Background Quiz
The following is a list of statements which are either True or False. When
you take the quiz,
you will have 10 of these statements, chosen at random. You may take the
quiz up to five times; your average score will be recorded in the Gradebook.
Apply
the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes.
In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The
quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If
you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than
80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes)
and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.
T
or F ? James Mooney began his career as an anthropologist
in 1885. - T or F ? James
Mooney was a member of the Paiute Indian tribe.
- T or F ? The
Cherokee originally lived in the southeastern United States.
- T or F ? James
Mooney was born in Oklahoma in 1861.
- T or F ? Sequoyah
invented a way to write Cherokee using the Roman alphabet.
- T or F ? The
Native American Church advocates the ritual use of peyote.
- T or F ? Most
Cherokees today live in the southeastern U.S., mainly in North Carolina.
- T or F ? The
Cherokee are the largest Native American population in the United States today.
- T or F ? The
Ghost-Dance religion was limited to the Sioux and the Cheyenne.
- T or F ? The
Cherokee were decimated by smallpox in the 18th century.
- T or F ? The
forced relocation of the Cherokee to Oklahoma is called the "Trail of
Tears."
- T or F ? The
Native American Church was incorporated in Oklahoma City in 1888.
- T or F ? James
Mooney worked as an anthropologist for the Smithsonian Institute.
- T or F ? In
1827, the Cherokee declared the "Cherokee Nation", with its capital
in Tennessee.
- T or F ? Mooney
lived with the Cherokee in Oklahoma from 1887-1890.
- T or F ? Mooney
strongly opposed the founding of the Native American Church.
- T or F ? In
1830, the United States Congress passed the "Indian Removal Act."
- T or F ? In
the 1930's, Mooney began working with the Kiowa tribe in Oklahoma.
- T or F ? Newspapers
first began appearing in written Cherokee in the 1920's.
- T or F ? As
part of his field work, Mooney took many photographs using a Kodak camera.
- T or F ? Mooney
is famous for his study of the Ghost-Dance religious revival.
- T or F ? James
Mooney was the son of Irish immigrants.
- T or F ? In
Oklahoma, the Cherokee set up a new seat of government in Lawton.
- T or F ? In
the winter of 1839, the Cherokee were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma.
- T or F ? The
Native American Church strictly rejects all Christian beliefs and practices.
