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WorksheetsAPUSH Unit 1 Study Guide
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
What agricultural development most transformed Native American societies by encouraging population growth and permanent villages?
Hunting and Gathering
Maize Cultivation
Horse domestication
Fishing networks
The nomadic cultures of many Great Plains peoples were most shaped by which environmental factor?
Dependence on the buffalo for food, tools, and shelter
Fertile soil that supported large-scale farming
Access to major river systems for trade and transport
Frequent European invasions from the east
Which political change in Europe helped fuel exploration and overseas expansion in the 15th century?
The rise of centralized monarchies seeking wealth and glory
The decline of overseas demand for Asian spices
The collapse of Mediterranean trade routes
The spread of Protestant reform movements
What piece of maritime technology most directly enabled explorers like Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus to cross oceans?
Gunpowder and Ships
Compass-free navigation
Wooden fortresses for coastal defense
Caravels with improved sail designs
Which of the following was the earliest global impact of Columbus’s voyages in 1492?
The exchange of crops, animals, and diseases between hemispheres
The immediate downfall of major Native empires
The mass migration of African peoples to the Americas
The conquest of North America by England
The Treaty of Tordesillas reflected European competition by:
Splitting new overseas territories between Spain and Portugal
Establishing French control of the Caribbean
Ending violent resistance from Native peoples
Granting England the right to settle in North America
In Spanish colonies, the encomienda system was primarily used to:
Replaced slavery with cooperative trade agreements
Provide democratic rights to Indigenous leaders
Force Native peoples to labor in agriculture and mining
Encourage religious tolerance across colonial society
Which of the following groups faced the most discrimination under the Spanish caste hierarchy?
Africans and Native peoples
American-born Spaniards (Creoles)
Mixed-race groups (mestizos/mulattos)
Spaniards born in Europe (Peninsulares)
How did many Indigenous and African groups react to European colonization efforts?
By blending resistance with strategies to preserve culture
By refusing all trade with Europeans
By abandoning their traditions and adopting Christianity fully
By remaining passive under European authority
One long-term cultural impact of the Atlantic World exchanges was:
A decline in the European Economy
Christianity merging with African and Native traditions
The rapid overthrow of Spanish control in the Americas
The early end of the transatlantic slave trade
In his writings, Bartolomé de Las Casas argued that Native Americans were capable of self-rule because they:
Created advanced cities and legal systems before Spanish contact
Practiced Christianity prior to European arrival
Lacked knowledge of government and politics
According to historian Thomas Bender, how did the introduction of crops like sugar and tobacco affect Europe?
They required minimum labor to produce
They quickly replaced traditional food crops
They had little demand among European consumers
They boosted trade and provided wealth for European economies
The introduction of sugar production on a Caribbean plantation with the decline of native populations best illustrates:
The reliance on enslaved African labor in the New World
The growing importance of indentured European workers
The spread of Catholic missions into North America
Early Spanish settlements in the present-day United States
