APUSH Unit 1 Review Questions

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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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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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Which of the following served as the initial motivation for Spanish exploration? 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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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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The Spanish first moved into the North American southwest in an effort to

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obtain precious metals (like gold and silver)

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The image above shows the direct effects of

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the Columbian Exchange