Apush Review Amsco Chapter 1-13
Comprehensive Study Guide Complete Questions
with Correct Detailed Verified Answers latest
update 2025
Colonial mercantilism --- correct answer ---Colonies rich in raw
materials
Cheap labor
Colonial loyalty to the home government
Control of the shipping trade
Commodification --- correct answer ---American silver, tobacco, and
other items—which were used by native peoples for ritual
purposes—became European commodities with monetary value.
goods introduced by Europe, produced in New World --- correct
answer ---SUGAR MOST IMPORTANT; fueled the demand to enslave
Africans for labor; LOTS OF DISEASES LIKE SMALLPOX,
INFLUENZA; wheat, cattle, sheep, pigs, horses
Goods from new world to old world --- correct answer ---almost no
animals, turkey, tomato, potato, beans, chile peppers, maize
replaced sorghum as staple in Africa which made pop increase,
cacao, tobacco, indigo, vanilla, pineapple
cash crop --- correct answer ---farm crop raised to be sold for
money; TOBACCO is a major example
,Environmental and health effects of European contact with the New
World --- correct answer ---bringing in new organisms while
eliminating others.
diseases which decimated native populations
looked to new plants as possible medicinal resources.
overhunting
Pigs consumed the foods on which deer and other indigenous
species depended, resulting in scarcity of the game native peoples
had traditionally hunted.
European introduction of disease to New World --- correct answer -
--SMALLPOX; The very young and the very old were the most
vulnerable and had the highest mortality rates.
Some native peoples perceived disease as a weapon used by hostile
spiritual forces, and they went to war to exorcise the disease from
their midst.
"mourning wars" --- correct answer ---designed by Native
Americans to gain captives who would either be adopted or ritually
tortured and executed to assuage the anger and grief caused by loss
to European diseases
,Caravel --- correct answer ---A small, fast ship used by the Spanish
and Portuguese, which made exploration easier.
Astrolabe --- correct answer ---An instrument used by sailors to
determine their location by observing the position of the stars and
planets; made exploration easier.
Epidemic --- correct answer ---The spread of a disease to a large
group of people within a population in a short period of time.
Triangle trade of the Columbian Exchange --- correct answer ---
Movement of goods between Western Europe, West Africa, and the
America's
Key themes of Columbian Exchange --- correct answer ---Causes of
European migration: 3 G's
Technological innovation: several technological innovations like
compasses, caravels, and astrolabes.
Cultural exchanges and trade networks: caused population growth
in Europe by bringing new crops from the Americas and started
Europe's economic shift towards capitalism; destroyed Native
American populations.
Pueblo Revolt (1680) --- correct answer ---An uprising of Indians in
Santa Fe against Spanish colonization. The Pueblo killed 400
Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province.
, Twelve years later the Spanish returned and were able to reoccupy
New Mexico with little opposition. However, the Spanish were
more accommodating of Indian culture afterwards
Colonists of Massachusetts Bay Colony --- correct answer ---Strict
Calvinists; strict Calvinist principles dictated daily lives (Protestant
King Phillip's War (1675-1676) --- correct answer ---Series of
assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New
England. The attacks slowed the westward migration of New
England settlers for several decades. When Metacom died, it
marked the end of a formidable Native American presence among
New England colonists.
Huron Confederation Dispersal --- correct answer ---a confederacy
of five Iroquoian-speaking nations. During the 1630s, smallpox
ravaged the tribes and the numbers declined from 40k to 12k.
Population Growth in the 18th Century causes --- correct answer ---
spectacular gains in population caused by immigration of almost a
million ppl and natural increases in birthrate. Abundance of fertile
American land and dependable food supply.
first wave of European immigration --- correct answer ---large
numbers of Europeans, particularly from northern and western
Europe (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland), moved to North
America.
Comprehensive Study Guide Complete Questions
with Correct Detailed Verified Answers latest
update 2025
Colonial mercantilism --- correct answer ---Colonies rich in raw
materials
Cheap labor
Colonial loyalty to the home government
Control of the shipping trade
Commodification --- correct answer ---American silver, tobacco, and
other items—which were used by native peoples for ritual
purposes—became European commodities with monetary value.
goods introduced by Europe, produced in New World --- correct
answer ---SUGAR MOST IMPORTANT; fueled the demand to enslave
Africans for labor; LOTS OF DISEASES LIKE SMALLPOX,
INFLUENZA; wheat, cattle, sheep, pigs, horses
Goods from new world to old world --- correct answer ---almost no
animals, turkey, tomato, potato, beans, chile peppers, maize
replaced sorghum as staple in Africa which made pop increase,
cacao, tobacco, indigo, vanilla, pineapple
cash crop --- correct answer ---farm crop raised to be sold for
money; TOBACCO is a major example
,Environmental and health effects of European contact with the New
World --- correct answer ---bringing in new organisms while
eliminating others.
diseases which decimated native populations
looked to new plants as possible medicinal resources.
overhunting
Pigs consumed the foods on which deer and other indigenous
species depended, resulting in scarcity of the game native peoples
had traditionally hunted.
European introduction of disease to New World --- correct answer -
--SMALLPOX; The very young and the very old were the most
vulnerable and had the highest mortality rates.
Some native peoples perceived disease as a weapon used by hostile
spiritual forces, and they went to war to exorcise the disease from
their midst.
"mourning wars" --- correct answer ---designed by Native
Americans to gain captives who would either be adopted or ritually
tortured and executed to assuage the anger and grief caused by loss
to European diseases
,Caravel --- correct answer ---A small, fast ship used by the Spanish
and Portuguese, which made exploration easier.
Astrolabe --- correct answer ---An instrument used by sailors to
determine their location by observing the position of the stars and
planets; made exploration easier.
Epidemic --- correct answer ---The spread of a disease to a large
group of people within a population in a short period of time.
Triangle trade of the Columbian Exchange --- correct answer ---
Movement of goods between Western Europe, West Africa, and the
America's
Key themes of Columbian Exchange --- correct answer ---Causes of
European migration: 3 G's
Technological innovation: several technological innovations like
compasses, caravels, and astrolabes.
Cultural exchanges and trade networks: caused population growth
in Europe by bringing new crops from the Americas and started
Europe's economic shift towards capitalism; destroyed Native
American populations.
Pueblo Revolt (1680) --- correct answer ---An uprising of Indians in
Santa Fe against Spanish colonization. The Pueblo killed 400
Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province.
, Twelve years later the Spanish returned and were able to reoccupy
New Mexico with little opposition. However, the Spanish were
more accommodating of Indian culture afterwards
Colonists of Massachusetts Bay Colony --- correct answer ---Strict
Calvinists; strict Calvinist principles dictated daily lives (Protestant
King Phillip's War (1675-1676) --- correct answer ---Series of
assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New
England. The attacks slowed the westward migration of New
England settlers for several decades. When Metacom died, it
marked the end of a formidable Native American presence among
New England colonists.
Huron Confederation Dispersal --- correct answer ---a confederacy
of five Iroquoian-speaking nations. During the 1630s, smallpox
ravaged the tribes and the numbers declined from 40k to 12k.
Population Growth in the 18th Century causes --- correct answer ---
spectacular gains in population caused by immigration of almost a
million ppl and natural increases in birthrate. Abundance of fertile
American land and dependable food supply.
first wave of European immigration --- correct answer ---large
numbers of Europeans, particularly from northern and western
Europe (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland), moved to North
America.
