APUSH Time Period 1 Ten in Ten Review Check

Which of the following was true of Native American culture before European contact in 1492?

• Plains Indians relied upon agriculture

• Corn was the most significant food source

• Most tribes relied upon buffalo hunting

• Hunting was limited to the Great Plains

Which of the following were reasons why Europeans explored the Americas? (You may choose more than one option)

• To get gold

• To gain glory

• To spread God (Christianity)

• To pick up girls

Which of the following is the best description of the Columbian Exchange?

• The development of capitalism in Europe based upon the cash crops of the Americas

• The establishment of mixed race class structures in the Atlantic region following Columbus' voyages

• The exchange of goods, ideas and people between Europe, Africa and the Americas

• The shift toward joint stock companies by European monarchs in return for a cut of the profits

How did contacts like this impact Native Americans?

• Natives gained new access to Eurasian trade

• European crops greatly improved native nutrition

• Natives gained power by trading for guns

• European diseases killed many natives

How did contacts like this impact Europeans?

• Diseases from the Americas led to European population decline

• Crops from the Americas led to European population growth

• Europeans adopted some Native American religious beliefs

• Europeans domesticated most animals from the Americas

Which of the following is accurate of the Encomienda system?

• Native Americans were promised religious autonomy by the Spanish

• Europeans and Native Americans formed a mixed race elite class in the Americas

• Spanish settlers were granted lands by the crown along with the native laborers to work those lands

• Europeans built infrastructure in the Americas to promote Native American assimilation and trust

What was the Encomienda system replaced by?

• Indentured Servitude

• European Peasants

• Free Market Capitalism

• African Slavery

What did Europeans believe justified their treatment of Native Americans? (you may answer with more than one option)

• White Superiority

• Belief that natives were different species

• Christian Religion

• View of natives as uncivilized

How were Native Americans and Africans in the Americas similar in the 1500s?

• Both sought to preserve their autonomy

• Both were protected by the Catholic Church

• Both were able to resist European domination

• Both were able to play Europeans off against one another

Who would have lived in a maroon community?

• Religious heretics

• European prisoners

• Integrated natives

• Runaway slaves