Exam 7: American Indians

Native Americans first learned about scalping from white settlers.

What are identified in the text as "the basic building blocks" of Native American societies?

__________ recognizes 565 different tribal entities in the United States.

The occupation of Alcatraz island in 1969 was a(n) __________.

The Trail of Tears refers to the deadly expulsion of the __________.

Explain how the Native Americans' view of nature differed from that of the white settlers.

Urban Native Americans __________.

According to Figure 7.1, what is the median age of Native American females?

Sally, a __________ theorist, points to the high rates of inter-ethnic violence that results in massive victimization rates for American Indians as evidence of a labeling and dehumanization process.

Whites viewing Native Americans as cruel, treacherous, lying, dirty heathens is an example of __________.

The expulsion of the Cherokee was primarily motivated by __________.

Native Americans who leave their reservations and move to urban areas tend to be more successful than their peers who remain on the reservations.

Columbus's first impressions of the Arawak tribe in the Caribbean reflected __________.

The education of Native-Americans __________.

The most serious resource shortage for many Western tribes is __________.

The General Allotment Act of 1887 attempted to __________.

Before European colonization, approximately how many Native Americans lived in what would become the United States?

Tyreke found that Lieberson's power theory really resonated with the way he understood American Indian-white relations. He thinks that the quest for and exercise of power shaped these relations more than anything else because he is a __________.

As a result of Congress's termination of sovereign nation status for Native American tribes, __________ became responsible for the welfare of Native Americans.

Belief that a wrong had to be repaid, even if it took years, but not to a greater degree is called __________.