Deck 10: Native Americans: the First Americans

Question 1

Other than native tribal religions,the most common religion among Indians is:

A)Christianity.
B)Buddhism.
C)Animism.
D)Taoism.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The U.S.government recognizes a total of ________ tribes including those in Alaska.

A)1,200
B)900
C)767
D)554

Answer 2

D

Question 3

As the 20th century approached,the population of Indians was only:

A)2 million.
B)240,000.
C)500,000.
D)100,000.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The friends of Indians were mostly comprised of:

A)Jews.
B)Christians.
C)Indians.
D)Muslims.

Question 5

Overall,the Proclamation of 1763 gave lip service to the rights of:

A)all Europeans to take whatever land they wanted.
B)all Indians' land rights.
C)all Indian land taken by force or treaty.
D)all squatters' rights.

Question 6

The text reports that Indian gaming revenues are an estimated ________ per year.

A)$200 million
B)$6 billion
C)$200 billion
D)$6 trillion

Question 7

A large number of tribes use blood quantum of ________ for tribal membership status.

A)one-seventh
B)one-half
C)one-fourth
D)one-sixteenth

Question 8

After the Supreme Court of Washington State nullified 11 treaties,Indians called for a:

A)sit-in.
B)building take-over.
C)picket line.
D)fish-in.

Question 9

The terminated tribe,Klamaths,ultimately:

A)never received promised payments for all.
B)learned to trust the BIA.
C)learned to trust the federal government.
D)learned to sell land for money.

Question 10

The U.S.government forced the Cherokee to give up ________ acres of its land.

A)100,000
B)1 million
C)60 million
D)1 billion

Question 11

A small group of American Indian university students formed:

A)AIM.
B)NYIC.
C)NCAI.
D)SRI.

Question 12

Through the Indian Reorganization Act,programs were established to help Indians:

A)file grievance for violent acts.
B)recover some of their lost lands.
C)recover their adopted children.
D)sue the federal government as a sovereign nation.

Question 13

The largest reservation tribe in the United States is the:

A)Iroquois.
B)Choctaw.
C)Sioux.
D)Navajo.

Question 14

In terms of ethnic resurgence among Indians,research evidence indicates:

A)There is none.
B)A resurgence came and went without effect.
C)A resurgence is here.
D)No natives show signs of resurgent interests.

Question 15

Each of the following tribes reported 100,000 members or more except:

A)Cherokee.
B)Iroquois.
C)Choctaw.
D)Sioux.

Question 16

Reservations suffer from ________ unemployment.

A)very high
B)very low
C)moderate
D)comparable (to Whites)

Question 17

By 1980 more than half of all Indians lived:

A)on reservations.
B)in cities.
C)in near-reservation cities.
D)on welfare.

Question 18

Pine Ridge Reservation is:

A)one of the richest places in the United States.
B)one of the most densely populated places in the United States.
C)one of the most rural places in the United States.
D)one of the poorest places in the United States.

Question 19

Most of the indigenous Indians survived the diseases brought by the Europeans.

Question 20

During the French and Indian War of 1754 and 1761,the Iroquois eventually backed:

A)the English.
B)the French.
C)the Iroquois.
D)the Dutch.

Question 21

President Richard Nixon argued for Indian self-determination.

Question 22

In 1990 fewer than 3 percent of Indians spoke no English.

Question 23

The United States kept all the treaties made to those Indians who walked the Trail of Tears.

Question 24

The U.S.Army massacred women and children at Wounded Knee.

Question 25

SAI was founded on Columbus day in 1911.

Question 26

The Courts have heard many Indian rights issues,but not fishing rights.

Question 27

Many Indians lived in urban areas before World War II.

Question 28

Andrew Jackson completely ignored the U.S.Supreme Court's ruling and removed the
Cherokee.

Question 29

Indians are on the road to higher levels of assimilation.

Question 30

President George Washington attempted to establish a firm peace with the Indians.

Question 31

The BIA became the commissioner of Indian affairs as the government's administrative agency
in the matter of Indians.

Question 32

The Indian Reorganization Act coincided directly with the realities of Indian life.

Question 33

White miners mined gold on sacred Indian lands in the Black Hills.

Question 34

The text reports that 160 tribes have gaming.

Question 35

Alaska has no native tribes of Indians.

Question 36

The English lost the War of 1812 and the Indians gained ongoing European support for their
resistance.

Question 37

The Dawes Act was designed to preserve Native Tribal cultures against assimilation.

Question 38

The Indians won the French and Indian War.

Question 39

The takeover of Alcatraz Island failed at every level.

Question 40

The termination policy was designed to get government out of Indian business.

Question 41

Native American worldly success almost guarantees the preservation of tribal cultures.