Period 1 terms

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

What split the new word between Spain and Portugal?

• Treaty of Paris 1649
• Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
• Treaty of Versailles 1763
• Proclamation Line

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

• potlatch

• mound building

• sun worship

• the longhouse

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

• Mulatto

• Mestizo

• Chicano

• Latino

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

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 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 tribes was encountered by English settlers and best known for their highly evolved system of government?

• the Pueblo

• the Chinook

• the Sioux

• the Iroquois