APUSH Midterm Exam

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

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

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

The first important cash crop in the American colonies was...

• cotton
• corn
• tea
• tobacco

The age of salutary neglect drew to a close with...

• the Boston Tea Party
• the formation of the Republic of Texas
• the Salem Witch Trials
• the end of the French and Indian War

Which of the following is the best explanation for why the British did not establish a powerful central government in the American colonies?

• The British cared little how the colonists lived so long as the colonies remained a productive economic asset
• Britain feared that the colonists would rebel against any substantial government force that it established
• few members of the British elite were willing to travel to the colonies, even for the opportunity to govern
• Britain gave the coloines a large measure of autonomy as a first step in transitioning the region to independence

The Duke of Baltimore established the colony of Maryland...

• as an opportunity to invest in that colony's maritime industry
• in order to prevent France rom seizing that territory
• as a haven for persecuted English Catholics
• for Quakers who had been evicted from Pennsylvania

As the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams...

• established religious freedom for Jews and Catholics
• supported freedom of religion for the Huguenots
• established complete religious freedom for all of the colony's settlers
• established mandatory church attendance