Chapter 6 Native Americans – Flashcards
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According to the 2006 Census, there has been __________ in the Native American population in the United States since the 1990 Census.
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a 40% increase
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Christopher Columbus commented in his diary that the "Indians" encountered in the New World would make
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good servants.
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The number of Native Americans north of the Rio Grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about
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10 million.
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By 1900, the population of Native Americans living north of the Rio Grande had been reduced by dwindling food sources and diseases to
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less than 250,000.
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The theory that best explains the exploitation of the Native Americans and their land by European invaders is
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world systems theory.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs was organized in 1824 as part of the
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War Department.
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The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears are examples of
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all of these; expulsion, extermination, & genocide.
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 called for the relocation of
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all Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River.
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In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, in exchange for Sioux land, White settlers agreed
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not to hunt or settle on the Great Sioux Reservation.
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Colonel George Custer launched military operations against the Sioux because
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the Sioux didn't leave their land when ordered.
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The Ghost Dance is an example of what social scientists call a
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millenarian movement.
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From a __________ perspective, the millenarian movement can be viewed as a means of coping with the domination of White intruders over native tribes.
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functionalist
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Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was the scene of an 1890 massacre of more than 300 Sioux men, women, and children by
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the United States Army.
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The Allotment Act was based on which of the following principles?
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assimilation
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Today there are 557 Indian reservations in the U.S., comprising __________ of the land throughout the U.S.
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about 2 percent
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The Employment Assistance Program
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resulted in a Native American version of brain drain.
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Nationwide, __________ of employed Native Americans earn less than $10,000.
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one-third
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The problem of under enrollment refers to Indian school children who
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never attend school or leave while in grade school.
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A pluralistic response to Native American health care
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incorporates healing traditions.
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What's the problem with the term Native American?
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all of these
