OC APUSH Quiz 1-1

Which Indian tribe called Central America home when the Spanish came to the New World?

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayans

• Cherokees

Which country sponsored Columbus's trip to the New World?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• Italy

What 'new race' was formed between Europeans and Indian women of the New World?

• Mestizos

• Creoles

• Mulattos

• Zambos

Which North American Indian tribe created a confederacy that could have rivaled the great nation-states of Mexico and Peru?

• Iroquois

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Apache

Which Native American tribes prospered because of the 'three sisters' farming technique?

• Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee

• Sioux, Navajo, and Apache

• Iroquois, Huron, and Algonquin

• Pueblo, Shoshone, and Nez Perce

What is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement established in what would become the United States?

• St. Augustine, 1565 (in Florida)

• Jamestown, 1607 (in Virginia)

• Plymouth, 1620 (in Massachusetts)

• Santa Fe, 1610 (in New Mexico)

Which Indian tribe, known as 'village' in Spanish, constructed intricate irrigation systems to water their cornfields in the Rio Grande Valley?

• Pueblo

• Navajo

• Sioux

• Cherokee

When the Spanish arrived in the New World, what were their motives?

• Establishment of missions (conversion), search for God, gold, and glory.

• To establish trade routes with Asia and Africa.

• To escape religious persecution in Europe.

• To colonize and settle in North America for agricultural purposes.

How did many Native Americans travel to North America from Asia?

• By boat across the Pacific Ocean

• The land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska

• Through a series of islands in the Arctic

• By walking across the Bering Sea ice

Why were the Native Americans easily conquered by the Spanish and later by the English?

• They had superior weapons and technology.

• They were well organized and united.

• They had inferior weapons, were not organized, spoke many different languages, and suffered from European diseases.

• They had strong alliances with other European powers.