APUSH Period 1 Quiz 1

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

Which of the following shows how Native Americans adapted to an transformed the environment in which they lived?

• the creation of large-scale irrigation works to promote the growing of maize
• the development of highly structured systems of social stratification
• the construction of monuments to nature-based deities
• the organization of self-governing confederacies among disparate tribes

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

Which of the following served as the initial motivation for Spanish exploration?

• desires to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
• hopes of establishing permanent colonies for settlement
• the desire to beat out European rivals in the land grab for North America
• the need of new sources of wealth to support the growth of the nation