APUSH Unit 1 Review: 1491-1607

Which of the following factors best explains the alliance between the Spanish and Huejotzingo people?

• Dominant American empires threatened smaller groups with war, slavery, and tribute prior to European conquest

• The Spanish promised salvation to native people through conversion to Christianity.

• Most Native Americans believed that the Spanish were gods.

• The Huejotzingo believed they could steal Spanish technology by befriending them.

According to the excerpt, Spanish treatment of the people of Huejotzingo indicates that colonial life in New Spain was affected by all the following except

• The encomienda system

• The castas system

• The middle passage

• The religious conversion of natives

The Spanish demand for maize from the Huejotzingo as tribute best serves as evidence of which of the following developments in the 15th-16th Centuries?

• Increasing global biodiversity

• Growing European populations

• Industrial farming methods

• European notions of racial superiority

The territorial disputes such as the one depicted in the map directly contributed to which of the following developments?

• Slave revolts, such as the Stono Rebellion

• Colonial wars, such as The Seven Years’ War

• Political turmoil, such as the American Revolution

• Regulatory trade practices, such as the Navigation Acts

Prior to the Treaty of Tordesillas, ownership of territory in the New World was affirmed primarily through what authority?

• Conventions hosted by European governments

• The Catholic Church and Pope

• Victors in war laying claim

• Previously established international law

Which of the following was not a motivating factor in the Increasing European exploration and colonization in the Americas throughout the 15th and 16th Centuries?

• Economic and military competition between empires

• Expansion of Christendom to native populations

• The search of new sources of wealth

• Food shortages in Europe

The excerpt would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?

• The wide range of European perspectives toward Native Americans

• Comparing various approaches to colonization by different European groups

• The role that religion played in the decimation of native populations

• The harsh realities for Spanish-born colonists in 16th Century New Spain

Which of the following most significantly contributed to the drastic decline of Native American populations described in the excerpt?

• The introduction of African slaves who competed with Native Americans for resources

• The trade of firearms between European colonists and Native Americans

• The establishment of a caste system that deprived native groups of social privileges

• The transmission of disease that Native Americans had no immunity to

Based on the observations of Las Casas, which of the following best describes the Spanish policy toward Native Americans and their land in the 16th Century?

• Only indigenous crops, such as tobacco, could be planted and harvested

• All Native Americans must be killed or removed from their land to claim it

• The Spanish were entitled to free labor and the resources of colonized territory

• Native populations would not be killed or mistreated if they converted to Christianity

Which of the following groups was Las Casas trying to influence with this excerpt?

• The Roman Catholic Church

• The Spanish monarchs

• Spanish colonists in New Spain

• Native American leaders