APUSH AMSCO BOOK 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'
susceptibility |to |European
diseases
(D) |the |Mayas' |agricultural |system
(E) |the |Maya |calendar |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-C
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. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
A
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 |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-B
By |the |end |of |the |16th |century, |all |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.
(D) |Families |continued |to |emigrate |from |Spain.
(E) |Great |wealth |was |being |sent |back |to |Spain. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-D
The |delay |in |founding |English |settlements |in |the |Americas |was |the |result |of
(A) |weak |English |monarchs
(B) |the |lack |of |English |territorial |claims |in |the |Americas
(C) |failure |to |develop |trade |with |other |nations
(D) |fear |of |Spain
(E) |religious |upheavals |in |England |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-E
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
(D) |development |of |joint-stock
companies
(E) |emigration |for |religious |reasons |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-C
The |survival |of |the |Jamestown |colony |can |be |most |directly |attributed |to |the
(A) |religious |spirit |of |the |settlers
(B) |management |of |the |Virginia
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'
susceptibility |to |European
diseases
(D) |the |Mayas' |agricultural |system
(E) |the |Maya |calendar |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-C
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. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-
A
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 |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-B
By |the |end |of |the |16th |century, |all |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.
(D) |Families |continued |to |emigrate |from |Spain.
(E) |Great |wealth |was |being |sent |back |to |Spain. |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-D
The |delay |in |founding |English |settlements |in |the |Americas |was |the |result |of
(A) |weak |English |monarchs
(B) |the |lack |of |English |territorial |claims |in |the |Americas
(C) |failure |to |develop |trade |with |other |nations
(D) |fear |of |Spain
(E) |religious |upheavals |in |England |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-E
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
(D) |development |of |joint-stock
companies
(E) |emigration |for |religious |reasons |- |VERIFIED |ANSWER✔✔-C
The |survival |of |the |Jamestown |colony |can |be |most |directly |attributed |to |the
(A) |religious |spirit |of |the |settlers
(B) |management |of |the |Virginia
