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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to both the process and product of planning, designing and construction of buildings or structures?

2. What is defined as the science of artificial application of water to the land or soil?

3. When did John Heckewelder die?

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

5. Samsom Occom began to study theology at the "Lattin School" of Eleazar Wheelock in what year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John Eliot described in Chapter 2? What did Eliot achieve amongst the Indians?

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

3. What does the author suggest the reader keep in mind regarding Indian oratory history and literacy in the Introduction?

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

5. How did smallpox impact the Native American peoples, as discussed in the Introduction?

6. Why does the author reason that some Indians turned to Christianity in Chapter 2? What was the result?

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

8. What tribe is described in Chekilli's creation story from Chapter 1?

9. What does the author assert of the attributes and differences between colonial civilization and Native American civilization in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the devastation of the Native American community due to smallpox, measles and other disease brought from the Old World. How many Native American tribes were wiped out completely by disease?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of European political systems on Native American culture. How did the political structure of Native American civilization change as a result of European influence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Columbus' journey to the Americas, the subsequent European colonization of the continent, and the culture and customs of Native Americans prior to and post European colonization. How does the reality of Native American civilization differ from the Eurocentric viewpoint?

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