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AP U.S. History Period 1 Test (2021-2022)

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11 questions

Directions: Please read/view the stimulus first, then identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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Reflection: How did your first AP U.S. History test go? What went well? What could have gone better?

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Question 1

1.

This passage by de Vaca reflects which of the following?

New crops from Europe stimulated native cultures immediately after the Encounter.

The spread of maize culture in North America, which had occurred prior to the Encounter.

European exploration of the Americas was fueled by desire for wealth.

Technological improvements introduced by Europeans produced changes to Native American economies.

Question 2

2.

The ideas in this passage most clearly reflect which of the following?

Most Europeans believed that Natives in the New World were unfairly persecuted by Europeans

European notions of cultural and intellectual superiority over Native Americans

Advanced understandings among Native Americans of agriculture during the period

Policies of the Catholic church, which encouraged conversion of natives

Question 3

3.

The development of maize cultivation by the indigenous people encountered here by Cabeza De Vaca would have had which of the following effects on that culture?

It would have allowed the development of a mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economy.

It would have supported diversification and economic development.

It would have encouraged the American Indians to develop mobile lifestyles.

It would have destabilized the region due to the necessity of access to running water.

Question 4

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4. Which of the following contributed most to the issues de Vaca describes in the passage?

Increasingly clear cultural understandings as languages were translated

The development of labor systems such as the encomienda system

Increasing contact between Native Americans and Europeans during the 16th century

Cultural misunderstandings between Native Americans and Europeans during the age of encounter

Question 5

5.

Which of the following occurred as a result of the kind of encounter seen in the passage?

A decline in technological superiority of Europeans

Increased intermixing of culture in the Americas

Increasing homogenization of culture in the Americas

A decrease in economic exchange through triangle trade

Question 6

6.

Which of the following cultural and economic shifts was NOT a result of the events described in the passage?

Europeans increasingly exploited Native Americans for labor.

Europeans dramatically altered their views of the social, political, and economic relationships between themselves and natives.

Europeans increasingly isolated themselves and tried to maintain cultural and political autonomy.

There was an increased debate over how Native Americans should be treated by Europeans.

Question 7

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Which of the following had the most significant impact on developing the economy (as described in the passage), which would evolve between 1491 and 1607?

Increasingly complex cultural exchanges between Europeans and natives

The growth of racially mixed populations in the Americas

The introduction of slave labor and the encomienda system

The development of sophisticated transportation networks

Question 8

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Spanish expansion described in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following trends?

The growth of republican notions of self-government

Increasing immigration from the old world to the new world

Increasing political autonomy for natives

Debates over how “civilized” native populations were

Question 9

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The ideas expressed by de las Casas were the result of which of the following?

European exploitation of native populations and resources

The introduction of domesticated livestock into the Western Hemisphere

The introduction of African slave labor into the Americas

Widespread deadly epidemics caused by encounters with Europeans

Question 10

10.

Which of the following historical events preceded the events described by de las Casas?

New sources of mineral wealth led to the rise of capitalism in the European economy

The Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas

Europeans accepted the political autonomy of Native Americans

The Atlantic slave trade declined in popularity