APUSH Era 1

Which of the following is true about Native American cultures prior to contact with Europeans?

• They experienced frequent epidemic diseases

• They exchanged goods with African societies

• They had developed wheeled vehicles pulled by livestock

• They adapted to the environment and formed unique cultures

In the Northeast, in the Mississippi River Valley, and along the Atlantic coast societies developed mixed farming and hunter-gatherer economies and encouraged the growth of ___

• permanent villages

• irrigation

• alliances with Spain

• nomadic living

Pueblo Indians lived in what is now:

• the eastern United States

• Mexico

• the southwestern United States

• the northeastern United States

Which crop was the one that became a staple in Mexico and South America?

• Bison

• Potato

• Squash

• Maize

Which of the following regions was home to nomadic Native Americans who relied on the bison for the vast majority of their needs?

• the Southwest

• the Great Plains

• the Pacific Northwest

• the Eastern Seaboard

Which of the following was the LEAST important factor behind European exploration and settlement in the 16th century?

• Increase in scientific knowledge and technological change

• Development of nation-states

• Population increase

• Competition for trade

When Europeans arrived in North America at the beginning of the 16th century:

• the native population was racially homogeneous

• the native population was limited to the warmer regions of Mesoamerica

• Native Americans had developed a variety of disparate cultures and languages

• there were only a few thousand natives and they spoke five basic languages

One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe was...

• the growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase

• the widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor

• the introduction of slavery as a significant source of labor for European landowners

• an acceleration of feudalism

Which of the following livestock introduced by the Spanish had the greatest impact on Great Plains Indian settlement patterns?

• Cows

• Pigs

• Horses

• Bison

The encomienda system primarily relied on labor from

• African slaves

• Native Americans

• Spanish indentured servants

• Women