APUSH Unit 1 Review (1491-1754)

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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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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 European nation was first to lay claim to the New World? Options: Portugal, Spain, France, England

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Spain

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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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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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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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The primary positive benefit of the Columbian Exchange was...

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the exchange of food products between Europe and the Western Hemisphere

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The primary negative consequence of the Columbian exchange was the exchange of...

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epidemic diseases introduced from Europe into the Americas

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In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor was used in this system to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources.

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encomienda

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15th and 16th century Spanish exploration and conquest created a racially mixed culture known as

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Mestizo