Apush Review Unit 1

Question 1

Unit 1 Comlumbian Exchange 1491-1607

How did it effect native Americans?

Answer 1

Altered Native cultures by introducing Christianity, weapons, horses and other livestock. Diseases such as Smallpox had a devastating effect on native peoples.

Question 2

Columbian exchange(unit 1) 1491-1607

How did the columbian exchange impact European colonists?

Answer 2

Impact Europeans extracted a great deal of resources from the Americas including: agricultural products like sugar, gold, and silver. European nations competed for these resources. As a result we will see a commercial economy developing in Europe. The food, such as potatoes, that came from the Americas helped sustain larger populations.

Question 3

Columbian exchange(unit 1) 1491-1607

Where was capital extracted?

Answer 3

Human capital was extracted from Africa. These enslaved people served as labor to extract the wealth from the Americas.

Question 4

Columbian Exchange(unit 1) 1491-1607

what were the 3 G’s?

Answer 4

God, Gold, and Glory: consider the importance of maritime technologies in bringing about the Age of Exploration..

Question 5

Columbian exchange(unit 1) 1491-1607

Native Background

Answer 5

Natives had societies and cultures of their own, often based on geography, prior to contact. Understand the different perceptions of natives by Spaniards such as De Las Casas and Sepulveda. Las Casas represented a kinder view toward natives. However, both views emphasized Christians’ superiority.

Question 6

Encomienda system(unit 1) 1491-1607

What was the encpmienda system and how were Natives effected?

Answer 6

Spanish use of the Encomienda System: This system exploited Natives for their labor in exchange for protection and Christian education. Native culture was not respected.
Natives did resist colonization, for example, The Pueblo Revolt/Pope’s uprising which occurred in the Southwest.

Question 7

Unit 1 1491-1607

What was the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

Answer 7

The trans-Atlantic slave trade: Slavery became the main source of labor. Natives were used, but Europeans became more and more dependent on the African slave trade. Know triangular trade and the Middle Passage