AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3 Questions and Answers Fully Solved Graded A+
The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) - Answerscorn
It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p.
4) - Answershorses
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) - Answersdisease
King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8) -
Answersencomienda system
This system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for slaves that were imported to the
Americas. (p. 8) - Answersasiento system
slavery - AnswersAs far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America to provide
free labor. (p. 11)
Some 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) - Answersland bridge
This American Indian culture centered in Ohio created large earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4) -
AnswersAdena-Hopewell
Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - AnswersThese American Indians were located in the New Mexico and
Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4)
American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4) -
AnswersWoodland mound builders
American Indian tribe that started using horses in the 17th century. This allowed them to change from
farming to nomadic buffalo hunting. (p. 4) - AnswersLakota Sioux
From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built large cities in what is today's southern
Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2) - AnswersMayas
This highly developed civilization developed a vast South American empire based in Peru. (p. 2) -
AnswersIncas
Starting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central Mexico. (p. 2) - AnswersAztecs
These Spanish explorers and conquerors of the Americas sent ships loaded with gold and silver back to
Spain making it the richest and most powerful nation in Europe. (p. 8) - Answersconquistadores
He conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8) - AnswersHernan Cortes
, The first people to settle North America arrived as many as 40,000 years ago. They came from Asia and
may have crossed by a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska. (p. 1) - AnswersNative Americans
He conquered the Incas in Peru. (p. 8) - AnswersFrancisco Pizarro
Bartolome de Las Casas convinced the King of Spain to institute these laws, which ended American
Indian slavery, ended forced Indian labor, and began the process of ending the encomienda systems. (p.
11) - AnswersNew Laws of 1542
In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish a settlement here, but it failed. (p. 9) -
AnswersRoanoke Island
One aspect of the Renaissance was a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change.
Europeans made improvements in the inventions of others. this invention was used in sailing. (p. 5) -
Answerscompass
This invention in the 1450s spread knowledge across Europe. (p 5) - Answersprinting press
They united Spain, defeated and drove out the Moors. In 1492, they funded Christopher Columbus's
voyage to America. (p. 5) - AnswersFerdinand and Isabella
In the early 1500s, certain Christians in Germany, England, France, Holland, and other northern
European countries revolted against the authority of the pope in Rome. (p. 6) - AnswersProtestant
Reformation
The monarch of Portugal. (p. 7) - AnswersHenry the Navigator
He spent 8 years seeking financial support for his plan to sail west from Europe to the "Indies". In 1492,
he sailed from the Canary Islands to an island in the Bahamas. His success in discovering lands on the
other side of the ocean brought him a burst of glory in Spain. (p. 7) - AnswersChristopher Columbus
In 1494, this treaty between Spain and Portugal, moved the line of demarcation that the pope had
established a few degrees to the west. (p. 8) - AnswersTreaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Since ancient times people in Europe, Africa, and Asia had enslaved pepoe captured in wars. In the 15
century the Portuguese began trading for slaves from West Africa. They used slaves to work in sugar
plantation off the coast of Africa. Using slaves was so profitable that when the Europeans settled in the
Americas, they instituted the slave system there. (p, 6) - Answersslave trade
nation-state - AnswersIn the 15th century, small kingdoms and multiethnic empires were being replaced
by nation-states. Nation-states were countries in which the majority of people shared a common culture
and common loyalty toward a central government. (p. 6)
The American Indians had 20 language families and 400 distinct languages. This tribe in the Northeast
was one of the largest. (p. 4) - AnswersAlgonquian
The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) - Answerscorn
It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p.
4) - Answershorses
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) - Answersdisease
King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8) -
Answersencomienda system
This system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for slaves that were imported to the
Americas. (p. 8) - Answersasiento system
slavery - AnswersAs far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America to provide
free labor. (p. 11)
Some 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) - Answersland bridge
This American Indian culture centered in Ohio created large earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4) -
AnswersAdena-Hopewell
Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - AnswersThese American Indians were located in the New Mexico and
Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4)
American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4) -
AnswersWoodland mound builders
American Indian tribe that started using horses in the 17th century. This allowed them to change from
farming to nomadic buffalo hunting. (p. 4) - AnswersLakota Sioux
From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built large cities in what is today's southern
Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2) - AnswersMayas
This highly developed civilization developed a vast South American empire based in Peru. (p. 2) -
AnswersIncas
Starting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central Mexico. (p. 2) - AnswersAztecs
These Spanish explorers and conquerors of the Americas sent ships loaded with gold and silver back to
Spain making it the richest and most powerful nation in Europe. (p. 8) - Answersconquistadores
He conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8) - AnswersHernan Cortes
, The first people to settle North America arrived as many as 40,000 years ago. They came from Asia and
may have crossed by a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska. (p. 1) - AnswersNative Americans
He conquered the Incas in Peru. (p. 8) - AnswersFrancisco Pizarro
Bartolome de Las Casas convinced the King of Spain to institute these laws, which ended American
Indian slavery, ended forced Indian labor, and began the process of ending the encomienda systems. (p.
11) - AnswersNew Laws of 1542
In 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish a settlement here, but it failed. (p. 9) -
AnswersRoanoke Island
One aspect of the Renaissance was a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change.
Europeans made improvements in the inventions of others. this invention was used in sailing. (p. 5) -
Answerscompass
This invention in the 1450s spread knowledge across Europe. (p 5) - Answersprinting press
They united Spain, defeated and drove out the Moors. In 1492, they funded Christopher Columbus's
voyage to America. (p. 5) - AnswersFerdinand and Isabella
In the early 1500s, certain Christians in Germany, England, France, Holland, and other northern
European countries revolted against the authority of the pope in Rome. (p. 6) - AnswersProtestant
Reformation
The monarch of Portugal. (p. 7) - AnswersHenry the Navigator
He spent 8 years seeking financial support for his plan to sail west from Europe to the "Indies". In 1492,
he sailed from the Canary Islands to an island in the Bahamas. His success in discovering lands on the
other side of the ocean brought him a burst of glory in Spain. (p. 7) - AnswersChristopher Columbus
In 1494, this treaty between Spain and Portugal, moved the line of demarcation that the pope had
established a few degrees to the west. (p. 8) - AnswersTreaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Since ancient times people in Europe, Africa, and Asia had enslaved pepoe captured in wars. In the 15
century the Portuguese began trading for slaves from West Africa. They used slaves to work in sugar
plantation off the coast of Africa. Using slaves was so profitable that when the Europeans settled in the
Americas, they instituted the slave system there. (p, 6) - Answersslave trade
nation-state - AnswersIn the 15th century, small kingdoms and multiethnic empires were being replaced
by nation-states. Nation-states were countries in which the majority of people shared a common culture
and common loyalty toward a central government. (p. 6)
The American Indians had 20 language families and 400 distinct languages. This tribe in the Northeast
was one of the largest. (p. 4) - AnswersAlgonquian
