Indigenous History Quiz

What was the Indian Head Test Pattern used for on American TVs?

• To display coordinates

• To test the TV signal

• To broadcast shows

• To tune instruments

Who was the chief of the Wampanoags invited to a feast by the colonists in 1621?

• Massasoit

• John Alderman

• Metacomet

• Wamsutta

What was the name of the first official Indian war?

• Massacre at Pequot village

• Mexican bandit conflict

• Colonist-Indian conflict

• King Phillip's War

What was the first novel ever written by a Native person?

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

• The Indian Head Test Pattern

• The Massacre at Pequot village

• The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta

What was the purpose of the Indian Relocation Act?

• To protect Indian reservations

• To provide land for Indians

• To assimilate Indians into cities

• To promote Indian culture

What did the city do to the Urban Indians?

• Protected their traditions

• Provided new experiences

• Erased their culture

• Assimilated them

What did the bullets symbolize for the Indigenous people?

• Surrender

• Hard fast future

• Peace

• Victory

What did the bullets become a promise of?

• Forgiveness and reconciliation

• Unity and harmony

• Speed and killing

• Peace and prosperity

What did the bullets do after moving through the Indigenous people?

• Became the history

• Flew out into nothingness

• Became the future

• Disappeared into the air

What consequences are landing on the Indigenous people even now?

• Peace and prosperity

• Forgiveness and reconciliation

• Unity and harmony

• Stray bullets