AMSCO APUSH Period ½ Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
corn - ANSWER - The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply.
(p. 2)
horses - ANSWER - It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these
animals from the Spanish. (p. 4)
disease - ANSWER - 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)
encomienda system - ANSWER - King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to
individual Spaniards. (p. 8)
asiento system - ANSWER - This system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for
slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8)
slavery - ANSWER - As far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America
to provide free labor. (p. 11)
land bridge - ANSWER - 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)
Adena-Hopewell - ANSWER - This American Indian culture centered in Ohio created large
earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4)
printing press - ANSWER - This invention in the 1450s spread knowledge across Europe. (p 5)
Ferdinand and Isabella - ANSWER - They united Spain, defeated and drove out the Moors. In
1492, they funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to America. (p. 5)
, Protestant Reformation - ANSWER - 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)
Henry the Navigator - ANSWER - The monarch of Portugal. (p. 7)
Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - ANSWER - These American Indians were located in the New
Mexico and Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4)
Woodland mound builders - ANSWER - American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that
prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4)
Lakota Sioux - ANSWER - American Indian tribe that started using horses in the 17th century.
This allowed them to change from farming to nomadic buffalo hunting. (p. 4)
Mayas - ANSWER - From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built large cities in
what is today's southern Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2)
Incas - ANSWER - This highly developed civilization developed a vast South American empire
based in Peru. (p. 2)
Aztecs - ANSWER - Starting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central Mexico. (p. 2)
conquistadores - ANSWER - 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)
Hernan Cortes - ANSWER - He conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8)
Native Americans - ANSWER - 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)
Francisco Pizarro - ANSWER - He conquered the Incas in Peru. (p. 8)
Answers 100% Correct
corn - ANSWER - The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply.
(p. 2)
horses - ANSWER - It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these
animals from the Spanish. (p. 4)
disease - ANSWER - 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)
encomienda system - ANSWER - King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to
individual Spaniards. (p. 8)
asiento system - ANSWER - This system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for
slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8)
slavery - ANSWER - As far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America
to provide free labor. (p. 11)
land bridge - ANSWER - 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)
Adena-Hopewell - ANSWER - This American Indian culture centered in Ohio created large
earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4)
printing press - ANSWER - This invention in the 1450s spread knowledge across Europe. (p 5)
Ferdinand and Isabella - ANSWER - They united Spain, defeated and drove out the Moors. In
1492, they funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to America. (p. 5)
, Protestant Reformation - ANSWER - 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)
Henry the Navigator - ANSWER - The monarch of Portugal. (p. 7)
Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - ANSWER - These American Indians were located in the New
Mexico and Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4)
Woodland mound builders - ANSWER - American Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that
prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4)
Lakota Sioux - ANSWER - American Indian tribe that started using horses in the 17th century.
This allowed them to change from farming to nomadic buffalo hunting. (p. 4)
Mayas - ANSWER - From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built large cities in
what is today's southern Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2)
Incas - ANSWER - This highly developed civilization developed a vast South American empire
based in Peru. (p. 2)
Aztecs - ANSWER - Starting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central Mexico. (p. 2)
conquistadores - ANSWER - 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)
Hernan Cortes - ANSWER - He conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8)
Native Americans - ANSWER - 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)
Francisco Pizarro - ANSWER - He conquered the Incas in Peru. (p. 8)
