AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3 question n answers verified to pass 2023/2024

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3corn - correct answers The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - correct answers It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - correct answers 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 answersKing of Spain gave grants of land and natives (as slaves) to individual Spaniards. (p. 8) asiento system - correct answersThis system required that a tax be paid to the King of Spain, for slaves that were imported to the Americas. (p. 8) slavery - correct answersAs far back as the 1500s the Spanish brought captured Africans to America to provide free labor. (p. 11) land bridge - correct answersSome 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-Hopewell - correct answersThis American Indian culture centered in Ohio created large earthen mounds as tall as 300 feet. (p. 4) Hokokam, Anasazi, and Pueblos - correct answersThese American Indians were located in the New Mexico and Arizona region. They developed farming using irrigation systems. (p. 4) Woodland mound builders - correct answersAmerican Indian tribe east of the Mississippi that prospered because of a rich food supply. (p. 4) Lakota Sioux - correct answersAmerican 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 answersFrom 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 answersThis highly developed civilization developed a vast South American empire based in Peru. (p. 2) Aztecs - correct answersStarting about 1300, this civilization flourished in central Mexico. (p. 2) conquistadores - correct answersThese 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 answersHe conquered the Aztecs in Mexico. (p. 8) Native Americans - correct answersThe first people to settle North America arrived as many as 40,000 years ago. They came from Asia and may have crossed by a land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska. (p. 1) Francisco Pizarro - correct answersHe conquered the Incas in Peru. (p. 8) New Laws of 1542 - correct answersBartolome de Las Casas convinced the King of Spain to institute these laws, which ended American Indian slavery, ended forced Indian labor, and began the process of ending the encomienda systems. (p. 11) Roanoke Island - correct answersIn 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to establish a settlement here, but it failed. (p. 9) compass - correct answersOne aspect of the Renaissance was a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change. Europeans made improvements in the inventions of others. this invention was used in sailing. (p. 5)