FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH

LT# 1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -39 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Spain

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Headed by Ferdinand and Isabel to spread their Christian Kingdom and sought trade and empire.

Question 2: Mission System

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creates community around a catholic church; room, board, and religious services; many move there as a last choice;

Question 3: Aztec Empire

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Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) conquered the Aztec empire and destroyed its civilization.

Question 4: Francisco Pizzaro

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was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire.Pizarro was named governor and captain of all conquests in Peru, or New Castile, as the Spanish now called the land.

Question 5: Mound Builders

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The group of cultures collectively called Mound Builders were prehistoric inhabitants of North America who constructed various styles of earthen mounds for burial, residential and ceremonial purposes.

Question 6: Hernado Cortes

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Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.

Question 7: Hacienda System

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King gifts an hacienda; people come from miles to live and work at the hacienda; paid money, but must pay for room and board; but cost > pay, became essentially slavery

Question 8: Pueblo Indians

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Native American people in the Southwestern United States. Their traditional economy is based on agriculture and trade.Their societies were far less populous, wealthy, and culturally complex than those of the Aztecs and the Mayas.

Question 9: Inca Empire

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Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro explored the Inca Empire. Pizarro returned after receiving permission to conquer.

Question 10: England

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entire Western Hemisphere came under the control of European governments, leading to profound changes to its landscape, population, and plant and animal life. In the 19th century alone over 50 million people left Europe for the Americas.

Question 11: Columbian Exchange

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Dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable disease, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian Hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Question 12: Montezuma

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Ruler of Aztec's. Reached maximum size under his rule. Conquered by Cortes.

Question 13: Coureurs de Bois

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fur traders and trappers, they penetrated far into the American wilderness

Question 14: Iroquois

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A member of a former confederacy of North American Indian peoples originally comprising the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca peoples (known as the Five Nations). Obtained guns and goods from Dutch merchants and attacked other tribes.

Question 15: Antoine Cadillac

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Frenchman who founded Detroit in 1701 to thwart English settlers making a play for the Ohio Valley

Question 16: Native American World View

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Native Americans found significance in everyday life that oriented them to the land and gave them spiritual values at the same time.

Question 17: European Motives for Exploration

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National unity and foreign commerce as the keys to power and prosperity. Sought to trade and conquer land.

Question 18: Creeks

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he Muscogee (or Muskogee), also known as the Creek or Creeks, are a Native American people traditionally from the southeastern United States.They were once a powerful chiefdom until European epidemics killed many Indians.

Question 19: Jacques Cartier

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Frenchman who journeyed hundreds of miles up the St. Lawrence River in 1534

Question 20: Encomienda System

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brutal spanish system of using native americans for labor andconsidered by many historians as one of the most damaging institutions that the Spanish colonists implemented in the New World

Question 21: Treaty of Tordesillas

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Treaty that divided the newly discovered lands out of Europe.

Question 22: Samuel De Champlain

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was a French explorer who sailed to the West Indies, Mexico, and Panama. His greatest accomplishment was his exploration of the St. Lawrence River and his latter settlement of Quebec.

Question 23: St. Augustine

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To safeguard the route of its treasure fleet, Spain established a fort at St. Augustine in 1565, making it the first permanent European settlement in the future United States.

Question 24: Conquistadors

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Conquistadors were soldiers, explorers, and adventurers at the service of the Spanish Empire. By 1535, other Spanish conquistadors had conquered the Mayan temple cities and the Inca empire in Peru, completing one of the great conquests in world history.

Question 25: "Black Legend"

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,"- term indicating an unfavorable image of Spain and Spaniards, accusing them of cruelty and intolerance, formerly prevalent in the works of many non-Spanish, and especially Protestant, historians.