AP US History Review Period 1-5
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Questions & Answers
Why 1491 - 1607 was chosen as the dates for period 1? -Answer--1491 is one year
prior to the arrival of Columbus and Europeans, and 1607 is the year England
established a permanent settlement at Jamestown
maize cultivation -Answer--The spread of ____________ from present-day Mexico
northward into the American Southwest and beyond supported economic
development and social diversification among societies in these areas. EX: Anasazi,
Pueblo
Pre-Columbian economy in Northwest and areas of California -Answer--a mix of
foraging and hunting. EX: Chinook of Pacific Northwest
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains
-Answer--Societies responded to the lack of natural resources in the _____ and
________ by developing largely mobile lifestyles.
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard
-Answer--a mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economy that favored the
development of permanent villages. EX: Iroquois & Algonquian
Columbian Exchange -Answer--a series of interactions and adaptations among
societies across the Atlantic, including plants, animals, disease, people, etc.
Colombian Exchange, from Americas to "Old World" -Answer--potatoes, corn,
tomatoes, squash, beans, chocolate, syphilis, etc
Columbian Exchange, from "Old World" to Americas -Answer--smallpox, livestock
(pigs, cows, sheep), bees, bananas, coffee, sugar
Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquest of the Americas led to...
-Answer--widespread deadly epidemics, the emergence of racially mixed
,populations, and a caste system defined by an intermixture among Spanish settlers,
Africans, and Native Americans
caste system -Answer--a system of segregation of people who are born into a caste
and stay for life regardless of ability
mestizo -Answer--is a term traditionally used in Spain and Spanish-speaking
America to mean a person of combined European and Native American descent
encomienda system -Answer--In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian
labor, used in the _______________ to support plantation-based agriculture and
extract precious metals and other resources. EX: sugar, silver
Role of the Spanish and Portuguese traders -Answer--Settled heavily in South
America, reached West Africa and contributed to the development of the African
Slave Trade.
European goods that transformed Native life (Name three) -Answer--Horses -
improved hunting and warfare for Natives (especially in the Great Plains and Basin),
weapons and alcohol helped increase the destructiveness of warfare
American goods that transformed European life (Two or more) -Answer--Maize,
potatoes, and other crops - helped increase European population and the shift from
feudalism to capitalism
Technologies that allowed for increased trade and contact -Answer--Sextant - helped
determine longitude and latitude, Caravel - more maneuverable sailing ship,
Joint-Stock companies - finance exploration with reduced risk
How did Europeans justify the subjugation of Africans and Natives? -Answer--White
racial superiority, Bible, view of groups as "savages"
Examples of Africans seeking to preserve autonomy -Answer--Africans ran away and
formed maroon communities, and combined elements of Christianity and African
religions
European exploration and conquest were fueled by...(Three G's -Answer--a desire
for new sources of wealth, increased power and status, and converts to Christianity.
(god, glory, gold)
New crops from the Americas stimulated... -Answer--European population growth
(particularly from corn and potatoes)
, New sources of mineral wealth from the Americas facilitated the European shift
from... -Answer--feudalism to capitalism.
Christopher Columbus -Answer--Italian explorer who "discovers America" in 1492
when searching for a sea route to the Far East .
capitalism -Answer--an economic and political system in which a country's trade and
industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state or
hereditary noble class
joint stock companies -Answer--Businesses owned by shareholders that invested in
exploration and colonization, enabiling more investors to profit with less risk
Juan de Sepúlveda -Answer--Spaniard who supported the Spanish Empire's right of
conquest and colonization in the New World. Sepúlveda also argued in favor of the
Christianization of native Americans.
Bartolomé de Las Casas -Answer--Spaniard who fought against the enslavement
and colonial abuse of native Americans.
Maroon Communities -Answer--African refugees who had escaped slavery in the
Americas and developed their own communities in Brazil and the Caribbean.
African American religion in the colonial period -Answer--African slaves mixed
African beliefs and practices with Catholic rituals and theology, in Haiti (referred to as
"voodoo"), Santeria in Cuba,
Why 1607 - 1754 was chosen as the dates for period 2 -Answer--1607 = 1st English
permanent settlement in Jamestown; 1754 = start of the 7 Years War (AKA "French
and Indian War")
The Enlightenment -Answer--Philosophy focused on reason and promoting new
forms of government (Locke, Montesquieu); influenced the American Revolution
Mercantilism -Answer--Economic policy that focuses on making $ for the mother
country. It favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the
accumulation of gold and silver
What led Europeans to develop diverse patterns of colonization?
-Answer--Differences in imperial goals, cultures, and the North American
environments that different empires confronted
| Latest Versions | 100% Verified
Questions & Answers
Why 1491 - 1607 was chosen as the dates for period 1? -Answer--1491 is one year
prior to the arrival of Columbus and Europeans, and 1607 is the year England
established a permanent settlement at Jamestown
maize cultivation -Answer--The spread of ____________ from present-day Mexico
northward into the American Southwest and beyond supported economic
development and social diversification among societies in these areas. EX: Anasazi,
Pueblo
Pre-Columbian economy in Northwest and areas of California -Answer--a mix of
foraging and hunting. EX: Chinook of Pacific Northwest
Pre-Columbian economy in Great Basin and the western Great Plains
-Answer--Societies responded to the lack of natural resources in the _____ and
________ by developing largely mobile lifestyles.
Pre-Columbian economy in the Northeast and along the Atlantic Seaboard
-Answer--a mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economy that favored the
development of permanent villages. EX: Iroquois & Algonquian
Columbian Exchange -Answer--a series of interactions and adaptations among
societies across the Atlantic, including plants, animals, disease, people, etc.
Colombian Exchange, from Americas to "Old World" -Answer--potatoes, corn,
tomatoes, squash, beans, chocolate, syphilis, etc
Columbian Exchange, from "Old World" to Americas -Answer--smallpox, livestock
(pigs, cows, sheep), bees, bananas, coffee, sugar
Spanish and Portuguese exploration and conquest of the Americas led to...
-Answer--widespread deadly epidemics, the emergence of racially mixed
,populations, and a caste system defined by an intermixture among Spanish settlers,
Africans, and Native Americans
caste system -Answer--a system of segregation of people who are born into a caste
and stay for life regardless of ability
mestizo -Answer--is a term traditionally used in Spain and Spanish-speaking
America to mean a person of combined European and Native American descent
encomienda system -Answer--In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian
labor, used in the _______________ to support plantation-based agriculture and
extract precious metals and other resources. EX: sugar, silver
Role of the Spanish and Portuguese traders -Answer--Settled heavily in South
America, reached West Africa and contributed to the development of the African
Slave Trade.
European goods that transformed Native life (Name three) -Answer--Horses -
improved hunting and warfare for Natives (especially in the Great Plains and Basin),
weapons and alcohol helped increase the destructiveness of warfare
American goods that transformed European life (Two or more) -Answer--Maize,
potatoes, and other crops - helped increase European population and the shift from
feudalism to capitalism
Technologies that allowed for increased trade and contact -Answer--Sextant - helped
determine longitude and latitude, Caravel - more maneuverable sailing ship,
Joint-Stock companies - finance exploration with reduced risk
How did Europeans justify the subjugation of Africans and Natives? -Answer--White
racial superiority, Bible, view of groups as "savages"
Examples of Africans seeking to preserve autonomy -Answer--Africans ran away and
formed maroon communities, and combined elements of Christianity and African
religions
European exploration and conquest were fueled by...(Three G's -Answer--a desire
for new sources of wealth, increased power and status, and converts to Christianity.
(god, glory, gold)
New crops from the Americas stimulated... -Answer--European population growth
(particularly from corn and potatoes)
, New sources of mineral wealth from the Americas facilitated the European shift
from... -Answer--feudalism to capitalism.
Christopher Columbus -Answer--Italian explorer who "discovers America" in 1492
when searching for a sea route to the Far East .
capitalism -Answer--an economic and political system in which a country's trade and
industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state or
hereditary noble class
joint stock companies -Answer--Businesses owned by shareholders that invested in
exploration and colonization, enabiling more investors to profit with less risk
Juan de Sepúlveda -Answer--Spaniard who supported the Spanish Empire's right of
conquest and colonization in the New World. Sepúlveda also argued in favor of the
Christianization of native Americans.
Bartolomé de Las Casas -Answer--Spaniard who fought against the enslavement
and colonial abuse of native Americans.
Maroon Communities -Answer--African refugees who had escaped slavery in the
Americas and developed their own communities in Brazil and the Caribbean.
African American religion in the colonial period -Answer--African slaves mixed
African beliefs and practices with Catholic rituals and theology, in Haiti (referred to as
"voodoo"), Santeria in Cuba,
Why 1607 - 1754 was chosen as the dates for period 2 -Answer--1607 = 1st English
permanent settlement in Jamestown; 1754 = start of the 7 Years War (AKA "French
and Indian War")
The Enlightenment -Answer--Philosophy focused on reason and promoting new
forms of government (Locke, Montesquieu); influenced the American Revolution
Mercantilism -Answer--Economic policy that focuses on making $ for the mother
country. It favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the
accumulation of gold and silver
What led Europeans to develop diverse patterns of colonization?
-Answer--Differences in imperial goals, cultures, and the North American
environments that different empires confronted
