APUSH - The American Pageant chapter 1 & 2 book questions EXAM with complete verified solutions

What was the dominant theory about how the first people arrived in what we now call North America? They walked across a land bridge from Eurasia to North America The Incans, Mayans, and Aztecs owe the development of their sophisticated early civilizations to... Agriculture, particularyly the cultivation of corn or maize Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen What was three-sister farming? An agriculture method in which corn, beans, and squash were grown together. The plantation system was first developed... By the portuguese explorers in West Africa What was the Columbian Exchange? The transfer of plants, animals, culture, and diseases that occured after Columbus's voyage In the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spain... Divided up the so-called new world with Portugal. Which of the following men was NOT an explorer for spain? Giovanni Caboto The Spanish empire in America imported Old World culture and ideas by doing all of the following EXCEPT... Shunning and isolating the Native Americans The event that signaled the beginning of the end for the Spanish empire in the New World was... The defeat of the Spanish Armada What makes the Virginia company charter such a significant document to American history It guaranteed Jamestown colonists citizenship rights equal to those of englishmen What single cause was responsible for the death of so many Jamestown settlers in the early years? Starvation After the arrival of Europeans in North America, which of the following did NOT negatively impact Native American Culture life? The introduction of horses The primary labor source for the early development of the plantation colonies of virginia and Maryland was... Indentured servants The act of Toleration (1649) granted Marylanders... Freedom of Christian worship The struggling Virginia economy was ultimately saved by... Tobacco The purpose of slave codes was to Limit the rights and behaviors of Negro slaves Which of these was NOT a reason for the founding of Georgia To become a stronghold for the slave trade The Iroquois became powerful in the 1500s and 1600s by Merging with other branches and tribes Which of the following effects of excessive planting in England's southern colonies contributed to westward expansion during colonial times and beyond? Soil Butchery