KP1 Quiz Review

Which of the following best characterizes the Mississippian societies described in the excerpt?

• They had mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economies that favored the development of permanent villages.

• They were nomadic peoples who utilized river systems to move throughout the region.

• They lived in isolated, impermanent communities and left very little trace of their presence once a settlement had been abandoned.

• They used advanced agricultural practices like irrigation to support economic growth.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the advanced development of both pre-Columbian American societies described in the excerpt?

• Creation of military forces stronger than those of most rival societies

• Adaptation to and use of the natural environment for their own benefit

• Access to waterways to transport goods and trade with other societies

• Transfer of power through inheritance, which reinforced spiritual claims to authority

Which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt?

• European missionaries traveled to the Americas seeking religious converts.

• European settlers faced resistance from Native Americans.

• Europeans transported enslaved Africans to the Americas to produce sugar.

• Europeans sought new sources of wealth in the Americas.

In the third paragraph of the excerpt, which of the following pieces of evidence does de Gante use to support his argument about the emperor of Spain’s obligations to Native Americans?

• Native Americans have their own religious practices.

• Native American workers were eager to fulfill the emperor’s wishes.

• The emperor has benefited from the riches acquired in the Americas.

• The royal governors have followed the crown’s decrees in the Americas.

How were European economic systems in the American colonies in the 1500s and 1600s different from existing economic systems in Europe?

• Most colonial economies were tightly regulated by the imperial and colonial governments

• Spanish colonists used enslaved Africans to work on plantations.

• French colonists engaged in commercial activities such as the fur trade.

• Most European colonies were based on agriculture.