Which of the following best characterizes the Mississippian society is described in the excerpt?

“On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlanticconnection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —hadcollapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . .As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, wereconsolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might.Tenochtitlán [the Aztec capital] held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largestcity in contemporary Europe.“. The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on theMississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures,evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined andwas ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout theSoutheast, smaller mound-building centers continued.”Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian,The Atlantic in World History, 201291.Which of the following contributed most significantly to the population trend in pre-Columbian Mexico described in the excerpt?A. Migration in pursuit of fertile landsB. Trade and settlement resulting from maize cultivationC. Low birth rates and high death tolls as a result of European diseasesD. Internal conflict between groups causing political instability2.Which of the following best characterizes the Mississippian societies described in theexcerpt?AP U.S. HistoryScoring GuideUnit 1 Progress Check: MCQCopyright © 2017. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online orin print beyond your school’s participation in the program is prohibited.Page 1 of 9

They were nomadic peoples who utilized river systems to move throughout the region.They lived in isolated, impermanent communities and left very little trace of their presenceonce a settlement had been abandoned.They used advanced agricultural practices like irrigation to support economic growth.3.Which of the following most directly contributed to the advanced development of both pre-Columbian American societies described in the excerpt?Creation of military forces stronger than those of most rival societiesAccess to waterways to transport goods and trade with other societiesAdaptation to and use of the natural emvironment for their benefitTransfer of power through inheritance, which reinforced spiritual claims to authority“The second chief and principal end [of colonization] . . . consists in the [sale] of the mass of ourclothes and other commodities of England, and in receiving back of the needful commoditiesthat we now receive from all other places of the world.This one thing is to be done, withoutwhich it were in vain to go about this; and that is the matter of planting [colonies] andfortification.........We are to plant upon the mouths of the great navigable rivers which are there[in America], by strong order of fortification, and there to plant our colonies. . . . And these

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AP U.S. HistoryScoring GuideUnit 1 Progress Check: MCQ“On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection.Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in thecenturies before 1492. . . .As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, were consolidating theirposition [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Azteccapital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe.“. . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on theMississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence ofwhich can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimatelyabandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued.”Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 20121.Which of the following contributed most significantly to the population trend in pre-ColumbianMexico described in the excerpt?AMigration in pursuit of fertile landsTrade and settlement resulting from maize cultivationLow birth rates and high death tolls as a result of European diseasesInternal conflict between groups causing political instabilityBCD

Copyright © 2017. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online orin print beyond your school’s participation in the program is prohibited.Page 1 of 92.Which of the following best characterizes the Mississippian societies described in the excerpt?

Which of the following contributed most significantly to the population trend in pre Columbian Mexico described in the excerpt ?\?

In which of the following ways did the Spanish impose racial hierarchies in the regions of the Americas that they controlled during the 1500s and 1600s?

Which of the following developments was most directly connected to the collapse of the Whig party in US politics during the 1850s?

Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt?