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AMSCO APUSH Period 1 2.pdf
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AMSCO APUSH Period 1
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AMSCO APUSH Period 1/2corn – correct answer The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable
food supply. (p. 2)
horses - correct answer It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians
acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4)
disease - correct answer When 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 correct answer - King of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as
slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8)
asiento system correct answer - This system required that a tax be paid to the King of
Spain, for slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8)
,slavery - correct answer As far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured
Africans to America to provide free labor. (p. 11)
land bridge - correct answer Some time between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, people
migrated from Asia to the Americas, across this area that connected Siberia and Alaska.
(p. 2)
Adena correct answer -Hopewell - This American Indian culture centered in Ohio
created large earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4)
Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - correct answer These American Indians were
located in the New Mexico and Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation
systems. (p. 4)
Woodland mound builders correct answer - American Indian tribe east of the
Mississippi that prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4)
, Lakota Sioux correct answer - American Indian tribe that started using horses in the
17th century. This allowed them to change from farming to nomadic buffalo hunting. (p.
4)
Mayas correct answer - From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built
large cities in what is today's southern Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2)
Incas - correct answer This highly developed civilization developed a vast South
American empire based in Peru. (p. 2)
Aztecs - correct answer Starting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central
Mexico. (p. 2)
conquistadores - correct answer These Spanish explorers and conquerors of the
Americas sent ships loaded with gold and silver back to Spain making it the richest and
most powerful nation in Europe. (p. 8)
Hernan Cortes - correct answer He conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8)
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