APUSH Period 1-2 Review

Front

In the 1500s, Native Americans possessed a wide range of complex cultures. Each of the following gives evidence to support this statement EXCEPT: the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the organization of Inca society, the Mayas' agricultural system.

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Native Americas' susceptibility to European diseases

Front

Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500's and 1600's?

Back

Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination.

Front

Which of the following was the LEAST important factor behind European exploration and settlement in the 16th century? Options: increase in scientific knowledge and technological change, development of nation-states, competition for trade

Back

population increase

Front

By the end of the 16th century, all of the following were generally true about Spain's colonial empire EXCEPT: It was controlled by a bureaucracy in Madrid, The Roman Catholic Church had great influence, Great wealth was being sent back to Spain.

Back

Families continued to emigrate from Spain

Front

The delay in founding English settlements in the Americas was the result of

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religious upheavals in England

Front

At the beginning of the 17th century, all of the following factors served to increase the English role in America EXCEPT: defeat of the Spanish Armada, development of joint-stock companies, emigration for religious reasons.

Back

royal leadership

Front

The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the development of a tobacco industry.

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development of a tobacco industry

Front

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period? Options: the first chapter of the Virginia Company, Columbus' journals, the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Mayflower Compact

Back

the Mayflower Compact

Front

Which of the following statements is the most widely accepted description of Columbus' accomplishments? Options: He discovered the New World, He bears much of the blame for oppressing Native American peoples in North America, He started a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas, He is responsible for most of the problems in the Americas during the colonial period

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He started a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas

Front

The issue of religion figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following? Options: the settlement of Jamestown, the establishment of Puritan colonies in Massachusetts, discoveries by the Spanish conquistadores, Spain's support of Columbus' voyages

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the establishment of Puritan colonies in Massachusetts