Period 1

What was a significant effect of European overseas exploration, conquest, and settlement in the late 1400s and 1500s on the New World?

• Decreased competition among nations

• Increased isolation of native peoples

• Increased competition among the nations of Europe as well as in the promotion of empire building

• Stabilization of native populations

What system did Spaniards first use involving the forced labor of native Indians?

• Feudalism

• Encomienda

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

Which crop became a staple for the peoples of the Southwest and was crucial for their economic development and social diversification?

• Wheat

• Rice

• Maize (corn)

• Potatoes

What was the primary living arrangement of the Pueblo people?

• Nomadic tribes

• Large cities

• Small towns, or pueblos

• Isolated farmsteads

What was the primary impact of the "Columbian Exchange"?

• It led to the isolation of the Americas from Europe

• It decreased cultural exchanges between continents

• It ushered in momentous demographic, economic, and social changes

• It stabilized the population growth in the Americas

What is the Four Corners region known for?

• The meeting point of four different states

• The development of the Ancestral Pueblo culture around the year 900

• The location where four rivers converge

• A famous battle site

What characterizes the "Desert Culture" of the Great Basin?

• Permanent settlements and agriculture

• Seasonal mobility and foraging

• Extensive use of pottery and crafts

• Reliance on fishing and water resources

Which Native American group is most commonly associated with the stereotype of wearing feathered headdresses and hunting buffalo?

• The Iroquois League

• The Algonquian Peoples

• The Chinook People

• The Plains Indians

What was the primary purpose of the Iroquois League's formation?

• To promote trade among different tribes

• To end infighting among the five nations

• To organize large-scale hunting expeditions

• To resist European colonization

Where did the Chinook people primarily reside?

• Along the Mississippi River

• In the desert regions of the Southwest

• Along the Columbia River in present-day Washington and Oregon

• Near the Great Lakes