APUSH Period 1 Flashcard

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In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor, used in this system to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources.

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encomienda

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Which European dissented from the views of most Europeans towards Native Americans and became an advocate for better treatment of Indians? Options: Hernando de Soto, Juan Ponce De Leon, Bartolome de la Casas, Henry Hudson

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Bartolome de la Casas

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The Spanish first moved into the North American southwest in an effort to

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obtain precious metals (like gold and silver)

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Pre-Columbian Southwest Indians were most noted for which environmental transformation practice? Options: Draining Swamps, Burning grasslands and forests, Irrigation, Overhunting and extinction of herd animals

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Irrigation

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As Spanish labor demands grew, the labor source for imperial production transitioned to

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African slaves

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Over the centuries, the most effective means of "civilizing" natives to Spanish culture was

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the mission system

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16th-19th century North American Indians most resisted European beliefs about

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land ownership

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Which of the following best describes the impact European colonization had on the Western Hemisphere's native population? Options: the native population was highly respected in terms of territorial possessions and religious beliefs, the Europeans for the most part did not interact with the native population, Spain was the only European country to successfully create an alliance with the native population, Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

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Native populations were often killed off or driven away by the Europeans

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Which region was home to bands of nomadic Native Americans who relied on their game for the vast majority of their needs? Options: the Southwest, the Northwest, the Great Plains, the Eastern Seaboard

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the Great Plains

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As a result of the Columbian Exchange, the New World gained...

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new animals as sources of food and to serve as beasts of burden