Bellringer Quiz APUSH

Which of the following most supported the development of the commerce described in the third paragraph?

• Maize cultivation spread northward from Mexico.

• Native Americans constructed extensive road networks.

• Native Americans in the Northeast of North America formed extensive empires.

• Metal tools became valuable objects in Native American religions.

Which of the following best characterizes the process described in the first paragraph of the excerpt?

• Native American agriculture encouraged the growth of socially diversified urban areas.

• An arid climate led Native Americans to construct irrigation projects in the Mississippi River valley.

• The climate in North America discouraged the development of large settlements.

• Military power helped Native American hunters and gatherers to conquer expansive cities.

Which of the following best describes the economic system that supported the Native American villages discussed in the second paragraph of the excerpt?

• Seminonadic hunting

• Settled subsistence farming

• Trade and manufacturing of luxury goods

• Migration and colonization of new territories

Developments such as that depicted in the image most directly led to which of the following?

• The importation of enslaved Africans to the Caribbean

• The increasing use of indentured servants in the Caribbean

• The spread of Spanish missionaries into portions of Florida

• The settling of the eastern North American seaboard by the Spanish

Which of the following most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

• The emerging European naval capabilities in the Caribbean

• The search for new sources of wealth in the Caribbean

• The North American reliance on imports from the Caribbean

• The spread of diseases native to the Americas to enslaved African plantation laborers

Historical developments such as that depicted in the image helped advance which of the following?

• The conquest of the European continent by Spain

• The spread of Spanish influence in the Western Hemisphere

• The shift in European economies from capitalism to feudalism

• The funding of Christopher Columbus’s expeditions to the Caribbean

The second paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the introduction to Europe of new crops from the Americas?

• They remained relatively unpopular.

• They required little labor to produce.

• They stimulated economies across Europe.

• They replaced traditional agricultural products.

The excerpt makes the overall argument that the Atlantic economy

• eliminated competition between European nations

• drove long-lasting economic shifts across Europe, Africa, and the Americas

• contributed to the persistence of feudal economic systems

• contributed to the collapse of European empires

Which of the following claims does the excerpt make about changes that occurred as a result of new interactions in the Atlantic region?

• Merchants from Asia dominated trade throughout the sixteenth century.

• Europeans developed new methods of conducting trade and making profits.

• African kingdoms were the largest purchasers of goods produced in the Americas.

• Native Americans amassed fortunes as Europeans paid high prices for rare goods.