US History Unit 1 (1607 to 1754)

The "three sisters" included all of the following agricultural staples of the Native American diet except what?

• Maize

• Potato

• Squash

• Beans

Native Americans of the Southwest adapted to the environment in which of the following ways?

• Irrigation

• Lived a nomadic lifestyle

• Hunted game like bison

• Relied on fishing as a source of food

The initial system of labor used by Spain in the the New World is known as what?

• asiento system

• repariamento system

• chattel slavery

• encomienda system

The early voyages of exploration were launched with the aim of doing what?

• Colonizing the Americas

• Making more accurate maps

• Finding new trade routes

• Establishing naval dominance

Native Americans of the Great Plains relied on which of the following as a source of food?

• Cattle

• Bison

• Squash, corn, and beans

• Fishing

Which of the following Native American tribes inhabited the Eastern Woodlands?

• Lakota Sioux

• Chinook

• Navajo

• Iroquois

The reason so many Native Americans died from epidemic diseases after initial contact with Europeans can best be attributed to which of the following?

• Encomienda system

• Lack of domesticated animals

• Transatlantic slave trade

• Spanish intermarriage with Native Americans

Native Americans of Mesoamerica were different from Native Americans in the rest of North America in all of the following ways except what?

• Developed a written language

• Had systems of agriculture

• Had large urban centers

• Established empires through military conquest

The Columbian Exchange had which of the following effects on Europe?

• Introduced new food sources like the potato and maize, leading to population growth

• Caused large-scale death via epidemic diseases

• Resulted in large increases in the population of African slaves

• Introduced domesticated animals like cattle and pigs

Which of the following serves as the best causal explanation for the development of the Atlantic slave trade?

• The practice common in African kingdoms of enslaving prisoners of war

• The development of the encomienda system

• The death of most Native Americans in the Spanish colonial empire from disease

• European beliefs about the inferiority of Africans compared to Europeans