APUSH FINAL REVIEW (P1-2)

2. Why did Puritans settle in towns?

Town meetings were important to the political and religious life of the Puritan settlers.

14. What statement best describes the economic activity in the Atlantic world during the colonial period?

A lively trade emerged between the North American colonies, Britain, and Africa

4. Which of the following answers correctly identifies an important consequence of the Spanish attitude towards Native Americans?

Because so many Native peoples were dying, the Spanish began to import slaves from Africa to replenish their labor supply

6. What statements best describes the relationships between different European imperial powers?

Colonial rivalry led to frequent conflicts

16. What statement best describes the political connections between the North American colonies and the British crown before the mid-18th century?

Colonists built political institutions based on British models but had a large degree of autonomy

6. Which of the following statements correctly describes the consequences of European colonization?

Colonization brought wealth to European imperial powers which resulted in political and economic innovations

8. What effect, if any, did Native American culture have on Europeans?

Europeans began to partake of many of the same luxury items that the indigenous social elites consumed

18. Are the events depicted in the painting representative of the general pattern of interactions between British colonists and Indigenous peoples?

Partially- Native Americans negotiated with the colonies but also used military force to resist encroachment

5. What was an important consequence of the decision to colonize Virginia on counties instead of towns?

Political and cultural institutions developed more slowly because the population was spread out over a larger area.

9. What statement correctly describes the syncretic nature of slave culture in the British colonies?

Slaves blended new and traditional beliefs

10. What statement correctly describes the status of slaves in the southern British colonies?

Slaves inherited the status from their mother thus incorporating a strong racial element into colonial society

8. What was the most common form of resistance among slaves in the New World?

Slaves ran away and intentionally worked slow

15. Which of the folllowing statements correctly describes the phenomenon discussed by Edwards?

The Great Awakening was a trans-Atlantic event which helped increase religious pluralism in the colonies

19. Which of the following statements correctly describes the military strength of Native American tribes in the 17th century?

The Native Americans sometimes achieved victories against the colonists but were steadily pushed back by the Europeans forces

12. What consequences did the policy of mercantilism have for British colonies in North America?

The colonies provided raw materials but manufactured very few goods

10. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the encounter between the conquistador Hernán Cortés and the Aztec leader Moctezuma as depicted above?

The tapestry recognizes the important role indigenous women played as translators and cultural mediators between Europeans and Native Americans.

7. Which of the following was NOT a motivation that drove colonists to settle in the New World?

Political oppression in Europe

short answer questions

1. Draw a chart explaining the geographical areas and motives of settlement, government strategy of organization and control from home, economic strategy goals, social structure and relationship with natives for 3 of the following groups: Dutch, French, Jamestown's, Plymouth, Pennsylvania 2. Which European Country was most successful at achieving goals for colonizations and Why?

short answer questions

1. Name one Indigenous tribe that worked well with Europeans, state which Europeans they worked well with. Support your answer. 2. Name one indigenous tribe that did not work well with Europeans, state which Europeans they did no work well with. Support your answer. 3. Name one of the seven themes of APUSH. How does the theme relate to pre colonialism or early colonialism? 4. Why does APUSH start in 1491 instead of 1492? 5. What European country benefited most from exploring and colonizing in America? Explain your answer.

1. The image highlights which of the following? (P1)

How Native Americans became independent on European trade goods.

20. What, if any, obstacles led to political misunderstandings between the indigenous peoples of North America and European colonists?

Europeans were initially confused by the decentralized nature of power within indigenous tribes?

4. What was the primary reason Smith offered to justify colonization of Virginia?

Exploitation of natural resources

3. What answer best describes Spanish attitudes towards de las Casas' report?

Generally, Spaniards were unconcerned because they thought Native Americans should be exploited because they were uncivilized.

(P2) 1. Why did Winthrop say the Puritans must build a city upon a hill?

In order to serve as a religious inspiration to others.

9. Which of the following statements correctly describes Benzoni's account?

It is partially correct because Benzoni accurately describes the animistic elements of indigenous religions and the syncretic results of missionary work

12. Why did the Native American people lack immunity to European diseases?

Most Indigenous peoples did not live in urban areas and had few domesticated animals, which meant they did not develop a resistance to many animal-borne illnesses

2. Which statement best describes the relationships between Native Americans and European settlers?

Native Americans and Europeans at times traded peacefully with European colonists but also frequently used diplomacy and force to resist encroachment on their territory, political sovereignty, and way of life.

11. Which answer best describes the lives of Native Americans immediately preceding the moment of European contact?

Native peoples created different types of settlements, engaged in long-distance trade, practiced religion, and supported social hierarchies

13. What statement best describes the British crown's attitude towards the colonies in North America prior to mid-18th century?

Salutary neglect- the king and his cabinet rarely enforced the rules that governed the colonies which benefitted as a result

11. Why did slavery become prevalent in the southern colonies but not in New England?

Southern colonies relied on more labor-intensive cash crops

5. Which of the following answers correctly describes the social hierarchy of the Spanish empire?

Spanish officials created a strict caste based on precise racial categories that placed Native Spaniards at the top

17. What was an important feature of the Enlightenment?

The Enlightenment highlighted the values Britain shared with her North American colonies

7. What enabled the Europeans to conquer the Native American peoples?

The Europeans has advanced military technology and also brought with them diseases which ravaged native populations

3. How much religious diversity existed in Britain's North American colonies?

Very high diversity- colonists followed many different sects.