APUSH Periods 1 & 2

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Which of the following statements correctly describes the consequences of European colonization? The effects of colonization on both Europeans and Native Americans were temporary and very small, The Europeans helped civilize the Native Americans and improved their quality of life by sharing technology with them., Both the Europeans and Native Americans became rich and powerful by sharing the profits from economic ventures., Colonization brought wealth to European imperial powers which resulted in political and economic innovations.

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Colonization brought wealth to European imperial powers which resulted in political and economic innovations.

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What enabled the Europeans to conquer the Native American peoples?

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The Europeans had advanced military technology and also brought with them diseases which ravaged native populations.

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Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere's native population? The native population was highly respected in terms of territorial possessions and religious beliefs, the Europeans for the most part did not interact with the native population, Spain was the only European country to successfully create an alliance with the native population, Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

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

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Which of the following shows how Native Americans adapted to and transformed the environment in which they lived? The creation of large-scale irrigation works to promote the growing of maize, the development of highly structured systems of social stratification, the construction of monuments to nature-based deities, the organization of self-governing confederacies among disparate tribes

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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 best known for their highly evolved system of government? Options: The Pueblo, The Chinook, The Sioux, The Iroquois

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The Iroquois

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One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World was

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the growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase

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Which of the following explains the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?
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it offered eternal life to anyone who would convert the natives of North America
it encouraged Spanish exploration of the New World
it banned the Portuguese slave trade
it condoned the use of the encomienda system

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it encouraged Spanish exploration of the New World

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What aspect of Spanish colonization did missionary Bartolome de Las Casas famously protest?

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the treatment of Native Americans as subhuman and expendable

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The English law decreeing that only the eldest son was eligible to inherit family lands concerns

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primogeniture

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As a result of the French & Indian War, what did Britain feel it necessary to abandon?

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the practice of salutary neglect