APUSH AMSCO BOOK 30 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
C - answer "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
A - answer 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.
B - answer 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
D - answer 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.
E - answer 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
C - answer 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
C - answer The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the
AND ANSWERS
C - answer "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
A - answer 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.
B - answer 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
D - answer 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.
E - answer 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
C - answer 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
C - answer The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the
