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AP® U.S. History, 1491 - 1607
Challenge yourself to sort out the world before and after 1492, from the mound builders of Cahokia and the Aztec capital to the encomienda system and the Columbian Exchange. Think you can handle all 115 questions?
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- Which Native American group built large earthen mounds and had a major urban center at Cahokia near present-day St. Louis?
- Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage was sponsored by which European nation?
- The Columbian Exchange refers to the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and Europe, Africa, and Asia after 1492.
- Which disease introduced by Europeans had the most devastating impact on Native American populations after contact?
- The encomienda system, used by Spanish colonizers in the Americas, granted colonists the right to demand labor and tribute from Native Americans.
- Which Spanish priest became a vocal critic of the mistreatment of Native Americans in the early 1500s?
- Portugal was the first European nation to establish a sea route around Africa to reach Asia.
- Which Native American confederacy, located in present-day New York, united five nations — the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, and Seneca?
- What term describes the network of trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia before European contact with the Americas?
- The Spanish system of forced Native American labor in mines and on plantations was called the encomienda system.
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