APUSH Period 1 Quiz

In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor, used in this system to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources. 

• mercantilism
• crop rotation
• capitalism
• encomienda

Which European dissented from the views of most Europeans towards Native Americans and became an advocate for better treatment of Indians?

• Hernando de Soto
• Juan Ponce De Leon
• Bartolome de la Casas
• Henry Hudson

The Spanish first moved into the North American southwest in an effort to

• obtain precious metals (like gold and silver)
• establish missions
• impose Spanish culture
• strengthen the security of New Spain

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

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

• Spanish peasants

• indentured servants

• Indians

• African slaves

Over the centuries, the most effective means of "civilizing" natives to Spanish culture was

• the mission system

• the encomienda system

• military occupation

• the distribution of mineral wealth

16th-19th century North American Indians most resisted European beliefs about

• fur trading and trapping

• land ownership

• missionaries

• regional governors

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