APUSH Period 1 and 2

Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere's native population?

• 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 and alliance with the native population
• Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

Which of the following regions was home to bands of nomadic Native Americans who relied on their game for the vast majority of their needs?

• the Southwest
• the Northwest
• the Great Plains
• the Eastern Seaboard

As a result of the Columbian Exchange, the New World gained...

• a significant new source of staple food crops
• an influx of gold and silver capital for the construction of new urban centers
• advanced medical techniques that extended the life-span of Native Americans
• new animals as sources of food and to serve as beasts of burden

European diseases that arrived in the New World were particularly deadly because...

• little medical aid was available so far from European urban centers
• the European conquerors deliberately accelerated the spread of the most deadly strains
• the Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases
• the vast devastation of warfare with the Europeans left few to care for the sick

One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World was...

• the growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase
• the introduction of slavery as a significant source of labor for European landowners
• the widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor
• a drainin gof capital from the royal families and a shift of wealth to the hands of the merchant class

Which of the following explains the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)?

• it offered eternal life to anyone who would convert the natives of North America
• it encouraged Spanish exploration of the New World
• it banned the Portuguese slave trade
• it condoned the use of the encomienda system

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

All of the following contributed to European expansion into the New World EXCEPT...

• the development of new navigational technology
• an end to European wars between competing royal families
• a rise of nationalism among European states
• the desire to spread Christianity

In the view of the encomienda system, Native Americans were seen primarily as...

• a source of labor
• a group to be protected
• a focus of evangelization
• outcasts to be excluded from Spanish settlement

What aspect of Spanish colonization did missionary Bartolome de Las Casas famously protest?

• the refusal of explorers to tithe on the wealth they discovered
• the lack of missionary zeal among the conquistadors
• the treatment of Native Americans as subhuman and expendable
• the focus of the Spanish Crown on Latin America while neglecting the Reconquista at home