AP US History Semester 1 Exam

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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 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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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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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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In the view of the encomienda system, Native Americans were seen primarily as...

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a source of labor

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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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Prior to European contact, North American Indians were...

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distinct societies with different economies and lifestyles

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Whitefield’s open-air preaching contributed most directly to which of the following trends? The growth of the ideology of republican motherhood, Greater independence and diversity of thought, Movement of settlers to the backcountry, The pursuit of social reform

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Greater independence and diversity of thought

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The main trend shown in the graph was most directly associated with which of the following processes occurring in the United States at the time? The convergence of European and American cultures, The emergence of an industrialized economy, The displacement of American Indians from the Southeast, The resurgence of evangelical Protestantism

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The emergence of an industrialized economy

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The excerpt was written in response to the

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British government’s attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies