Chapter 6 review quiz – Flashcards
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Today, most American Indians' preference for self-identification is to use
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Their tribal affliction
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What's the problem with the term Native American?
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It originated from the perception of Whites, It doesn't reflect the Indians' names for themselves, It includes a diverse group under the same generic name.
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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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Native Americans living north of the Rio Grande had been reduced 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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Department of War
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The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears are examples of
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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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The Ghost Dance is an example of what social scientists call a
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Millenarian movement
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A millenarian movement like the Ghost Dance is founded on the belief that a cataclysmic upheaval will occur in the immediate future followed by
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Collective salvation
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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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Symbolic interactionist or functionalist not sure
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The first battle at Wounded Knee
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was prompted by the White people's fear of the growing popularity of the Ghost Dance among Plains Indians.
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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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In an effort to assimilate Native Americans into White Society, the federal government
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tried to weaken tribal institutions.
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The Indian Reorganization Act forced the tribal people to adopt the European way of
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voting and election of leaders.
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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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Governmental services to Native tribes such as subsidized medical care were a result of
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Fulfilled treaty obligations
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Which government program encouraged Native Americans to pursue urban jobs off the reservation?
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The Employee Assistance Program.
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The Termination Act of 1953
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resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and medical care.
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The Employment Assistance Program
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led highly motivated young people away from reservations, resulted in a Native American version of brain drain.
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By the mid-1960s one-fourth to one-third of the people in the Employment Assistance Program
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had returned to their home reservation.
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Which of the following describes pan-Indianism?
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several tribes unite in a common identity, several tribes which are joined by political goals unite, intertribal social movements
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Fish-ins were organized to protest
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interference by state officials with Native rights to fish as they liked.
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Over the last one hundred years powwows have evolved into Native American cultural gatherings. Originally the term pau wau referred to __________.
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the medicine man or spiritual leader
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Major employers of Indians on reservations are
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the government. tourism. gambling.
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Nationwide, unemployment of employed Native Americans is at ______________.
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50%
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A major recent growth area for income and employment on reservations has been
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Gambling casinos
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education of Native Americans has been in the recent growth of
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tribal community colleges.
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Those who participate in traditional Navajo ways of life
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are just as successful in school.
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A pluralistic response to Native American Healthcare
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incorporates healing traditions.
