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Quiz for America Compared: Altered Landscapes

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1. What does Thomas Morton suggest as a reason why the Native Americans set fire to the land twice every year?

They burned the land in order to keep Europeans away.

Native Americans set fires to kill diseases and fertilize the soil.

They burned the land in order to clear it of weeds and other plants.

Native Americans set fires as part of their animist religious practices.

Correct. The answer is c. According to Morton, the Native Americans set fire to the land so that it would not become overgrown with plants and other weeds.

Incorrect. The answer is c. According to Morton, the Native Americans set fire to the land so that it would not become overgrown with plants and other weeds.

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2. According to Morton, what is one reason why the Europeans frowned upon the Indians’ practice of burning the landscape?

The fires made it impossible for the Native Americans to subsist on their own crops.

The practice made it difficult for the Europeans to find large trees and good timber.

The resulting landscape was barren and ugly.

The Europeans believed that God intended them to shape the landscape through physical labor.

Correct. The answer is b. Morton wrote that the Indians’ practice of burning the land made it difficult for the Europeans to find large trees and good timber.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Morton wrote that the Indians’ practice of burning the land made it difficult for the Europeans to find large trees and good timber.

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3. Which of the following statements describes Morton’s views on the Native Americans’ approach to landscape management?

Morton dismissed the Native Americans’ practice as ignorant and utterly dangerous.

He thought that Europeans should embrace the Indians’ practices in order to save labor.

Morton emphasized the drawbacks of the Indians’ approach, but also recognized its benefits.

He believed the Indians burned the land in order to drive the Europeans away.

Correct. The answer is c. Morton emphasized the drawbacks of the Indians’ approach, but he also recognized some of the benefits that came from the practice of burning the land.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Morton emphasized the drawbacks of the Indians’ approach, but he also recognized some of the benefits that came from the practice of burning the land.