Smith's text from Chapter 1?

8. What were "client chiefs" and how were they used in controlling the Indians, according to the author in the Introduction?

9. How did European trade impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

10. How did the Native Americans receive the Dutch in John Heckewelder's text in Chapter 1? Why?

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