APUSH AMSCO Chapter 1 Multiple
Choice Questions
"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' suspectibility to European diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calander - ANS-(C) Native Americans' suspectibility to European diseases
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 - ANS-(C) royal leadership
By the end of the 16th century 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 - ANS-(D) Families continued to emigrate
from Spain
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 - ANS-(E) religious upheavals in England
The issue of religion figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following?
(A) the settlement of Jamestown
(B) the establishment of Puritan colonies in Massachusetts
(C) France's Indian policy
(D) discoveries by the Spanish conquistadores
(E) Spain's support of Columbus' voyages - ANS-(B) the establishment of Puritan colonies in
Massachusetts
The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the
(A) religious spirit of the settlers
(B) management of the Virginia Company
(C) development of a tobacco industry
(D) location of the settlement
Choice Questions
"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' suspectibility to European diseases
(D) the Mayas' agricultural system
(E) the Maya calander - ANS-(C) Native Americans' suspectibility to European diseases
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 - ANS-(C) royal leadership
By the end of the 16th century 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 - ANS-(D) Families continued to emigrate
from Spain
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 - ANS-(E) religious upheavals in England
The issue of religion figured most prominently in the consideration of which of the following?
(A) the settlement of Jamestown
(B) the establishment of Puritan colonies in Massachusetts
(C) France's Indian policy
(D) discoveries by the Spanish conquistadores
(E) Spain's support of Columbus' voyages - ANS-(B) the establishment of Puritan colonies in
Massachusetts
The survival of the Jamestown colony can be most directly attributed to the
(A) religious spirit of the settlers
(B) management of the Virginia Company
(C) development of a tobacco industry
(D) location of the settlement
