Period 1 Warm Up

The early inhabitants of North America developed such a wide variety of cultures because…

• they came to North American from many different lands

• they came from distinctly different home cultures

• they were not ethnically related to one another

• they settled in different physical environments

Which of the following was NOT one motive for European exploration and colonization of the New World?

• expansion of European-based empires

• greed for gold, treasures, and natural resources

• assimilation into the cultures of the West

• discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia

Early relations between native groups and the early Spanish explorers were generally characterized by…

• hostility

• cooperation

• neutrality

• tolerance

Which Native American settlement lived in permanent longhouses like the one pictured above?

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Great Plains

• Midwest

Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the

• spread of corn cultivation

• ravages of smallpox epidemics

• regular contacts with Africa

• invention of the spoked wheel

By 1800, which of the following European imports had the greatest impact on the lives of the Plains Indians?

• Steel plow

• cattle

• Horses

• Christianity

The most important factor that enabled the Spanish to conquer native peoples in Mexico and New Spain in the sixteenth century was the

• introduction of cattle and pigs, which disrupted native patterns of agriculture

• introduction of European diseases to which native peoples were not resistant

• introduction of Christianity, which weakened the solidarity of native peoples

• superior horsemanship displayed by the Spanish conquistadores

Which of the following contributed most to the changes shown in the graph?

• Loss of territory and access to natural resources

• The introduction of new plants and animals

• Warfare with Europeans

• The introduction of new diseases

Which of the following was an outcome of the Columbian Exchange?

• The life expectancy of Native Americans increased.

• Horses and smallpox were introduced in Europe.

• Sugar and rice were introduced in Africa.

• The diets of Europeans improved.

The predominant lifestyle of the people of the Anasaziand Cahokiacultures illustrated in the map above was

• Pastoralism

• Hunting and gathering

• Agriculture

• Constant military conflict