APUSH Period 1 & 2
Quiz by Amy Kelly
High School - U.S. History
Social Studies
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- Q1How early Americans reached North and South AmericaBering Strait land bridge30s
- Q2The lifestyle that encouraged Indians to cross the land bridgeNomadic; following food and herds30s
- Q3This crop transformed nomadic hunter-gatherer societies into settled farm communitiesMaize30s
- Q43 motives for Spanish ExplorationGod, Gold & Glory30s
- Q5Most people in the Americas lived in this type of settlement by the time of Christopher Columbus.Semi-permanent settlements30s
- Q6Tribes that settled in the Southwest; had culture based on farming & irrigation systems with permanent buildingsAnasazi; Pueblo30s
- Q7Lived in permanent longhouses that had a rich diet based on hunting & fishingNorthwest Indians30s
- Q8Tribe that was nomadic OR farmers/traders; hunted buffalo, raised maize, beans & squashGreat Plains Indians30s
- Q9Man who stood up for the rights on the natives.Bartolome de las Casas30s
- Q10Explorer who won the backing of Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand of Spain to sail west from Europe to the "Indies."Christopher Columbus30s
- Q11Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases (beans, corn, potatoes, tomatoes & tobacco) between Old World and New World after the time of Columbus.Columbian Exchange30s
- Q123 crops from the Americas ended up being staple crops in Europe?Corn, beans, squash (3 sister farming)30s
- Q13Animal introduced by the Spanish that changed the lifestyle of the Native AmericanHorses30s
- Q14Diseases from the Old World and went to the New World; up to 90% of Native Americans died as a resultSmallpox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza30s
- Q15A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it; essentially set up slavery for Native AmericansEncomienda30s