APUSH Period 1 & 2 Review

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Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500's and 1600's?
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Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination,
Since nothing of value could be learned or obtained from the Native Americans Europeans thought it was permissible to exterminate them,
Europeans cultivated good relations with Native Americans and sought to make them economic partners,
Only the English believed that Native Americans should be treated fairly

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Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination

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

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population increase

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The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the: religious spirit of the settlers, management of the Virginia Company, development of a tobacco industry, location of the settlement

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development of a tobacco industry

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Which source is most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period? Options: the first chapter of the Virginia Company charter, Columbus's journals, the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Mayflower Compact

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the Mayflower Compact

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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

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The issue of religious toleration figured prominently in founding of colonies by all of the following EXCEPT:
James Oglethorpe, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, Roger Williams

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James Oglethorpe

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Which of the following accurately describes a problem faced by Virginia in the last decades of the 17th century, as illustrated by Bacon's Rebellion? a decline in tobacco production, threatening the economic viability of the region; frequent slave uprisings which undermined the social stability of the colony; the lowering of wages caused by an influx of immigrants; conflict between large plantation owners and settlers on Virginia's western frontier over the issue of Native Americans

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conflict between large plantation owners and settlers on Virginia's western frontier over the issue of Native Americans

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Which document is most useful in examining the origins of constitutional government in America? Options: the sermons of Puritan ministers, newspaper commentary on the Halfway Covenant, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the correspondence of Sir Edmond Andros

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the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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The chief purpose of Mercantilist policies was to

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strengthen the economy and power of the parent country

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In the mid-18th century, all of the following were generally true about slavery in the British colonies EXCEPT:
- Planters thought it provided a more dependable labor supply than other options
- There were more slaves than indentured servants in the southern colonies
- Colonial laws gave slavery a permanent legal status

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it was strongly opposed in New England