APUSH Period 1 (1491-1607): Final Review (Practice Test)

Which of the following was an economic effect on Europeans as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

The Columbian Exchange introduced new consumable goods to Europe, which stimulated new means to profit

Which of the following was an economic effect on American Indian peoples as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

American Indians were forced into a labor system that benefitted Europeans

Prior to European contact, North American Indians were

Distinct societies with different economies and lifestyles

As the Spanish explored North America prior to 1600, they discovered

Little of interest to keep them pushing north to Canada

This image portrays European perceptions of the New World in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

American Indians lived in harmony with nature

By 1588, Spanish development of the Americas flourished most likely because

The Spanish used American Indian labor to extract precious materials for export to Europe

The engraving was most likely intended to

Stimulate European interest in the settlement and development of the New World

The passage best supports which of the following in 1492?

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, American Indians had developed advanced agricultural techniques

The passage would be most useful as a source of information about which of the following?

Economic, cultural, and racial justifications for the subjugation of American Indians

Which of the following could be used to support Zinn’s depiction of American Indian culture during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?

Written evidence by American Indians of permanent, indigenous villages in the American Northeast

The excerpt from Las Casas can be used most directly to prove which of the following developments in the period 1491-1607?

Europeans disagreed about how American Indians should be treated

Which of the following contributed most directly to the developments described by Las Casas?

European encroachment on American Indians' land

What motivations led the Spanish to the "greed" that Las Casas describes?

Massive resources of precious metals found in native lands

This map best supports which conclusion about American Indian economies before European contact?

American Indian economies were diverse and adapted to local resources

In which region of the map were American Indians the most mobile?

The Great Basin and western plains

Prior to European contact, American Indians in the Southwest had already developed which of the following?

A culture highly dependent on maize

Which option best characterizes a cause of Cortes's actions in the temple of Tenochtitlan?

The Spanish considered conversion to Catholicism a prime motivation to their conquest of the Western Hemisphere

Which of the following is the best inference a historian could make from the passage?

The Aztecs believed that their economic success depended upon the worship of their gods