APUSH AMSCO Chapter 1 Multiple
Choice Questions with 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 capital of Tenochtitlan
(B) the organization of Inca society
(C) Native Americans' suspectibility to European diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calander - ✔✔(C) Native Americans' suspectibility to European diseases
Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated the 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
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, (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 shuold be treated fairly - ✔✔(A)
Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination.
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 - ✔✔(B) population increase
By the end of the 16th century of the following were generally 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
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Choice Questions with 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 capital of Tenochtitlan
(B) the organization of Inca society
(C) Native Americans' suspectibility to European diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calander - ✔✔(C) Native Americans' suspectibility to European diseases
Which of the following best describes the way Europeans treated the 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
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, (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 shuold be treated fairly - ✔✔(A)
Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian domination.
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 - ✔✔(B) population increase
By the end of the 16th century of the following were generally 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
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