AP US History Period 1

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

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distinct societies with different economies and lifestyles

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A cultural impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

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African culture was brought to the Americas by slaves creating new languages like Creole spoken on islands across the Caribbean to this day.