Apush study guide

European colonization in the americas was started by? (a)  

• Christopher Columbus
• Hernán Cortes
• Martin Luther
• Juan Ponce De León

What three things made the three sister farming?

• Corn

• Beans

• Squash

• Sugar cane

Who did Hernán Cortés defeat? (a)  

• The mexica
• Incas
• Mayans
• Iroquois

What were the series of religious wars for control of the holy land.

• Navigation Act

• Conquistador exploration

• The crusades

• The Iroquois league

What reduced the European population from 40 to 60 percent.

• The black legend

• The columbian exchange

• The winter of 1812

• The black death

What was used in 1914 to describe Spanish propaganda?

• Joint stock companies

• Yellow typing

• Miscegenation

• The black legend

In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor was used in this system to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources.

• mercantilism

• crop rotation

• capitalism

• encomienda

All of the following could be considered weaknesses in the economy in the US in the late 1920s EXCEPT:

• durable goods

• textiles

• service industry

• agriculture

• real estate

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the relative economic prosperity in the 1920s?

• increased consumer buying aided by easy credit

• increased savings by most Americans

• availability of oil for fuel and innovations for its use

• the development of the assembly line

• pent up demand from the war which had to be satisfied by material goods

The Immigration Act of 1924 was written to specifically favor the arrival of which of the following groups to US shores?

• Asians

• Africans

• Southern Europeans

• Northern Europeans

• South Americans