AP US History: Migration & Settlement 2

Question 1

The Columbian Exchange most directly contributed to which demographic catastrophe in the Americas after 1492?

Accepted Answer

The massive death of Indigenous peoples from Old World diseases

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The collapse of European population from New World plagues

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A sharp decline in African birth rates

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The depopulation of the Iberian Peninsula

Question 2

The Spanish encomienda system primarily functioned to:

Accepted Answer

Grant colonists the labor of Indigenous peoples in exchange for protection and Christianization

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Distribute free land to African immigrants

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Establish self-governing Native republics

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Promote intermarriage between settlers and natives

Question 3

Why did the headright system encourage migration to the Chesapeake colonies?

Accepted Answer

It granted acreage to anyone who paid passage for new settlers

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It abolished indentured servitude

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It guaranteed religious freedom

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It provided free enslaved labor to all arrivals

Question 4

The Great Migration of the 1630s primarily brought which group to New England?

Accepted Answer

Puritan families seeking to build a godly community

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Catholic refugees from Maryland

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Spanish missionaries

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French fur trappers

Question 5

Indentured servitude declined in the late 1600s largely because:

Accepted Answer

Improving conditions in England reduced emigration while enslaved Africans became a more permanent labor source

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Colonial assemblies banned all unfree labor

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Tobacco farming was abandoned

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Servants were granted immediate citizenship

Question 6

The 'middle passage' refers to:

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The forced transatlantic voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas

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The overland trail used by Puritan settlers

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The trade route between Spain and Mexico

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The migration of colonists into the Appalachian backcountry

Question 7

New England towns differed from Chesapeake settlements primarily because they were settled by:

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Families clustering in towns around churches rather than scattered single male laborers

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Wealthy aristocrats avoiding agriculture

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Enslaved laborers governing themselves

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Migrant Catholics seeking gold