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

Answer

Old World diseases like smallpox killed the majority of Indigenous Americans, who had no immunity.

Question 2

The Spanish encomienda system primarily functioned to:

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

The encomienda forced Indigenous labor for Spanish colonists who were nominally obligated to protect and convert them.

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

Answer

The headright system awarded land per immigrant whose passage was paid, fueling labor recruitment.

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

Answer

Thousands of Puritan families migrated to Massachusetts Bay to establish a religious community.

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

Answer

Fewer English emigrants and the appeal of perpetual enslaved labor shifted planters toward African slavery.

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