APUSH Period 1 Review

In northeastern North America before European contact, the Iroquois developed the tradition of

• potlatch

• mound building

• sun worship

• the longhouse

Pre-Columbian Southwest Indians were most noted for which environmental transformation practice?

• Draining Swamps

• Burning grasslands and forests

• Irrigation

• Overhunting and extinction of herd animals

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

• Mulatto

• Mestizo

• Chicano

• Latino

Which 15th century European country dominated the African slave trade?

• Portugal

• Holland

• England

• France

The encomienda system primarily relied on labor from

• African slaves

• Spanish indentured servants

• American Indians

• women

As Spanish labor demands grew, the labor source for imperial production transitioned to

• Spanish peasants

• indentured servants

• Indians

• African slaves

Which European country had the least significant presence in the Western Hemisphere during the 15th and 16th centuries?

• France

• Holland

• Portugal

• England

Since the 15th and 16th centuries, what has been the most enduring legacy from Spanish conquest and exploration of the Americas?

• increased wealth for Spain

• promotion of a large empire

• converts to Christianity

• greater standing in the world

Which of the following was not a native crop from the Americas that stimulated trade and or population in Europe?

• Tobacco

• Cacao

• Rice

• Potatoes

Spanish mineral wealth from the Americas caused a shift toward

• socialism

• feudalism

• mercantalism

• capitalism