Native American Quiz

The Indian removal Act of 1830 called for the relocation of _________.

The Indian removal Act of 1830 called for the relocation of _________.

All Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River

The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) is primarily concerned with Indian __________.

Energy and mineral resource revenues

A major recent growth area for income and employment on reserversations has been _________.

Gambling Casinos

In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, in exchange for Sioux land, White settlers agrees ______________.

Not to hunt or settle on the Great Sioux Reservation

The Ghost Dance is an example of what social scientists call a _________.

Millenarian movement

The island seized in 1969 by Native Americans who claimed the excess property in exchange for $24 in glass beads and cloth was ________.

Alcatraz

Crossover effect refers to American Indian children __________.

Scoring below average in intelligence when tests are given in English rather than their native languages

The Termination Act of 1953 ______________.

Resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and medical care

The Employment Assistance Program _______ .

Led highly motivated young people away from reservations

Which term or expression best describes Native Americans?

Indigenous societies

from the perspective of Native Americans, which is an example of broad-based cultural mockery ?

Each of these;

a) Children pretending to be "Indians" as an activity about the history of Thanksgiving

b) Dressing up as a Native American stereotype at a costume party

c) The use of Native American imagery for sports team mascots

Congress amended the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1994 to allow Native Americans the right to _________.

Possess and use peyote for religious purposes

The _________ has the authority to determine who qualifies as "Indian" in the quest for tribal sovereignty.

Federal Government

Which of the following described pan-Indianism ?

Each of these;

a) Intertribal social movements

b) Several tribes which are joined by political goals unite

c) Several tribes unite in a common identity

Governmental services to Native tribes such as subsidized medical care were a result of _______.

Fulfilled treaty obligations

Which minority group were the last to become eligible for U.S citizenship ?

Native Americans

Christopher Columbus commented in his diary that the "Indians" encountered in the New World would make _______ .

Good servants

The theory that best explains the exploitation of the Native Americans and their land by European invaders is __________.

World systems theory

The Employment Assistance Program ____________.

Led highly motivated young people away from reservations

The number of North Americans north of the Rio grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about ______________. By 1900, the population of Native Americans living north of the Rio Grande had been reduced by dwindling food sources and diseases to ________.

10 million; less than 250,000