AP US History - Unit 1 - Review

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Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere's native population? Options: 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 region was home to bands of nomadic Native Americans who relied on their game for the vast majority 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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Which of the following shows how Native Americans adapted to and transformed the environment in which they lived? Options: 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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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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European diseases that arrived in the New World were particularly deadly because...

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the Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases

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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 served as the initial motivation for Spanish exploration? Options: desires to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism, hopes of establishing permanent colonies for settlement, the desire to beat out European rivals in the land grab for North America, the need of new sources of wealth to support the growth of the nation

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

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All of the following contributed to European expansion into the New World EXCEPT: the development of new navigational technology, 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? Options: Portugal, Spain, France, England

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Spain