AMSCO APUSH BOOK Ch. 1: Multiple
Choice Questions and Answers (100%
Accurate)
"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 Tenochtitla ́ n
(B) the organization of Inca society
(C) Native Americans'
susceptibility to European
diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calendar - ANSWER - (C) Native Americans' susceptibility to European diseases
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. - ANSWER - (A)
Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian denomination.
Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic
institutions in the early colonial period?
(A) the Edict of Nantes
(B) the first charter of the Virginia
, Company
(C) Columbus' journals
(D) the Treaty of Tordesillas
(E) the Mayflower Compact - ANSWER - (E) the Mayflower Compact
Which of the following statements is the most widely accepted
description of Columbus' accomplishments?
(A) He discovered a New World.
(B) He bears much of the blame for oppressing Native American peoples in North America.
(C) He started a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas.
(D) He is responsible for most of the problems in the Americas during the colonial period.
(E) His heroic deeds will always be respected by fair-minded American citizens. - ANSWER -
(C) He stated a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas.
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 - ANSWER - (B) population increase
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.
Choice Questions and Answers (100%
Accurate)
"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 Tenochtitla ́ n
(B) the organization of Inca society
(C) Native Americans'
susceptibility to European
diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calendar - ANSWER - (C) Native Americans' susceptibility to European diseases
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. - ANSWER - (A)
Native Americans were regarded as inferior people subject to Christian denomination.
Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the development of democratic
institutions in the early colonial period?
(A) the Edict of Nantes
(B) the first charter of the Virginia
, Company
(C) Columbus' journals
(D) the Treaty of Tordesillas
(E) the Mayflower Compact - ANSWER - (E) the Mayflower Compact
Which of the following statements is the most widely accepted
description of Columbus' accomplishments?
(A) He discovered a New World.
(B) He bears much of the blame for oppressing Native American peoples in North America.
(C) He started a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas.
(D) He is responsible for most of the problems in the Americas during the colonial period.
(E) His heroic deeds will always be respected by fair-minded American citizens. - ANSWER -
(C) He stated a permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas.
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 - ANSWER - (B) population increase
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.
