MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS APUSH
UNIT 1 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
"In the 1500s, Native Americans possessed a wide range of complex cultures." Each of the
following gives evidence to support this statement EXCEPT
(A) the Aztec captial of Tenochtitlan
(B) the organization of Inca society
(C) Native Americans' susceptibilty to European diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calender - answer (C) Native Americans' susceptibility to European diseases
Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500s
and 1600s?
(A) Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination.
(B) Native American ways of life were respected.
(C) Since nothing of value could be learned or obtained from the Native Americans, Europeans
thought it was permissible to exterminate them.
(D) Europeans cultivated good relations with Native Americans and sought to make them
economic partners.
(E) Only the English believed that Native Americans should be treated fairly. - answer (A) Native
Americans ways of life were respected.
Which of the following was the LEAST important factor behind European exploration and
settlement in the 16th century?
(A) increase in scientific knowledge and technological change
(B) population increase
, (C) development of nation-states
(D) competition for trade
(E) religious commitment - answer (B) population increase
By the end of the 16th century, all of the following were greatly true about Spain's colonial
empire EXCEPT
(A) It was controlled by a bureaucracy in Madrid.
(B) The Roman Catholic Church had great influence.
(C) New universities were spreading education and culture.
(D) Families continued to emigrate from Spain.
(E) Great wealth was being sent back to Spain. - answer (D) Families continued to emigrate from
Spain.
The delay in founding English settlements in the Americans was the result of
(A) weak English monarchs
(B) the lack of English territorial claims in the Americans
(C) failure to develop trade with other nations
(D) fear of Spain
(E) religious upheavals in England - answer (E) religious upheavals in England
At the beginning of the 17th century, all of the following factors served to increase the English
role in America EXCEPT
(A) defeat of the Spanish Armada
(B) population growth
(C) royal leadership
UNIT 1 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
"In the 1500s, Native Americans possessed a wide range of complex cultures." Each of the
following gives evidence to support this statement EXCEPT
(A) the Aztec captial of Tenochtitlan
(B) the organization of Inca society
(C) Native Americans' susceptibilty to European diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calender - answer (C) Native Americans' susceptibility to European diseases
Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated Native Americans in the 1500s
and 1600s?
(A) Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination.
(B) Native American ways of life were respected.
(C) Since nothing of value could be learned or obtained from the Native Americans, Europeans
thought it was permissible to exterminate them.
(D) Europeans cultivated good relations with Native Americans and sought to make them
economic partners.
(E) Only the English believed that Native Americans should be treated fairly. - answer (A) Native
Americans ways of life were respected.
Which of the following was the LEAST important factor behind European exploration and
settlement in the 16th century?
(A) increase in scientific knowledge and technological change
(B) population increase
, (C) development of nation-states
(D) competition for trade
(E) religious commitment - answer (B) population increase
By the end of the 16th century, all of the following were greatly true about Spain's colonial
empire EXCEPT
(A) It was controlled by a bureaucracy in Madrid.
(B) The Roman Catholic Church had great influence.
(C) New universities were spreading education and culture.
(D) Families continued to emigrate from Spain.
(E) Great wealth was being sent back to Spain. - answer (D) Families continued to emigrate from
Spain.
The delay in founding English settlements in the Americans was the result of
(A) weak English monarchs
(B) the lack of English territorial claims in the Americans
(C) failure to develop trade with other nations
(D) fear of Spain
(E) religious upheavals in England - answer (E) religious upheavals in England
At the beginning of the 17th century, all of the following factors served to increase the English
role in America EXCEPT
(A) defeat of the Spanish Armada
(B) population growth
(C) royal leadership
