APUSH Period 1-2 Review

"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
• Native Americas' susceptibility to European diseases
• the Mayas' agricultural system

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

• 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

Which of the following was the LEAST important factor behind European exploration and settlement in the 16th century?

• increase in scientific knowledge and technological change
• population increase
• development of nation-states
• competition for trade

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 bureauracy in Madrid
• The Roman Catholic Church had great influence
• Families continued to emigrate from Spain
• Great wealth was being sent back to Spain

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

• The lack of English territorial claims in the Americas
• failure to develop trade with other nations
• fear of Spain
• religious upheavals in England

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
• royal leadership
• development of joint-stock companies
• emigration for religious reasons

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

Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic institutions in the early colonial period?

• the first chapter of the Virginia Company
• Columbus' journals
• the Treaty of Tordesillas
• the Mayflower Compact

Which of the following statements is the most widely accepted description of Columbus' accomplishments?

• 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

The issue of religion figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following?

• the settlement of Jamestown
• the establishment of Puritan colonies in Massachusetts
• discoveries by the Spanish conquistadores 
• Spain's support of Columbus' voyages