Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607
US History · Unit 1 · Paper 1

Period 1: 1491–1607 unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 20 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 1, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Mission system

2

Black Legend

3

Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

4

Mestizo

5

Encomienda system

6

Joint-stock company

7

Pacific Northwest societies

8

Great Plains nomadic societies

9

Maize cultivation

10

Columbian Exchange

11

Three Sisters agriculture

12

Requerimiento

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Valladolid debate (1550–51)

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Mercantilism

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Iroquois Confederacy

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

LONG ESSAY QUESTION (option 2 of 3). Evaluate how Native American societies adapted to the presence of European colonists in North America from 1500 to 1754. In your response you should: state a historically defensible thesis; describe broader historical context; support an argument using at least two pieces of specific and relevant evidence; use historical reasoning (comparison, causation, continuity or change over time); and demonstrate complex understanding.