AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3 questions n answers graded A+

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3corn - correct answers The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - correct answers It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - correct answers When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system - correct answersKing of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8) asiento system - correct answersThis system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8) slavery - correct answersAs far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America to provide free labor. (p. 11) land bridge - correct answersSome time between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, people migrated from Asia to the Americas, across this area that connected Siberia and Alaska. (p. 2) Adena-Hopewell - correct answersThis American Indian culture centered in Ohio created large earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4) Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - correct answersThese American Indians were located in the New Mexico and Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4) Woodland mound builders - correct answersAmerican Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4)