APUSH Exam Review Questions and Answers 2024/2025

APUSH Exam Review Questions and Answers 2024/2025 maize - CORRECT ANSWER-the main crop cultivated by Native Americans "God, Gold, Glory" - CORRECT ANSWER-the three main reasons for the European age of exploration -desire to spread Christianity -enrich themselves and their monarchs -gain glory for discovering new lands Encomienda System - CORRECT ANSWER-system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and teaching them skills. Columbian Exchange - CORRECT ANSWER-The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER-An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought cash crops - CORRECT ANSWER-crops that could be grown in large quantities, harvested, and sold for a profit First Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER-Religious revival in the colonies in 1730s and 1740s; George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards preached a message of atonement for sins by admitting them to God. The movement attempted to combat the growing secularism and rationalism of mid-eighteenth century America. Religious splits in the colonies became deeper. King Philip's War - CORRECT ANSWER-1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.