APUSH Period 1

Native peoples created different types of settlements, engaged in long-distance trade, practiced religion, and supported social hierachies.

Native peoples were totally uncivilized and lived in small nomadic groups that wandered from place to place in order to survive.

Native peoples lived in highly advanced societies that included metal-working, written languages, and numerous large cities.

All native people were egalitarian because they only organized themselves into groups of hunter-gatherers.

There were no powerful Native American empires - only weak bands of nomads.

The European invaders greatly outnumbered the Native Americans they encountered.

The Europeans had advanced military technology and also brought with them diseases which ravaged native populations.

The Native Americans were subdued because they were pagans and refused to accept Christianity.

Social standing was based on merit and abilities - anyone could increase status and rise to the top.

Spanish officials created a strict caste based on racial categories that placed native Spaniards at the top.

Only colonists of pure Spanish heritage were accorded any social status.

No discernible rules governed colonial society - the status of each colonial subject was randomly determined.

It established peace between the Spanish in North America and their neighboring native cultures.

It ended a long-standing military conflict between Spain and Portugal

It was created to avoid conflicts between the Catholic Church and the Church of England.

It created a boundary line to divide the land discovered in the New World between Spain and Portugal.

The effects of colonization upon both Europeans and Native Americans were temporary.

The Europeans helped civilize the Native Americans and improved their quality of life by sharing technology with them.

Both the Europeans and Native Americans became rich and powerful by sharing the profits from economic ventures.

Colonization brought wealth to European imperial powers which resulted in political and economic innovations at home.

Unlike Europeans, indigenous peoples had not developed vaccines.

Most Indigenous peoples did not live in urban areas and had few domesticated animals, which meant they did not develop a resistance to animal-borne illnesses.

Indigenous peoples were physically inferior to Europeans and often became ill.

Indigenous peoples died because they suffered divine retribution for refusing to convert to Christianity.

The creation of the encomienda system.

The formation of haciendas.

The growth of an indentured-based society.

The development of a labor for a protection system.

An increased Native American resistance to Spanish labor demands.

Emergence of a new social order in which natives and colonists were equals.

A decline in the native population due to European diseases.

Spanish development of a more agrarian based economy.

Development of materialism.

Beliefs about nature.

Attitudes of war.

Family structures.