APUSH Period 1 Part 1

Which European nation was first to lay claim to the New World?

• Portugal

• Spain
• France
• England

In the view of the encomienda system, Native Americans were seen primarily as...

• a source of labor
• a group to be protected
• a focus of evangelization
• outcasts to be excluded from Spanish settlement

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

The primary positive benefit of the Columbian Exchange was...

• the exchange of food products between Europe and the Western Hemisphere
• the introduction of horses into Europe
• the introduction of cattle into Europe
• the exchange of architectural design techniques between the two continents

The primary negative consequence of the Columbian exchange was the exchange of...

• food products that led to debilitating illnesses for both American Indians and Europeans
• concepts of autocratic governments that delayed the development of democracy
• epidemic diseases introduced from Europe into the Americas
• modern methods of warfare introduced to Europeans by American Indians

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

• Mulatto

• Mestizo

• Chicano

• Latino

What are the 3 G's?

• God, Goods, Glory
• Goods,  Glory, God
• God, Glory, Gold
• Grapes, Gum, Greatness

What is the best title for this diagram?

• Encomienda
• Silk Road
• Open Door Policy
• Columbian Exchange

context means

• a piece of a fractured bone

• surrounds or helps explain a word or passage

• a tiny piece of anything

• a Spanish explorer

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