AMSCO Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PROPOSITIONS - ANSWERSAre statements that can be true or false NON-PROPOSITONS - ANSWERSAre sentences that are not statements about matters of fact or fiction. They do not make a claim that can be true or false. SIMPLE PROPOSITIONS - ANSWERSHave no internal logic structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false. They are simply true or false on their own. (Example: Harry Potter wears glasses. The sky is blue.) COMPLEX PROPOSITI...

corn - ANSWERSThe Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - ANSWERSIt was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - ANSWERSWhen 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 - ANSWERSKing of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) t...

As industrialization spread, each country experienced competing pressures between __________________________ of traditional values and ____________________________. - answersPreservation; modernization Did the Ottoman Empire adopt Western ideas? - answersNo What two things led to unrest in the Ottoman Empire? - answers1. Rampant corruption 2. Ethnic nationalism Describe the Ottoman Empire after WWI. - answersThough they feared the results of a power vacuum from a total collapse of the ...

AMSCO Practice Questions with Correct Answers Explain how events in ONE of the following colonies support this statement: "Puritan intolerance of dissent led to the founding of a number of new colonies." - Answer- Portsmouth: Anne Hutchinson founded the colony of Portsmouth. She believed in antinomianism - the idea that faith alone, not deeds, in necessary for salvation. She was then banished from the Bay colony. Identify an individual who played a leading role in founding one of these new...

AMSCO Exam Questions with Correct Answers The Supreme Court upheld "separate but equal" accommodations for public transportation in the case of - Answer-Plessy v. Ferguson The New South movement promoted all the following EXCEPT - Answer-Social integration of the races The main result of the crop lien system in the South in the late 19th century was - Answer-a cycle of debt for tenant farmers After the Granger laws ran into legal problems and were overturned in the case of Wabash v. ...

AMSCO Chapters 1-5 Exam Questions with Correct Answers (1) ACCORDING TO JOHNSON, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE TRIBES TO UNITE? To increase trade, to provide for self-defense, to gain additional land, or to make the Tuscarora leaders. - Answer-To provide for self- defense WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS BEST EXPLAINS WHY NATIVE AMERICAN EFFORTS TO UNITE WERE RARE? Most tribes were isolated from each other, Europeans discouraged tribes from uniting, people had differe...

AMSCO Chapter 8- 10 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Hamilton's constitutional argument was based on which of the following types of powers? - Answer-Implied Which of the following benefited most directly from the bank that Hamilton strongly supported? - Answer-Manufacturers Who of the following would be most critical of Hamilton's position on the bank? - Answer-Thomas Jefferson One of the strong reasons Washington and others warned against political parties was concern about . -...

AMSCO Chapter 1 and 2 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Which of these was a common reaction by Indians to Europeans and represented a rejection of Chief Johnson's suggestions? - Answer-Migrating westward Which of the following factors best explains why Native American efforts to unite were rare? - Answer-Tribes had traditions of independence Which of the following best explains the underlying cause of the Spanish actions described by Las Casas? - Answer-Racism The primary audience ...

AMSCO AP World History Exam Questions and Answers All Correct People adapted to new environments and developed new tools. - Answer-How did culture change between 1,000,000 years ago and 10,000 years ago? Better means of food production - Answer-The best explanation for the change in world population between 10,000 years ago and 7,000 years ago is the development of Humanity began in east Africa and spread to the rest of the world - Answer-Most historians agree with which theory explaini...

AMSCO AP WORLD BELLWORK EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Which statement about China and trade does this passage best support? - Answer- Trade between Europe and cathay was greatly enhanced by security of the mongols Which development was the turning point that led to expansion of trade b/t Asia and Europe? - Answer-The conquests by the Mongols which led to improved trade routes and reduced trading costs. Which objects/idea was the author most likely writing about that represented cont...