AP US History - Unit 1 - Review

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Impact of European colonization on the Western Hemisphere's native population?

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Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

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Which region was home to nomadic Native Americans who relied on game for most of their needs? Options: the Southwest, the Northwest, the Great Plains, the Eastern Seaboard

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the Great Plains

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How did Native Americans adapt to and transform their environment?

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the creation of large-scale irrigation works to promote the growing of maize

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Which tribe was encountered by English settlers and is best known for their highly evolved system of government?

• the Pueblo
• the Chinook
• the Sioux
• the Iroquois

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the Iroquois

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As a result of the Columbian Exchange, the New World gained...

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new animals as sources of food and to serve as beasts of burden

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Why were European diseases particularly deadly in the New World?

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The Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases.

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What was one significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World?

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The growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase.

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What served as the initial motivation for Spanish exploration?

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the need of new sources of wealth to support the growth of the nation

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What did not contribute to European expansion into the New World? Options: the development of new navigational technology, an end to European wars between competing royal families, a rise of nationalism among European states, the desire to spread Christianity.

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an end to European wars between competing royal families

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Which European nation was first to lay claim to the New World? Portugal, Spain, France, England

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Spain